Why Demand For Seaweed Is About To Boom

Many of the land weeds we consider a problem are good food sources themselves.If you're talking about a home garden you can add new flavors to your family diets by encouraging edible weeds to to grow as you seek to eliminate that non edible species. google edible weeds or edible wild mushrooms. for more information.

make moonshine from it

You can eat dandelion.

lol weed makes quite alot of money too. its just bad tho

horsetail is a weed where I live and I use it for my asthma.

"my time to be colonized"

@@Doing_Time Make the British Empire great again

Philippines: +7000 islands
World: *Hmm.. INTERESTING*

@@vinceramcesoliveros6739 Someone in charge of those Philippine Islands has essentially already signed them away to China in abandoning the South China Sea Arbitration and in wooing China while alienating cooperation with US military forces in the region. I wouldn't be surprised if Hunter Biden's alleged $1.5 billion Chinese payout isn't dwarfed by those of another politician's kids'. China isn't going to let anyone else profit from those islands.

@@Doing_Time china and the philippines are not the only claimnants on those area. thought you should know that.

The "world" isn't complicated. A lot of people are just stupid and greedy.

That’s a very good point. We also shouldn’t overstate the uses or healthfulness of seaweed. We should base it all on evidence and make sure we’re being responsible.

Well, since seaweed has potential to be fuel, you can look at oil and gas to see where it can go

Beautifully said (: I’m glad people like him are taking on new frontiers for better climate and food production tomorrow.

I don't know who you were replying to but, I couldn't have said it simpler. Thank you for that comment!

Not yet, looking to the ideas pouring around humans will be able to do just that by the following inovation:
1. Cheap new energy source
2. Vertical farming.
3. Lab grown meat

EXACTLY!!!!

You don't have to, but it helps.

😂😂😂 love it

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lmao

Does this make you a pirate?

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Ikr

Cheaper at Aldi.

@@Doing_Time better at Costco lol

Hehe me 2. I love my seaweed

​@@ke6gwf Might be true, but I never noticed. They're both more oil than seaweed. If you really want to bite into some seaweed, buy one of those vegan "fish filet"s made out of a big block of seaweed...about $7 to $10, but that is one juicy, fishy tasting block of seaweed.

I love seaweed from your country

How is your health?

Think to much?

Like your input. Thinking of so much more now .

Nerd

Yes, you are right. It is still an eco system and monocrops attract pests. One is sea urchin, they feed on kelp and have wiped out whole kelp forests. I am sure there are others.

@@eb6195 yes but don't we eat sea urchin? so could be win win..

Fact.

Sounds great to me. This Human body is not Asian though. Love seaweed, love whole grain rice 🌾

So I'm not an Asian than 😒

@@ranjanbiswas3233 You must be, since you don't know the difference between "than" and "then".

If you are Asian in America, you probably heard Americans saying 'ew that's gross' when you were eating some type of seaweed.

Haha no no, the environmentalists tell us air comes from trees. You are right but... well what do you know? ;)

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Breathe*

Not trying to crush your parade on environmental protection. But people have to realize, human are not the only consumer of oxygen, vast majority of the oxygen you breathe are not produced by seaweed, it’s from whatever oxygen producer near by human settlements.

@svenm sandity I agree. We need to fix the education system so people like you can use proper grammar and tell the difference between their, there and they're. And know when to use then as opposed to than.

Tegridy is all we have and all we need my friend

That's a good thing...... if, Americans insist it's harvested sustainably.

I bet some biotech company will genetically alter seaweed to produce cannabinoids if this industry takes off.

@@xxxBradTxxx lol, I don't believe that's possible, or why they would attempt it. But, it would be cool.

@@sparkeyjones6261 they've already done it to yeast, so why not seaweed www.scientificamerican.com/article/rising-high-gm-yeast-generates-known-and-novel-marijuana-compounds/#:~:text=Researchers%20led%20by%20Jay%20Keasling,)%20and%20cannabidiol%20(CBD).

This makes me wonder if composted seaweed would make for a good substrate for gourmet mushrooms.

I do the same.

@@xxxBradTxxx That’s quite a combo; seaweed and gourmet mushrooms are my favorite vegetables

I make a full time living at growing spirulina. The fresh paste form is the bomb. Nothing like the powder form. We supply it to the Alzheimer's folks in our area. Amazing to be able to make a living while helping people and the planet.

Yea.. And In Belize we been drinking seaweed for many years

I "had goals of stopping starvation on Earth altogether", but instead I got HiGH.

@Granpda Corey
It's a money making scheme.
Nothing more.

We Are Miles From Nowhere that explains the lack of disease in old people in japan

I'll sell you my patch.

You dont need to you purchase land and with that land you make pools that house the seaweed.

@@thebeautifulones5436 you really have a patch? pm me. i might want it

I’ll sell you my patch but on one condition

I got a few acres in AZ if you're interested.

When we were kids growing up in new Brunswick we would pick dulse and dry it. We put it into lunch bags and sold it on the side of the road. Made good money and was fun. 🖐❤🇨🇦

maybe cost of running is 30k total. no one out right buys a 300k boat

Sell your car.

The most likely people to start these farms are underworked fisherman who already have appropriate boats.

You could buy shares in Aquabounty instead.

That was my thought

Up to this point it has seemed that it was healthy, but I'm concerned about the pollutants in the water that it is absorbing the same as the fish being unhealthy. It should be some studies being done on the absorption of pollutants from the water. I bet it's unhealthy for us at this point

@@Livetoeat171 Fish accrue contaminants in their flesh. The higher on food chain fish even more so. Seaweed doesn't. Contaminants are super diluted.

Korean recipes for seaweed are superior. You should check it out.

@@trex1448 Will definitely try

That makes sense. The US Institute of Medicine recommends a daily intake of 150 micrograms of Iodine for adults, but 290 microggrams for breastfeeding women.

And birthdays

Hi Lemonz, very interested in what you're doing. I am currently studying biotechnology and biochemistry, and would love to get in touch with you about your interest in seaweed farm. I did my thesis on cyanobacteria, and I believe they share some similarities in that they are both photoautotrophic organism. Look forward to hearing back from ya!

My thyroid glandulars also have kelp as an ingredient.

The Light why would you take table salt? Thats crap! Himalayan Salt is better. Plus, who the hell would take too much iodine? Ofcourse everything is on moderation.

DGC Castile mate. Just chill. Obviously u don’t have enough knowledge here. Lololololol.

@@dgccastile7680 in my family, we have hyperthyroidism. Just eating bread made with supplemental iodine or iodized salt can trigger our thyroids. Some forms of hyperthyroidism can be fatal (thyroid storm). Of course hypothyroidism is also bad, so everything in moderation

Tovey Cen lols really?! Maybe you’re the one who doesn’t know anything. Your response is one dumb sided!

Yes lol I was surprised

Lol

You can grow it and then sell it to a processor, not every farmer needs to be able to process it as well, just as most wheat farmers don't have their own drying silos or flour mills.

And the owner of the processing plant buys your seaweed for cents per ton

I think for farming sewweed 20k and for making sewweed plant 1.3 million.

Yeah, kinda lets the air out of the tires.

Thank you

@@areebamirza You're welcome!

@Marco Deo Because virtually all countries in the world use the metric system, and it is the international standard of measurement. The metric system is used in every field of occupation, including agriculture, healthcare, international trade, military, and science. Even NASA, the U.S. Military, and the U.S. Space Force use the metric system in astronomy, aeronautics, climatology, meteorology, space science, and space exploration.

@@alphaapple1375 No, only China controlled countries use the metric system.

Good luck with bussines 😁

Honest this seems like a pretty good business to get into

@Marco Deo for the processing facility? yes, that's true, however large food companies and moving in that space and will building them out.

@Sadie J what do you mean? we farm more fish than we catch.

So uh, tell me. How did you manage to buy 10 acres of ocean, 1.5 million for a processing plant, and 20k to farm the seaweed itself? Something tell me that either you’re Jeff Bezos, or haven’t thought this through.

i wish more and more indonesian fishermen know this opportunity

yow indonesia is good place for this type of business. what you waiting for ? go get the local.

Have you? If you have how has it been going and which companies did you invest in?

In East Asia this is very common.

A natural seaweed barrier between this farm and the ocean would do even more. Just plant it around your business. ❤ ~rome

I think you missed the part where seaweed accounts for 80% of oxygen supply not something you want to mess up.

So you've no notion or concern of the impact on the environment from everyone farming seaweed?

@tr a oh so let's do no impact assessments or use common sense, let's just use up all the resources and destroy habitats and figure it out later.

Oil is king

I wish our pro "capitalist" government would quit subsidizing corn & other crops. It has had disastrous results. Now a previously nutritious food has become a harmful gmo modified, inflammatory food and has been made an ingredient of many processed foods.

@@eb6195 why is capitalism put in quotations? lol and the oil and Gas industry is way easier than this and that’s how we have been living since the first car was made. this takes more work but it’s not a bad idea at all.

Thats the right question

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Everything in moderation 😋😋😋👌👌👌

But we do need to do it a lot more. Overdoing livestock and farming like that, can be agreed to be far, far worse than over farming seaweed. We must be able to feed our growing population without destroying our planet.

I'd rather go overboard on seaweed then other snacks.

Americans over-do everything. It seems to be in the national character. For instance, products made from soy, like tofu. Americans somehow got it into their head that it was a healthy meat substitute, so we see some people eating it for every meal. In moderation, it's a healthy component of your diet. In excess, it has harmful effects.

Me with 1 million dollars
Google: "What are good seaweed farming companies to invest on"

Did you sell it?

@TheClassicalSymphony Well ... You are perfectly entitled to disagree but if you suffered, even a little, from a hearing impairment then you would realise what gem this young lady is. I understood every single word she uttered without captions! This lady would make a great actress, TV anchor or radio show host. Watch a modern movie vs. 1950s one and see

Voice from the future: it's gonna get crazier.

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Lol

Well done ol' boy. Well done indeed.

Lmao

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Two thumbs up 👍👍

I guess you missed the part where the guy says he has a waiting list of SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE.

Yes it is

wow. i feel lied to

I’m glad they did! Missed it the first time, and it’s great info!

@@labadaba5088 why??

any link to the original?

だいたいそんな事ですね！
だから私はすかんの！😫

Hell, I'm in Arizona and I regularly ferment Nattō because it's the only food which is a good source of vitamin K2.

But you were just eating it. Had you even thought of any of these other uses?

@@anamarievivero7774 Mind translating that for us.

I mean biofuels doesn't solve the issue of global warming, we can not pump any other greenhouse gas into the air. If we're going to use any liquid fuel, liquid hydrogen is what we should use.

We use electricity like solar roof solar city

@@DynamicHaze stfu

Blaze already on it

You are actually wrong. Look up Keith gasifier

As if every people in the world hasn't engaged in warfare. Some just have more ingenuity than others. ;)

@@bonbon-wl8eo Killing people isn't really something to be proud of. Since you think you are special, I'll let you enjoy your stupidity.

@@samlsd9711 Great answer! 👍👍👍

@@samlsd9711 The unfortunate thing about war is how much progress and wealth it brings. Thus a cycle begins. If only more of that could be driven without killing people. But that is the nature war.
But lets look at the flipside. Go and be angry. The one who is more technologically advanced and innovative at warfare tactics are the one who will conquer. The Romans are a great example of an empire that lasted centuries and collapsed due to several variables. And the Romans are a constant study to compare to and build upon modern civilization. No one likes being conquered. War Sucks. But you are also wrong. Depending on the culture, killing people is something to be proud of.
Murder is shameful. Surviving war and decimating the enemy is another story. In almost every culture that has ever conducted war, this is the case. WARrior mentality.

@@Mionikoi
"The unfortunate thing about war is how much progress and weatlh it brings". To whom?
Please point us to an economic theory, study, white paper or book that supports your deprivation.
Put sea aside, you must be on some kind of weed.
You're nothing more than a neocon being a poor apologist for war. Go talk to the vets. You puff your chest like dodgers-in-chief Pompeo and Trump. Go to a live war theatre and then come back and talk to us.

I was always curious about why Westerners don't eat seaweeds. Did they cease their food tradition because of American foods?

Ehhhh did you even watch the video?

go vegan

I am vegetarian actually

they've been consuming seaweed before this video was even thought of. you're just late, try again.

@@RekkaKien3 vegans will end up eating grass 🤤😂

Meatheads eating meat to boost their egos 🤣🤣

@@RekkaKien3 triggered? Try again lol

No kidding. I'm all for it. I am vegan.

naw man.. didn't you hear ? Soylent Green is PEOPLE !

They talked about it, yeah. The started and incubator space in LA and invited a bunch of people to come and brainstorm their way in to the green market. That started three years ago, I left a year and a half ago with all my proprietary research. As far as I hear now, they really don't have any true direction about that idea at this point. They seem rudderless.

Ah, I didn't know that Soylent Green was the name of something other than a B movie !

Soylent = soy + lentils. Hence the name.

Soylent Green is PEOPLE!

If the mass production of seaweed makes imbalance in marine life, then it is the negative effect. Once the damage is done, it is far difficult to restore the same habitat.

where can one get sebi seaweed

This isn’t even new

Oishii desu-yo!

Great!
Now increase your level of consumption by 95% while simultaneously convincing the rest of the world to do the same, and well be in business!

No worries
They grow real fast and everywhere

It's good thing they'r e farming them and not harvesting them from the wild.

@championchap
I'm not really 100% sure about the impact of seaweed farming but from what I've seen so far , the environmental impact is minimal (almost non existent) as they do not need to destroy existing biome to construct up the farms ( they're basically floating pontoons) nor do they employ fertiliser or pesticides. In fact from what I've hear they actually help improve the health of the existing ecosystem as the seaweed and structure creates additional habitat for marine life.

If you put this idea like land farm that create deforestation, its not the same. You will not chopped down anything in the ocean, instead providing shelter for the small fishes and the growth rate of the seaweed is amazingly fast. I more worry about the plastic that "dumped" in the ocean. This is also, i think, will give solution for over fishing that accelerate of extinction of some species.

It's not the same. Farming in land destroys habitats, while in sea, it creates them. I'll gladly consume more of farmed shellfish and seaweed and buy cultured pearls, if it helps the planet

True!

Doe Hiden I go to the beach and grab it & snack on it when it washes up. Just kidding, I eat the ones that come in snack packs like chips.

It's a serious question.

That’s what I was wondering when I listened... does it absorb the toxic pollution? It seems like it would.

I imagine less than wild Pacific salmon which are not kept in one location while the salmon migrate and are far more likely to become radiated. That said I certainly don't recommend eating aquaculture salmon since they are currently farmed in in ways that are neither healthy for the environment, the wild fish or your diet.

​@@shellystewart2302 They do, but you can buy seaweed that comes from around Maine. Just always be careful to check the company and where their farms are before you buy.

don't eat Pacific sardines

Well if it's for fuel the contaminates won't matter as much. Everything is connected on this planet, air, soil and water contaminates all intermingle in one way or another through leaching, evaporation and rain fall, we're never really safe from contaminates. At least making a change will reduce these contaminates and cleanup the planet. It took 150 years to build up the infrastructure we have now, it will take the same for a greener future, we should have started 70 years ago when we knew there was going to be a problem. Denying the fact the problem exists is the killer and Trump kills everything he touches.

Where do you get that?

@@bluebird5100 asian market, they have the dehydrated seaweed and also fresh ones. Season with your own recipe!

Exactly

It is a solution 4 our planet right now, people involve in it deserve free advertisements!

@@augustinefaithdefender if you fill the top of the oceans with algaes then you'll get a ice age..fking hippies.

@@TheIcyhydra Not with the rate of humans pumping out CO2 and other greenhouse gases.

@@theoheinrich529 you don't know the CO2 condensation rate into carbonic acid and the rate at which this carbonic acid would be absorbed by the algaes.

If it sounds like it's too good to be true it probably is. This is becoming quite an industry however they have not studied whether the kelp is actually healthy or not. The oceans are filled with pollutants and it's very unhealthy to eat fish from the ocean, much less eating something that absorbs the water and I'm sure pollutants as well. There needs to be studies. Yes, people have been eating it for centuries, however the oceans were not as polluted as they are today...I'm holding out until I see a study on it.

Shout out to tahu and tempe

You can legally harvest 10 or so pounds a day. I always grab a clump to use as fertilizer.

Less than 1% of corn produced is for human consumption as corn. The subsidies have just given it an unfair advantage as animal feed, ethanol production, bioplastic production, and megatons of corn syrup. Add in economies of scale, and it makes it hard to outcompete even if you have a crop that is superior in every way.
Getting rid of the subsidies is step 1 to allowing more innovative and environmentally-friendly products to take its place. Until then, it is too entrenched for change to come as fast as we need it.

And hopefully they will come out with a well deserved and waited for, study that lets us know whether it is actually healthy or not. The ocean is full of pollutants now, and even eating fish from the ocean isn't that healthy anymore. The seaweed absorbs all of the water as well as any pollutants. I'm waiting for the studies.

Lots of people are...that's the entire point of this video.
It's a commercial bought and payed for by the major investors.
Theres lots of money being spent in aquaculture right now.
Not much being made, though.

Underrated comment

LOL America already own more then half of the pacific ocean the usa basically own the sea between Hawaii to japan