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Transforming the Baltic and North Seas with Algae-Based Solutions

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With support from the European Union (EU) , AlgaeProBANOS is working to bring algae, ecology, and business experts together through the coordination of the SUBMARINER Network. AlgaeProBANOS wants to help businesses sustainably harvest algae, market it, and sell it to populations. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

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Nina Elkadi Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing By Jennifer Grenz “To use only fragmented pieces of [Indigenous] knowledge is to admire a tree without its roots,” Nlaka’pamux ecologist turned land healer Jennifer Grenz writes in Medicine Wheel for the Planet.

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NOAA Is Rolling Out a Plan to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture. Not Everyone Is Onboard.

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Opponents to the plan point to known risks, including ecological disasters like the infamous 2017 salmon spill that took place in Washington State waters when a salmon net pen collapsed, releasing roughly 300,000 Atlantic salmon in Puget Sound. So, harvesting enough fish feed without overfishing is tricky. reliance on imports.