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24 Feb 2026

Scottish scientists achieve breakthrough in land-based red seaweed farming

Photo by Kier in Sight Archives Researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban have developed a land-based tank method for cultivating Palmaria palmata — the red seaweed commonly known as dulse — that dramatically reduces early-stage mortality and enables year-round production of a species that has historically proved extremely difficult to farm. In controlled […]

20 May 2018

The strange case of farting cows and red seaweed

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A friend, Richard Hanes, who works for Bloomberg (see below) told me about this article showing that the methane produced by cows could be reduced by 99% by eating a red algal supplement. Click here to read more The issue of dealing with methane from cattle in relation to climate change is huge and one […]