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Very interesting video - The fastest growing protein, more than soybean and requires nothing but water - what are your thoughts on this?
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Very interesting video – The fastest growing protein, more than soybean and requires nothing but water – what are your thoughts on this?


Duckweed – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_405zhZkbY

It's an amazing video and thought provoking. As someone who absolutely enjoys soy, pea protein, etc, this is right up my alley but i haven't heard it discussed before.

by rook2pawn

3 Comments

  1. dialectric

    I’ve seen it used as chicken feed. Unless you are in the tropics, getting it to grow fast will require some engineering. I tried it in some stock tanks and outdoors in a temperate climate, and without tinkering with water movement or heating, it was slow growing, probably slower than peas in terms of biomass. There are rack systems available for $1k plus for indoor growing, but you could experiment and make your own.

  2. The_best_is_yet

    Definitely a neat idea. As an aquarium hobbyist, duckweed grows so fast and I am always having to throw it out. I know a lot of people dry it and feed it to their fish. I’ve definitely seen people talk about eating it themselves. I’d have to find some “clean” ones before I ate it myself as there are definitely microbiota in my aquarium that I don’t want to consume.
    I think we do need to think about stuff like this for sustainable, healthy food sources.

  3. imcomingelizabeth

    It grows on the bayou here and it does grow *fast* I never even thought it could be something humans could consume