10 different uses for seaweed

One of the sustainability trends that I keep an eye on is ocean farming. It’s one of the most promising avenues for feeding the world, though progress is pretty slow so far. Seaweed has vast untapped potential, as demonstrated by these ten different uses for it:

1. Food – many cultures eat seaweed, mostly in Asia, where 99% of seaweed farming takes place. Other cultures used to eat more of it, including more locally in Wales and Cornwall, but it has become more specialist and niche with the p...