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Podcast: The Food & Drink Business Podcast
Episode: Engineering algae to outperform existing products, with Nusqe Spanton from Provectus Algae
Description: Food & Drink Business editor Kim Berry talks to Nusqe Spanton, CEO & founder of Provectus Algae, about commercialising one of the oldest microbes on planet Earth.Following a quick review of Nusqe's background in aquaculture, the discussion moves on to the forming of Provectus Algae, the difficulty of growing oysters and the algae species they consume and how different algae species can often be found in specific microenvironments. This leads to the difficulties in growing algae varieties for use in various purposes and the restrictions of current technology to scale algae growth to meet industrial demands.<...