Emerging seaweed industry could solve livestock's big, gassy problem

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At the depths of Port Phillip Bay, a perhaps unlikely aquaculture project could hold the key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from Australian cattle.

carbon neutral by 2030"It demonstrates that we can actually solve the problem," Meat and Livestock Australia managing director Jason Strong said.

This Asparagopsis armata harvested from Port Phillip Bay could one day help reduce the emissions of Australian cattle."There's a number of companies growing and producing the supplement now, initially as a freeze tried product. it's able to be used now, and we expect those companies growing it will have a product in the market very soon.""Taking it up to farm at a large scale requires research and development trials, so we're certainly getting there.

Henry Cole, a diver and offshore operations manager with Immersion Group said they were actually propagating seaweed from the sea floor to their lines.

 

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Greenwash nonsense. Animal agriculture and industrial fishing are destroying the earth. Both need to end.

. Green Beef .

Except methane from cows is a significantly different beast to methane emissions from fossil fuels. Cow emissions are part of the natural carbon cycle. Fossil fuels are the primary issue and eliminating them should be our focus.

What livestock eat is not the problem. What people eat is the problem.

CGWJS54139911 Greenwashing... stop-gap measure... denial of the reality... not a solution...

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