Symbrosia

The Problem

During a cow's digestive process, bacteria in their gut decomposes food and produces methane as a by-product. Through this process, called enteric fermentation, cows and other livestock create 30 percent of man-made methane emissions, contributing as much to global warming as the entire European Union.

The Solution

Symbrosia's solution is to add a small amount of a single species of seaweed to livestock feed to create a large reduction in methane emissions. Symbrosia's novel livestock feed supplement is made from a species of red seaweed called Asparagopsis taxiformis (A. taxiformis). Research from The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Penn State, and UC Davis have shown that replacing just 0.4 percent of a cow's feed with A. taxiformis reduces the amount of methane the cow produces by over 90 percent. On a molecular level, A. taxiformis inhibits hydrogen and carbon dioxide from combining to form methane in a cow's stomach.

Using an innovative, on-land aquaculture production system, Symbrosia grows A. taxiformis at scale and powederizes it to create the sustainable feed product SVD. The cows, sheep, and goats that consume it don't even notice that they are helping save the planet.

Stats

21 farm operations use Symbrosia products as a sustainable livestock feed supplement.