Consulting to governments desiring to convert their greenhouse gases into food, and to feed the malnourished so that they can become customers instead of burdens. Promotion of "micro-ocean" farms, aquaculture for the 3rd millennium.

Spirulina - Production & Potential. ISBN 2-85744-853-X.
by Ripley D. Fox. 1996. Pub. by Editions Edisud, La Calade, R.N.7, 13090 Aix-en-Province, France. Tel: 42216144; Fax: 42215620. E-mail: ripleyfox@wanadoo.fr

Complete and practical information on growing spirulina. It should be consulted by health authorities and development decisionmakers, by spirulina growers and it can be used as a teaching text in universities. Dr. Fox explains the history of the cyanobacteria, Arthrospira platensis, popularly known as the blue-green algae spirulina: its composition, growth requirements and methods for managing the culture (from village level artisanal production to large scale industrial farms). Health benefits are described, with emphasis on its usefulness for combatting malnutrition. Dr. Fox sees spirulina as a million dollar commodity in the near future.

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Dr. Ripley Fox pioneered village scale spirulina systems in developing world countries. He decribes what conditiona and nutrients needed to grow spirulina. He describes the installation and operation of his integrated village health and energy system in three experimental projects.