Series 7, Episode 3 – Seaweed
With over 1,450km of rocky shoreline, Ireland’s coast is surrounded by hundreds of species of seaweed. For centuries, this seaweed has been harvested by coastal communities and used by farmers for fertilising their fields, as a home remedy
for bronchitis and chronic coughs, and is even said to be one of the two foods that St Colmcille survived on.
Recent research has indicated that supplementing seaweed into the diets of cattle and sheep could significantly reduce the associated methane emissions and help us combat climate change, so could that be part of a sustainable solution for Ireland?
In this episode, we find out how research into monitoring and preserving the health and biodiversity of our beautiful seaweed forests could help align with this potential game changer for the farming industry…