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<strong>foodprint</strong> <strong>your</strong> <strong>footprint</strong> > solution<br />

We believe the solution for<br />

feeding the world &<br />

fighting climate change<br />

there are<br />

2<br />

big groups of algae<br />

are Algae<br />

40 l<br />

o2<br />

Fossils prove<br />

they are among the<br />

oldest life forms on Earth.<br />

Almost 4 billion years ago they were<br />

the original producers of the<br />

Earth’s<br />

oxygenic amosphere.<br />

Still algae are the source<br />

of our life by generating<br />

50% of all oxygen.<br />

can be seen with the naked eye -<br />

M icroalgae<br />

m acroalgae<br />

unicellular organisms that size from 2 to<br />

200 micrometers and occur either as solitary<br />

cells or in colonies, which can take the<br />

shape of ribbons, fans, zigzags, or stars.<br />

There are 200,000-800,000 species world-<br />

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a<br />

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e<br />

d<br />

&<br />

of<br />

algal<br />

suspension could<br />

keep 1 human<br />

alive, producing<br />

enough<br />

oxygen and 200g of<br />

biomass a day.<br />

wide of which only a few are used so far.

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