Edible Seaweed a Potential New Export for New Zealand?
A seaweed considered a “pest” in New Zealand waters could one day be on the plates of Japanese, Korean and Chinese diners.
Wakame Fresh received $75,000 from the Ministry of Primary Industries’ Sustainable Food & Fibre Futures fund (SFF Futures) to support its investigation into the “commercial viability of turning a weed into a high value export industry”.
Wakame Fresh harvests Undaria pinnatifida — also known as wakame — a seaweed that is considered to be a highly invasive pest and often called the “gorse of the sea”...
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