Greenwave…

Bren Smith is an ocean farmer and Greenwave is fisherman-run organization dedicated to building a new blue-green economy that creates jobs, mitigates climate change and grows healthy food for local communities.

I live in Morro Bay and it is located right next to the Pacific Ocean in California.  When I learned that I can lease ocean land for cheap and grow seafood and kelp in it, it starting me daydreaming.  It’s like something you fantasize about doing but would never…or would I.

At the bottom of this post are over 100 links to some of the most reputable news organizations sharing that Greenwave’s future is bright.  No one is trying this 3D ocean farming here.  So maybe I will be the first.

 

The GreenWave Mission

Greenwave supports a new generation of ocean farmers and innovators working to restore ecosystems, mitigate climate change, and build a blue-green economy.  And how do they do it?

3D Ocean Farming

Greenwave has created a polyculture vertical farming system grows a mix of seaweeds and shellfish that requires zero inputs.  This makes it the most sustainable form of food production on the planet, while sequestering carbon and rebuilding reef ecosystems. These farms sit below the surface and leverage the entire water column.   They produce high yields with a small footprint. Their crops are used as fertilizer, food, animal feed and more. The Greenwave farms are open source, so anyone with 20 acres, a boat, and $20,000 can have their farm operational within one year.

Greenwave Creates Jobs

3D Ocean Farms are designed to be replicated. So each new farm requires a low capital cost and a minimal initial skill set. The Greenwave Farm Startup Program exists to support new farmers from permitting to purchase, and from seed to harvest.

Sequester Carbon

Kelp and other sea vegetables, known as “the Sequoias of the sea,” absorb up to five times the amount of carbon as land-based plants. Click here to learn more about Carbon Sequestration.

Rearrange the Seafood Plate

With over 10,000 edible plants in the sea with more of the United States underwater than above, this should be our opportunity to rearrange the seafood plate and reduce the pressure on fish stocks, with sustainable sea-greens in the middle and wild fish at the edges.

Build Infrastructure

These restorative hatcheries, seafood hubs, and online resources create a foundation for this emerging blue-green economy.  Greenwave provides the land-based infrastructure necessary to ensure sustainable growth for their new farmers.

Build Reef Systems

3D Ocean Farms rebuild natural reef systems, by using native and restorative species, that once protected coastal communities from violent storms.  This will result in enhancing our resilience to climate-related weather events.

Zero Input Farming

This is my favorite part…the crops that grow require zero fertilizers, freshwater, or antibiotics.  This makes 3D ocean farming the most sustainable form of food production on the planet.