Naomi Arenberg
Sustainable Shrimp Farming
The United States imports over a billion pounds of shrimp annually. Most of it travels thousands of miles from tropical farms, which have often degraded mangroves and other sensitive areas of coastlines. Now some U.S. shrimp farmers are raising shrimp indoors, using environmentally friendly techniques, and they’re producing a fresh, delicious product with a much gentler carbon footprint.
New Energy for New Bedford
The port of New Bedford, Massachusetts was “the city that lit the world”, when whale oil was the chief fuel for lamps. Those days and most of the whales are long gone – but New Bedford has ambitions for a new and more sustainable energy future. Solar and insulation efforts are moving ahead ashore as New Bedford also readies its port to serve offshore wind power development.