We’re surrounded by shallow white tanks that look like large gutters, trying to get a glimpse of a baby abalone. The teeny specks are starting their lives, hand fertilized, hand-fed, and nurtured at the Cultured Abalone Farm in Goleta.
The facility is one of just two abalone farms in California. There are only four nationwide.
We’re part of a tour to learn about abalone and aquaculture, which is being led by Andie Van Horn, the farm’s farm-to-fork manager…