The Seas Will Save Us: How an Army of Ocean Farmers are Starting an Economic Revolution

The Seas Will Save Us: How an Army of Ocean Farmers are Starting an Economic Revolution
April 7, 2016 HealthNewsHound

This gentleman, Bren Smith is providing realistic and mathematically viable solutions for agricultural and bio-fuel technologies.

“Imagine a vertical underwater garden with hurricane-proof anchors on the edges connected by floating horizontal ropes across the surface.”

“If you look for my farm from ashore, there’s almost nothing to see, which is a good thing. Our underwater farms have a low aesthetic impact. That’s important because our oceans are beautiful pristine places, and we want to keep them that way. Because the farm is vertical, it has a small footprint. My farm used to be 100 acres; now it’s down to 20 acres, but it produces much more food than before. If you want “small is beautiful,” here it is. We want ocean agriculture to tread lightly.”

To read more, check out the article here.