September 28, 2020
Jackson Kimle ('16 ag business) is president and founder of Midland Co., a new sustainable, environmentally friendly seafood company in Story City, Iowa.
Kimle was interviewed in a Sept. 25 Ames Tribune story, "Iowa shrimp farm Midland Co. starts up in former Story City outlet mall."
“People are certainly interested when you tell them you’re raising shrimp in an old mall in the middle of Iowa,” said Jackson Kimle, founder and president of Midland. “Rather than buying Wrangler jeans or something like that, you’re buying shrimp.”
He expects the company’s first harvest will take place late this fall or early this winter with a yield of about 500 pounds of shrimp. They’ll be big shrimp, so to speak, with a count of between 15 and 20 per pound.