The private property system in its current form on Lopez poses a barrier to farmland transitions

In the realm of food self-sufficiency, innovative production systems, and climate resilience, there is much to learn from island nations and communities that are on the front lines of adapting food systems to and mitigating climate change. Lopez is striving to create a robust, resilient, socially just local food system, a distinct and more complex…

Percent survival at higher densities is essential in determining farming feasibility

For future, the filtering screen of tanks should be of a finer mesh so as to allow longer retention of Artemia. This may require more frequent tank cleaning, perhaps stressing larvae, but the trade off would be observation of true feeding rates, which is required for maximizing efficiency of feeding schedules and densities. Possible cannibalism was…