Premium, locally-farmed shrimp grown in West Tennessee. Hundreds of miles from any coast, delivered fresh the same day it's harvested.
The United States consumes nearly a billion pounds of shrimp every year. Over 90% is flown in from Southeast Asia and South America, frozen, treated with preservatives, and weeks old by the time it reaches your plate. Gulf Coast harvests have dropped 45% below historical averages. The supply chain is broken.
The Mid-South has everything shrimp farming needs except someone doing it at scale.
Harvested and delivered the same day. No weeks on a container ship. No preservatives. The taste difference between fresh and frozen shrimp is night and day.
Zero-discharge systems recycle water and nutrients. No coastal habitat destruction. No bycatch. Modern aquaculture done right, from the ground up.
Grown in West Tennessee, sold to Memphis restaurants, farmers markets, and grocers. Know exactly where your shrimp comes from. Meet the people who raise them.
The USDA wants more American-grown seafood. Federal programs like EQIP, SARE, and FSA farm loans exist specifically to help operations like this get started. Beginning farmers can access up to 90% cost coverage on eligible infrastructure.
Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Up to 90% cost-share for beginning farmers. Payment caps removed in 2025.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. $15,000 individual producer grants for pilot operations.
Direct and guaranteed loans for land, equipment, and operating costs. Targeted set-asides for beginning farmers.
Competitive grants for aquaculture technology development and sustainable production systems.
West Tennessee and North Mississippi have the agricultural heritage, the water, the land, and the workforce. The only thing missing was someone willing to put shrimp in the ground instead of cotton. That changes now.