Scientists have been campaigning to turn the fast-growing Azolla into a food of the future. Others envision it becoming both a sustainable biofuel and a fertilizer that captures carbon. What is Azolla ...

Dear Dr Othieno, I am a mixed farmer, keeping cattle, pigs, and poultry on my small farm. I normally supplement pasture with commercial feeds. But recently, there has been an increase in the price of ...

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Those driving along the Delta Highway north of the Valley River Center Mall may notice a unique quirk of the Delta Ponds this time of year: they are red. The red stuff adorning the 150-acre waterway ...

If you ever watch a duck float across a pond, gobbling up the vegetation coating the surface, that bird is way ahead of its time. The buoyant greenery is azolla, a tiny fern that grows like crazy, ...

The researchers found that the Carolina strain of azolla is more digestible and nutritious for humans than azolla varieties that grow in the wild and also are cultivated in Asia and Africa for ...