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A new kind of Sustainable Farming!

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Real Estate Agent with VA & FHA home buyers, vacation homes, foreclosure homes

Have you ever seen an underwater farm?

 

Whidbey Island is famous for some truly delicious local delicacies, including Penn Cove mussels, which are grown offshore hanging underwater from rafts in Penn Cove.  Farming isn't just for landlubbers!  Martha Stewart enlightens us in this amazing video:

 

 

 

These mussels are world famous, and are considered a real delicacy.  This is the only place in the world where this variety of mussels is grown.  They can be found on the menus of all our local seafood restaurants, as well as in restaurants all over the country.  

One of the best aspects of this type of farming is that it is sustainable!  Very few resources are used in this type of farming, and they cause no pollution of our precious waterways.  Eat and Enjoy!

 

 

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Comments (5)

Sarasota & Manatee Counties FL
SaraMana Properties - QuickFreeMLS.com - Bradenton, FL
QuickFreeMLS.com - Listings In Paradise

That is an interesting post! Thank you for sharing it!

Jun 09, 2011 05:55 PM
Allen 2222
Austin, TX

Never heard of this, and have never eaten mussels, but am a HUGE fan of anything that is sustainable. I learned a lot from that video - awesome!

Jun 09, 2011 05:56 PM
Eric Crane -- Your Full Service, Discount Fee Realtor®
DPR Realty LLC - Gilbert, AZ
Greater Metro Phoenix Arizona

Very cool and a unique post with a local angle.  Separately, I have read that China is involved in urban farming projects, so that people can begin to stay closer to their sources of food.  Something we should consider in the U.S., since the cost of distributing food by truck over long distances might one day become cost prohibitive with ever-increasing fuel prices.

Jun 09, 2011 06:10 PM
Tim Lorenz
TIM LORENZ - Elite Home Sales Team - Mission Viejo, CA
949 874-2247

enjoyed the farming techniques but I though we were talking RE farming.

Jun 09, 2011 06:29 PM
Hal Hovey
VA & FHA home buyers, vacation homes, foreclosure homes - Oak Harbor, WA
Realtor - Oak Harbor Homes For Sale Whidbey Island

Michailidis - Thanks very much.

Alison - I'm not a big eater of seafood, but I love that they are able to do this in an enviromentally friendly way.

Eric - I think the conditions in Penn Cove contribute to their success, but I know they have other underwater farms in the Puget Sound area as well.

Tim - I'll have to think about how to apply this to real estate farming!

Jun 10, 2011 04:45 AM