eco-friendly shrimp farms

the #1 seafood in the US, in terms of $ spent on it yearly, is shrimp, followed closely by canned tuna.  I saw an excellent article on a barramundi farmer in The Atlantic.  But, America doesn't want another white fish...it wants more and cheaper shrimp.

Why not set up some big tanks of water, with heaters and bubblers and light, and grow shrimp?  It can be done in a very ecologically-sound manner, and provide a huge amount of low-fat, high-protein meat.  The inner-city already likes it, so it's an easy way to replace McDonalds.

I think a sizeable installation, in the basement of an apartment or in a warehouse, could produce a few hundred lbs every week.  The tanks are cheap, the stock is cheap, and at $2/lb the shrimp would fly off the shelves. 

Urban Indoors Farming

I saw an NYTimes article about a guy who has a farm inside an abandoned warehouse in an inner-city.  I forgot which city.  He grows fresh fruits and vegetables that he sells to people in the neighborhood.  He also raises tilapia.  This is important because many inner-cities don't have access to fresh fruits and vegetables, resulting in an increasing nutrition disaster.  Which results in sick kids and sicker adults. 

There is money to be made here, but it's a difficult business.  This has been going on so long that many people (not just in the inner-city) will simply not eat any fresh produce.  But, if a store can open which serves fresh produce and healthy prepared meals, at a cost that can be borne by the population, it would be a good thing.

Unfortunately, I have no clue how to run a store like this, and I'm not terribly psyched for all the long hours.  But, with so many out of work, this seems like an area ripe for a micro-loan.