27 Aug 2018

Everything you needed to know about seaweed!

From Afternoons, 2:31 pm on 27 August 2018

It's ever present on our shorelines, but what actually is seaweed? And is it any good to eat?

Dr Pia Winberg, Honorary fellow at the university of Wollangong and CEO of seaweed company Venus Shell Systems joins us to talk about where it comes from, how to grow it and how to eat it.

Bright red seaweed surrounded by cone shaped shellfish and algae on the seabed in the Marlborough Sound

Rhodoliths on the seabed in the Marlborough Sound Photo: Rob Davidson (supplied)

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