An enclosed and modular photobioreactor used to produce Spirulina. (IMAGE)

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An enclosed and modular photobioreactor used to produce Spirulina.

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Iceland could help address Northern Europe’s food security issues with the scaling-up of its industrial production of Spirulina – an alternative protein source that is nutritious, sustainable and risk resilient. Under the most ambitious of estimations, Iceland could be protein self-sufficient and capable of feeding more than six million Europeans every year, a new feasibility study suggests.

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Vaxa, Iceland

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