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One of the world's longest-running Spirulina operations is in [http://www.auroville.org/health/food/spirulina.htm Auroville, India (good webpage with many details)]. Then is another Indian small-scale example in Madurai ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cslNtc6P4 Youtube video here]). Some successful village-scale projects exist in West Africa.  
One of the world's longest-running Spirulina operations is in [http://www.auroville.org/health/food/spirulina.htm Auroville, India (good webpage with many details)]. There is another Indian example of small-scale culture in Madurai ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cslNtc6P4 Youtube video here]). Some successful village-scale projects have been done in West Africa.  


Spirulina grows in long spiral-chains that can be easily harvested in a cloth. Small-scale cultivation is feasible, as shown by JP Jourdan in France (see [http://antenna.ch/en/malnutrition/grow-your-own-spirulina.html the pages at Antenna Technologies], including a [http://www.antenna.ch/en/malnutrition/training-module.html training module] for details).  
Spirulina grows in long spiral-chains that can be easily harvested in a cloth. Small-scale cultivation is feasible, as shown by JP Jourdan in France (see [http://antenna.ch/en/malnutrition/grow-your-own-spirulina.html the pages at Antenna Technologies], including a [http://www.antenna.ch/en/malnutrition/training-module.html training module] for details).  
The drawback with small-scale cultivation appears to be that it is relatively more labor-intensive and has a lower yield than in large-scale operations.


There is a patent about [http://www.google.com/patents?id=_CsQAAAAEBAJ&dq=6698134 growing your own Spirulina at home] in a photobioreactor.  
There is a patent about [http://www.google.com/patents?id=_CsQAAAAEBAJ&dq=6698134 growing your own Spirulina at home] in a photobioreactor.  


Other links:  
Other links:  
From http://www.spirulinasource.com/earthfoodch9a.html - to French website - http://www.spirulinasource.com/cultivez.html
From http://www.spirulinasource.com/earthfoodch9a.html - to French website - http://www.spirulinasource.com/cultivez.html


Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina against Malnutrition (IIMSAM) [http://www.iimsam.org/]


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Revision as of 15:21, 16 January 2009

One of the world's longest-running Spirulina operations is in Auroville, India (good webpage with many details). There is another Indian example of small-scale culture in Madurai (Youtube video here). Some successful village-scale projects have been done in West Africa.

Spirulina grows in long spiral-chains that can be easily harvested in a cloth. Small-scale cultivation is feasible, as shown by JP Jourdan in France (see the pages at Antenna Technologies, including a training module for details).

The drawback with small-scale cultivation appears to be that it is relatively more labor-intensive and has a lower yield than in large-scale operations.

There is a patent about growing your own Spirulina at home in a photobioreactor.



Other links: From http://www.spirulinasource.com/earthfoodch9a.html - to French website - http://www.spirulinasource.com/cultivez.html

Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina against Malnutrition (IIMSAM) [1]