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Miami Herald
05-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
How grocery shopping is changing in South Florida with a new store and product
South Florida How grocery shopping is changing in South Florida with a new store and product Grocery shopping in South Florida is evolving with new stores and innovative products. A Chicago-based chain, Go Grocer, is opening its first Florida location as a hybrid grocery and convenience store in Fort Lauderdale's Motif community, offering fresh meals, organic goods and a produce section for area residents. Meanwhile, Atlantic Sapphire's on-land salmon farm in Homestead supplies Publix and Sprouts with sustainably farmed salmon, emphasizing efficient production and reduced carbon footprint. Chains like Publix, Aldi, and Target continue to grow and adapt, while new concepts and products like Bluehouse salmon appear on more local shelves. Tanks filled with juvenile salmon at Atlantic Sapphire Bluehouse salmon farm in Homestead on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. The Bluehouse uses a technology for growing sustainable seafood on land called Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS). By Mike Stocker NO. 1: HOW AN ENORMOUS FISH FARM IN HOMESTEAD HOPES TO CHANGE THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY These subtropical salmon just might represent the future of aquaculture in a world altered by climate change, pollution and population growth. | Published February 27, 2025 | Read Full Story by Bill Kearney Fort Lauderdale's Motif, a 385-unit mixed-use apartment building at 500 N. Andrews Ave. in the Flagler Village neighborhood, will open the first Go Grocer in Florida later in 2025. NO. 2: IT'S NOT PUBLIX OR 7-ELEVEN. THIS HYBRID GROCERY IS COMING TO SOUTH FLORIDA The urban core attracted the Chicago store. | Published April 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
CBS News
15-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
South Florida salmon? Farming innovation brings cold-water fish to the Everglades' edge
When you think of farming in Southern Miami-Dade County, you typically picture rows of plants and shrubs with open fields of crops in between—but how about salmon? A fish that normally thrives in the cold fresh and salt waters of the North Atlantic can now call South Florida home. "We're taking an industry that normally is done in Norway and Chile to a place where no one has seen a salmon raised," said Damien Claire, Chief of Sales and Marketing for Bluehouse Salmon. As he walked around the company's facility, located west of Homestead right up against the Everglades, Claire explained the process of growing the fish—from eggs in freshwater tanks to their final stage in large saltwater systems before processing. Raising salmon in the Sunshine State Like most things in Florida's agricultural heartland, the process begins small. "For the first seven weeks, we teach them how to come up to the surface to start feeding," said Claire. The fish begin their lives in freshwater, but eventually transition to saltwater—every step controlled by Bluehouse. In a larger room filled with tanks and flanked by large windows shaded dark, Claire described the next phase: "In this system, we give them winter. We lower the temperature and turn off the lights for 16 hours." At this stage, the fish—still in freshwater—begin to turn and swim with the current. "We get them ready to turn to salt water," Claire said. Ancient aquifers power modern aquaculture That transition to saltwater is part of what makes the South Florida location ideal. Just beneath the region lies the Biscayne Aquifer, a source of fresh water for millions—and also for Bluehouse. But even more crucial is the Floridan Aquifer, thousands of feet deeper and filled with saltwater that's been sealed in rock for tens of thousands of years. "It's unlimited for us. Nobody else uses it. It's bio-secure—no parasites, no disease, no bacteria, viruses—which is good for our salmon," Claire said. South Florida offers the perfect combination: clean freshwater, isolated saltwater, and a safe way to discharge wastewater—all within reach directly below the surface. Sustainable, local and sushi-grade That clean, ancient saltwater not only helps produce sushi-grade salmon—it also reduces the product's environmental footprint by eliminating the need for overseas shipping. "Right here in the U.S. we have local production, which is great to be local, reducing the carbon footprint associated with air freights," said Claire. That's significant for a product that's second only to shrimp in seafood popularity. Americans consume a total of 918 million pounds of salmon per year. Bluehouse currently produces 19 million tons, with a goal of reaching 440 million by 2031. "We tell the story of Bluehouse, tell people it's local, fresher, sustainable, and extremely healthy," Claire added. It's all of that—and it's produced right here in South Florida.
