{"id":15466,"date":"2025-03-11T22:20:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T22:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/data-entry.greenwave.gfolkdev.net\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=15466"},"modified":"2025-03-11T22:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T22:20:04","slug":"shallow-water-farming-a-low-cost-innovation","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/hub.greenwave.org\/lms\/resources\/shallow-water-farming-a-low-cost-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Shallow Water Farming: A Low-Cost Innovation"},"menu_order":0,"template":"","topic":[56],"class_list":["post-15466","resources","type-resources","status-publish","hentry","topic-farming"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shallow Water Farming: A Low-Cost Innovation | Ocean Farming Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Long Island, NY farmers are successfully growing kelp in shallow waters, adapting traditional deep-water practices to their environment. 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