Seaweed Special

Gastropod

• Episode: Seaweed Special
• Website: Gastropod
• Feed URL: https://gastropod.com/feed/
• Duration: 00:27:33
• Published: 2016-09-13 08:51

Seaweed farming is booming: the global harvest has doubled in the past decade, according to a new report from the United Nations University, and it’s now worth more than all the world’s lemons and limes. Most of that seaweed ends up in our food, though there is a growing market in seaweed-based cosmetics and drugs. So what does a seaweed farm look like? How does it help restore the ocean? And what can you do with kelp in the kitchen, other than wrap sushi? Join us for a conversation with Bren Smith, fisherman-turned-seaweed farmer, for the answers to these questions and more.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices