Seaweed is added to feed to help reduce methane in livestock products.
Methane is a greenhouse gas that is made when animals like dairy cows, cattle, sheep, goats, and bison break down and ferment their food in their stomachs. Studies say that burping animals are responsible for anywhere from 5 to 20% of all the pollution in the world. In the livestock industry, methane emissions often make up more than 40% of a company’s total inventory of emissions. Symbrosia has made SVD, a seaweed feed additive that, when sprinkled on cattle feed at a 0.4% inclusion rate, can cut methane emissions from ruminants by more than 90%. Symbrosia is at this crossroads because it has the technical skills needed to meet milestones and prove that growing this product in culture is both profitable and good for the environment.
Positive facts about SVD
85% reduction of CO2 emission per head
Growing seaweed outdoors draws down carbon from the atmosphere – Asparagopsis taxiformis contains 53% carbon, it represents up to ~275 ton CO2 uptake/year
By 2024, SVD could reduce about 63,000 ton CO2-eq on an annual basis in the form of methane reduction
Introduces the notion of methane neutral milk” which could soon become an interesting selling proposition for brands and retailers
No upfront investment required
SVD website : https://symbrosia.co/”
