The farm uses groundwater, not Colorado River water. It's a nonrenewable resource, and like mining, different people and ...

Sustainability experts question whether growing fish in Arizona's desert, using energy-intensive systems and scarce water, can truly scale without environmental costs.

Sunlight reflects off artificial ponds Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) Sunlight reflects off artificial ponds Saturday, April ...

Juvenile barramundi thrash in a pond after being fed Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. Joshua A. Bickel - AP Facebook ...

Then the water comes alive. In the desert of landlocked Arizona, where the Colorado River crisis has put water use under a microscope, Mainstream Aquaculture has a fish farm where it's growing the ...

Fish food flies into a pond Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. Joshua A. Bickel/AP An adult barramundi reaches for food Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a ...

TUCSON, United States— Storks scatter, white against blue water, as Dan Mohring's pickup truck rumbles down the dirt road. He's towing a trailer full of ground-up beef, chicken, fish and ...

Sunlight reflects off artificial ponds Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) ...

Artificial ponds for farmed fish operate near crop fields Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) AP U.S. News ...

Fish food flies into a pond Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz. Joshua A. Bickel/AP Juvenile barramundi fish sit in a net Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a ...