The annual Alltech Symposium took place this week. The three-day series of lectures, this year entitled GLIMPSE2020 always throws up some interesting discussions on current trends and issues in agriculture.
Leading off the Wednesday plenary session at GLIMPSE 2020 was Becky
Timmons, Alltech’s director of applications research and quality assurance. Timmons shared Alltech’s vision in investing $200 million to
develop a heterotrophic algae production facility in Winchester,
Kentucky. Using this closed-system technology, algae growth is rapid
and efficient under tightly controlled conditions, ensuring an
end-product that is highly consistent, traceable, and protected by the
Alltech Quality System. More information...
Aquaponics is one of the industry buzzwords at the moment so it was great to see this subject given the Alltech treatment during the Farming the Sea Farming
the Sea session. Charlie Shultz from Kentucky State University discussed the
explosion of interest in aquaponics and what that technology holds for
the future. Check it out here.
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| English: sea of algae (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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