Mainebiz, BDN Report on AHI Grant to Develop Land-Based Aquafarm
Mainebiz and the Bangor Daily News reported the National Science Foundation awarded $657,000 to Acadia Harvest Inc. (AHI), which is working to achieve a commercial-scale, land-based, indoor Maine seafood farm with low to zero waste. AHI will use a controlled environment to study how aspects of aquaculture can be applied to land-based agriculture, according to Mainebiz. AHI works in partnership with the University of Maine and the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research in Franklin, where the research will be performed, the article states. The Forecaster published a related article about AHI, which the Sun Journal also printed.