The American Prawn Cooperative (APC) is "writing the book on the prawn industry." The APC feeds their prawn all natural feed (no animal or fish byproducts). They use no chemicals, no antibiotics, no hormones. They "don’t even treat the fire ants around the edge of the ponds." Their ponds are designated no fly zones, so that no airplanes or crop-duster planes can fly over the ponds potentially polluting the waters. And the APC recycles their water from one pond to the next, practicing water conservation.

The APC will soon be certified organic and the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch list has voted them "Best Choice" for sustainable seafood.

North Carolina has hard water—bad for washing clothes but great for prawns since crustaceans need to take calcium from water for their shells. The clay soil of North Carolina is essential for holding water in prawn ponds, and eastern North Carolina has excellent aquifers for feeding the ponds.

The APC, whose processing facility is located in Greene County, bought two big steel trailers, 16 hauling tanks, and oxygen equipment (for the prawns) for their project. This equipment is invaluable because when prawns are stressed, they shed their shell which causes great damage to the animal, and so good equipment that can lessen this stress is essential. This was a "lesson learned" for the APC in their first years and with the new project equipment they've had almost zero mortality transporting their product.

The American Prawn Cooperative (APC) is "writing the book on the prawn industry." The APC feeds their prawn all natural feed (no animal or fish byproducts). They use no chemicals, no antibiotics, no hormones. They "don’t even treat the fire ants around the edge of the ponds." Their ponds are designated no fly zones, so that no airplanes or crop-duster planes can fly over the ponds potentially polluting the waters. And the APC recycles their water from one pond to the next, practicing water conservation.

The APC will soon be certified organic and the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch list has voted them "Best Choice" for sustainable seafood.

North Carolina has hard water—bad for washing clothes but great for prawns since crustaceans need to take calcium from water for their shells. The clay soil of North Carolina is essential for holding water in prawn ponds, and eastern North Carolina has excellent aquifers for feeding the ponds.

The APC, whose processing facility is located in Greene County, bought two big steel trailers, 16 hauling tanks, and oxygen equipment (for the prawns) for their project. This equipment is invaluable because when prawns are stressed, they shed their shell which causes great damage to the animal, and so good equipment that can lessen this stress is essential. This was a "lesson learned" for the APC in their first years and with the new project equipment they've had almost zero mortality transporting their product.