Timothy Solano
Second-generation clam farmer and co-owner of Cedar Key Aquaculture Farms in Florida; State Shellfish representative on the Aquaculture Review Council and board member of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation.
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Jul 1, 2026
Courtney GergesGUEST
What about you, Timothy? Out on the sea, what does circularity look like out there?
Timothy SolanoGUEST
So yes, with our clams, of course, we're planting a product out there that we're going to harvest to sell the meat for food consumptions to consumers all over the United States.
Timothy SolanoGUEST
We're also environmentalists in the fact that we're actually cleaning the water as we're out there farming.
Timothy SolanoGUEST
So one clam can clean 1.6 grams of carbon out of the water per year, and a clam can also clean 0.09 grams of nitrogen out of the water in a year.
Timothy SolanoGUEST
Now that carbon is going through the carbon sequestering process and going actually into the shell to make a carbon calcium.
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Courtney GergesGUEST
So, Timothy, is there anything that you want to add to those challenges or, you know, what challenges does the clam industry face?