Anna O'Brien, assistant professor of molecular, cellular, and biomedical sciences at the University of New Hampshire, said duckweed could be a sustainable way to counter agricultural waste.

She expanded on this point, saying that they don’t need many nutrients to grow and, because they can be grown on the surface of water, can be produced easily in a “simple greenhouse or vertical farm”, ...

The nutrients in the waste water also lead to quicker growth of the duckweed which could be used as a protein-rich feed for livestock. Hywel Dafis, who has 400 dairy cows on a farm in Talgarreg ...

With Wales' 500,000 cows each producing 50kg of waste a day, could duckweed be the answer? ... By growing duckweed on the farm, waste nitrogen and phosphates are taken out of the water, ...

The food and fuel that farms itself Date: April 1, 2025 Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summary: Scientists have released new and more accurate genome sequences for five species of duckweed.

SAN MARCOS, Calif. — I came to this aquatic farm an hour outside of San Diego because I wanted to see what could be the future of humanity’s protein supply. At the moment, it looks more like a ...

But for the biofuel industry, the growing focus on duckweed is probably a good thing; in the future, what was a watery pest may provide a viable way to work yet another part of the planet's ...

Under the right conditions, duckweed essentially farms itself. Wastewater, ponds, puddles, swamps—you name it. If there's enough sunlight and carbon dioxide, the aquatic plant can grow freely.

When most people think of duckweed, they likely picture a green film growing across the surface of a stinky, stagnant slough. The protein-rich plant may soon be on your plate, however, as it's ...

With just a little bit of experimentation, our team determined that under relatively low-intensity light – less than half as intense as midday sun on a clear summer day – duckweed accumulates more ...

Duckweed is a plant that grows naturally in Cambodia’s lakes and ponds and is often used as feed for chickens, ducks and pigs by farmers who collect it from the places where it grows wild. One man, ...