Seads – Superfood harvested from the ocean

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Seads defies climate change and produces high-quality food, stores additional CO2 and regenerates maritime ecosystems in coastal regions. Seads produced a high-quality grain under water where it is often hardly possible above water – on land.
The Seads project is rethinking nutrition by introducing an innovative type of sustainable maritime agriculture. This is achieved through the controlled cultivation and cultivation of seagrass meadows, as well as the harvesting of seeds that are edible and particularly nutritious for humans. The seeds have a significantly higher protein, vitamin and omega-3 content than conventional rice and can be safely harvested regardless of infertile soils and dry periods under water.

With a yield comparable to that of wheat fields, a new superfood can be produced in significant quantities in this way. Seagrass is also a natural CO2 reservoir and can store many times more CO2 than forests. It provides a valuable habitat for millions of creatures and counteracts coastal erosion. The cultivation of seagrass is uncompromisingly sustainable: no irrigation, no use of pesticides, no pests and no dependence on drying out soils. Nutritious seeds are produced in cycles, which can be easily processed and integrated into our usual diets.

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