A new opportunity for Ohio’s farmers lies just offshore: Jerry Bambauer

As an Ohio soybean farmer, I never imagined the ocean would offer one of the most promising opportunities for my crops. Yet soybeans — and many other crops grown in Ohio — are now a key ingredient in sustainable fish feed being used by the aquaculture industry to raise seafood across the country and around the world. This emerging market is an opportunity for America’s farmers across the Heartland.

As demand for sustainable protein rises, aquaculture has become one of the fastest-growing food production methods globally. Advances in science and technology over the past several decades, including innovations in fish feed, have made open ocean aquaculture one of the most sustainable forms of protein production today. Yet aquaculture remains an untapped industry here in the United States. On