We need more food, but where is it going to come from?
Transforming recycled carbon dioxide into protein for aquaculture feed
As highlighted by Viggo Halseth, Chief Innovation Officer at Nutreco and head of NuFrontiers during AquaVision 2018, NuFrontiers kicked off a project with Kiverdi, a company working to convert CO2 into protein for use in aquaculture feed through bacterial bioprocessing.
Kiverdi’s proprietary approach is based upon NASA research that aimed to recycle CO2 produced during space travel. Kiverdi’s non-GMO microbes offer a new way to extend the aquaculture feed ingredient supply chain, with many potential commercial and environmental benefits. These include greenhouse gas reduction, GMO avoidance, and price stability for Skretting customers.
This is an ambitious long-term project, involving significant risk. In order to keep running, we need to meet certain milestones.
If successful, production could be operational in 4 years. “This is an ambitious long-term project, involving significant risk. In order to keep running, we need to meet certain milestones,” says Halseth.
