Sustainable Seagrass High in
Omega-6 and Protein is Better Than
Rice, Says Master Chef
A three-Michelin-star chef from Spain has
discovered that sea grass, a humble little marine plant, produces what is in effect, rice.
His adoption of the ocean based grain into his cooking is one part of his mission to repair sea grass ecosystems around the planet
—which he says could serve to not only help
with global warming, but feed it as well.
Ángel León is famous for his leading edge seafood cuisine, and combining his
passion for the ocean with his knowledge of its secret bounty recently secured a third Michelin
star for his restaurant Aponiente, and propelledhim to culinary stardom in Spain.
While the Bay where he lives always
had waving green arms of eelgrass
lining its shore, his rise to culinary greatness has
counter-tracked a gradual decline in
sea grass coverage, along with other challenges that the sea faces, such as
warming temperatures.
Sea grass is both as an absorbent of carbon and a habitat maker, and can capture carbon 32x faster than a rainforest.
León hopes that the success of the sea rice as a potential food combined with a lack of pesticides and fertilizer used during its growth;
and the fact that its nutritional quality makes
up for a yield smaller than land based rice
will drive countries into cultivating it on a massive scale —regenerating ocean ecosystems,
capturing humanity’s carbon, and satisfying
tastebuds worldwide.
The potential of adding a superfood grain to
the global food chain could contribute to
the restoration of sea grass meadows
around the world.
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