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467. Is the Future of Farming in the Ocean?

Freakonomics Radio

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My Adventures Farming the Ocean to Fight Climate Change

Ame smith lives in fairhaven, connecticut. Fairhaven was one of the centres of oyster farming through the 18 hundreds. He raises oysters himself these days, and mussels and clams. What smith is really excited about is the calp. Kelp replenishes eco systems rather than depleting them. It helps mitigate climate change in the monicer sequoi of the sea. The world bank did a study that if you take less than five % of us waters and just grow seaweed, you sequester the carbon output equivalent of 20 million cars.

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