The world's fastest-growing source of food. By Meenakshi J

Although seaweed has been used in Indian folk medicine for thousands of years, it has never played as large a part in Indian culture as it has in other Asian countries. However, picking seaweed for traditional remedies is an age-old practice along coastal settlements such as Pamban Island and the Gulf of Mannar, a richly biodiverse area. Here, locals have historically collected natural wild seaweeds indigenous to the region. 

The simple food that fights climate change

It is to these villages that India is turning to as a model for seaweed cultivation, which globally has become the fastest-growing sector of food production, increasing by 8% every year....

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201215-seaweed-the-worlds-fastest-growing-source-of-food

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