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8. Is the Future of Farming in the Ocean?

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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Can You Double Dip on the Blue Carbon?

The goal is to leverage the power of shell fish and seaweeds to filter water and soak up carbon, nitrogen and heavy metals. The really nasty stuff could be turned into bil f. An example is doctor yarish's ground breaking work in new York where he set up a kelp an shellfish farm for pollution remediation. We call it lution farming,. purposely siting farms not for food production, but for what scientists call eco system services near metropolitan areas.

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