Shrimp in the desert? Fresno-based startup making it happen
The Water, Energy, and Technology (WET) Center at Fresno State has announced 10 new companies for its Valley Ventures accelerator program. … Mojave Seafood Inc. is a startup producing seafood in the Mojave Desert that will serve Southern California and the Bay Area using the Aqua-μ Technology Suite, a propriety, interactive group of technologies. … It takes 1.1 kilograms of dry food to make shrimp grow by 1 kilogram of fresh weight as opposed to a cow, which takes 6.8 kilograms of feed to gain one kilogram of body mass. … Schrader said that with the growing interest in what aquaculture can offer — paired with water scarcity and environmental restrictions — it is very possible the Central Valley will be home to seafood farms soon.