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U.S. land-based shrimp farming startup Midland Co. is on the verge of bringing its first batch of shrimp to market as the company prepares to continue construction on its recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Story City, Iowa.
Founded in 2018, and formerly known as Kimle Aquaculture, the company uses its trademarked algae-based RAS technology to grow Pacific white shrimp, bringing local, fresh shrimp to landlocked the Midwestern United States.
“The algae-based concept was built off past experiences and challenges that RAS facilities still have – mainly coming from the nitrates and phosphates that have to be blown down from these systems as they accumulate,” Midland Founder and President Jackson Kimle told SeafoodSource. “While [RAS] has been the answer to water-usage issues and producing closer to markets, there s still a discharge product that adds complexity through wastewater systems or has an effect on the environment around them.”