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) |
