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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Jan 4, 2015 5:46:23 GMT -7
Published on Jan 4, 2015
A team of researchers in the Netherlands has discovered that potatoes can grow in earth fed by salty sea water.
The development could spark a revolution in the way food is produced in land previously considered unsuitable for agriculture.
Anna Holligan reports from the Dutch island of Texel.
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Post by pieter on Jan 4, 2015 10:40:58 GMT -7
Good news for the Zeeland and South-Holland Peninsula Islands in the South-West of the Netherlands and the other Wadden or Wads Islands in the North of the Netherlands, the North-West of Germany (Karl's area) and the South-West of the Danish Jutland Peninsula. Great for the Dutch, German and Danish farmers. I know that Dutch farmers in Zeeland now already harvest sea vegetables like seaweed.
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Post by karl on Jan 5, 2015 6:40:22 GMT -7
J.J.
Interesting presentation from our part of the world {Pieters and mine}. The sea is life and part of us as people. In Pieter's Nederland, the sea is a part of his land to control and live with. In Dänemark, it is a provider of many things. One being what was mentioned by Pieter is seagrass and with this, kelp. Kelp at low tide on the Waddensea {Dansk-Vadehavet} was and is gathered for the flavouring of various food dishes. It is rich in vitamins and gives foods a deep saviory taste with the sea salt that is contained.
For my self, was important source of iodine for a family history of iodine deficiency. This effects the Thyroid gland and still watch to insure of iodine such as in sea salt for the diet.
The area of kelp gathering though, needs be away from any industrial area or heavy residential areas. But only where the sea water is clean and open for the currants to wash over.
Thought perhaps not as a confusion off topic, but only as an addition to your very fine presentation.
Karl
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