Farming and Eating Algae

Farming and Eating Algae

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 887 , Segment 2

New NAFTA, Eating Algae, Aretha Franklin

Episode: New NAFTA, Eating Algae, Aretha Franklin

  • Aug 28, 2018 9:00 pm
  • 9:34 mins

Guest: Rebecca White, PhD, Vice President of Operations, Qualitas Health Algae, that green slime you often see atop stagnant ponds, is a nutritional powerhouse. If you’ve perused the supplements aisle lately, you may already know algae is high in Omega-3 fatty acids. But it’s also rich in protein. Some strains of algae are up to 60% protein, which is even higher than soy beans. So might algae be a solution to feeding the world’s growing population more efficiently than others forms of agriculture?

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