DIY regenerative ocean farms: The future of food and fuel? With Future Explored host, Tom Carroll
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It’s a massive problem: We’re running out of good land to produce food, so we need to keep producing more food on less land.

Fishermen are turning to a solution they think can not only help provide more food more sustainably, but actually help replenish and heal the oceans too — a practice known as regenerative farming. Raising marine plants and animals together, called ocean farming or “aquaculture,” can help us grow food, fight climate change, and clean up coastal waters.

The aquaculture setups designed by nonprofit GreenWave are simple: using ropes, baskets, and crates, they cultivate seaweed, kelp, and shellfish. By using a variety of crops and creatures which all grow together in harmony, aquaculture can not only maximize space and yield, but is also more resilient than many forms of land-based farming, where reliance on one strain of one crop can lead to entire fields being wiped out with one disease.

Humans have relied on the oceans to provide food for centuries, with ancient Romans cultivating oysters in baskets — not too far removed from the 3D aquaculture GreenWave is helping to promote today. By turning again to the sea, and not only utilizing it but healing it with regenerative farming, we may be able to keep up the pace with less waste and a better world.


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About Tom Carroll
Tom is the host and creator of our Future Explored TikTok and YouTube series where he shares an optimistic view of the future to hundreds of thousands of followers.

With a degree in Biological Sciences Tom likes to focus on nature-based innovations and solutions that change the way we think about moving forward as a species.

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