Local farmers, business owners and chefs gathered in the Stamford Learning Accelerator at the University of Connecticut Stamford Campus Tuesday afternoon to learn about a plant that can be used for anything from food to biofuel, according to UConn professor Charles Yarish.
"Seaweed is a crop that can be used for a variety of things, and the best part is we can grow it right here in Long Island Sound," said Yarish. "Seaweed can be used as a table vegetable, a fertilizer, animal feed, a biofuel and can be used as a natural tool for fighting the effects of pollution in the sound by reducing nitrogen in the water. It's an amazing plant."
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