Fostering Duckweed

The great promises

Duckweed might be the food of the future? Grown under ideal conditions, duckweed ranges between 25% and 45% protein and doubles its growth every 36 hours. Duckweed produces biomass faster than any other flowering plant. This tiny aquatic plant has tremendous potential for cleaning up pollution, combating global warming and feeding the world. (this is a very optimistic view I have to say)

Bioful: It has potential as an alternative for biofuel production. (Methanol und Ethanol) Bioremediation: Living Machines for cleaning wastewater. Biomining: of phosphorus and other minerals/nutrients from wastewater. Bio-sensors: Duckweeds are used for the detection of heavy metals and organic contaminants. Animal food: food for fish (tilapia), chickens, pigs and of course ducks! Duckweed integrates very nicely into aquaponics. It can provide all the protein needs for some breeds. Human food: Depending on strain and growing conditions, duckweeds can have very high protein content of up to 50% of dry mass. In Space: food production in bioregenerative life support systems in space. target="_blank" --> source