Chris De Cuyper, managing director of Fremantle Seaweed, joins us to unpack asparagopsis, the red seaweed CSIRO discovered almost by accident, and the six-year journey to actually grow it at scale off the WA coast. We get into the science of how it works, why methane is the "low-hanging fruit" of climate action, and what it takes to turn a lab result into a commercial supply chain cattle farmers can actually use.

Chris also opens up on the funding journey, angel investment, equity crowdfunding, government grants, and where carbon credits fit into scaling a seaweed farm to thousands of hectares.

A great one for anyone who thinks climate solutions have to be complicated. Sometimes it's just seaweed.

Learn more:
Fremantle Seaweed
fremantleseaweed.com

CSIRO Research
https://publications.csiro.au/publications/publication/PIcsiro:EP197572

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