Amazing stuff! Let the desert bloom and feed you!
"... A closed loop
Colors Farm on Moshav Hazeva is one established company accomplishing that goal in a variety of innovative ways since 1999.
For the past seven years, Colors Farm has run a closed circular aquaponics system to raise ornamental fish alongside greens such as lettuce and basil, all year round, using recirculated water without fertilizer or pesticides. ...
Colors Farm uses CRISPR genomic editing, as well as other technologies developed domestically, to produce fast-growing, disease-resistant fish mainly for the Asian food market. ...
“The fish produce all the nitrogen and nutrients that the plants need, and the plants bring back the water to the fish in very good quality,” ...
The leafy greens – including more than 100,000 lettuce heads per month — are sold in Israel’s largest supermarket chain. The ornamental fish are sold worldwide. ... Colors Farm uses CRISPR genomic editing, as well as other technologies developed domestically, to produce fast-growing, disease-resistant fish mainly for the Asian food market. ...
Algae: More than a sushi wrapper
The dry, hot weather of Eilot provides the perfect climate for growing protein-, vitamin- and mineral-rich algae and microalgae.
Several Israeli companies are raising these simple aquatic plants for use in food additives and supplements, natural pigments, dyes, biodegradable plastics and biofuels.
AlgaeNite raises a special strain of nitrogen-fixing microalgae, using hydroponics and solar energy, for applications including meat/fish analogs, organic fertilizer, cosmetics and bioplastic.
Brevel is the first globally to combine sugar-based fermentation of
microalgae with a high concentration of light at industrial scales, resulting in a neutral-tasting protein for plant-based products including non-dairy cheeses by Israel’s Vgarden.
SimpliiGood spirulina is a blue-green algae packed with protein, copper, and B vitamins. Photo courtesy of SimpliiGood
SimpliiGood markets flash-frozen spirulina, a super-nutritious alga, in six countries.
Kibbutz Keturah-based Algatech, acquired by Solabia in 2019, makes AstaPure Arava astaxanthin, a powerful microalgae-derived antioxidant. ... "
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