31 Mar 2021 --- In a new report, the Good Food Institute (GFI) highlights opportunities to utilize India’s 8,100 km long coastline for seaweed cultivation, which in turn could provide the foundation for the local algal protein industry. As an alternative to large-scale industrial animal agriculture, “smart proteins” hold enormous potential for feeding the nation’s ballooning population. The country has the unique advantage of the presence of companies that are already producing food-grade microalgae, notes GFI.This coastal crop is being explored by the nation’s sustainable food pioneers as a way out of the environmental degradation of local land and freshwater sources.