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Farming fish saves land: study

17 5 8 Mount Lassen Trout Farm Michael Lee5

To satisfy the protein demands of an anticipated nearly 10 billion people by 2050, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and researchers around the world estimate current animal production will need to grow by an average of 52 percent. Meeting this need without pushing the environment to the brink will be critical.

New evidence shows seafood from aquatic farming——can help feed the future global population while substantially reducing one of the biggest environmental impacts of meat production—land use—without requiring people to entirely abandon meat as a  source…

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