{"id":6694,"date":"2017-09-20T07:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T07:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=6694"},"modified":"2017-09-20T07:57:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T07:57:15","slug":"ocean-wise-names-two-b-c-kelp-species-as-sustainable-seafood-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/ocean-wise-names-two-b-c-kelp-species-as-sustainable-seafood-options.html","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Wise Approves Two B.C. Kelp Species as Sustainable Seafood Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ocean Wise has given approval for\u00a0two species of seaweed:\u00a0<span lang=\"en-CA\">giant kelp (<\/span><em><span lang=\"en-CA\">Macrocystis pyrifera<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"en-CA\">) and bull kelp (<\/span><em><span lang=\"en-CA\">Nereocystis leutkeana<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"en-CA\">), both of which are farmed along the B.C. coast.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6695 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Macrocystis-pyrifera-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Macrocystis-pyrifera-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Macrocystis-pyrifera-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>These two species of kelp can be found in everything from sushi to brownies, and they\u2019re likely to see more of it as production continues to rise at their\u00a0local fisheries.<\/p>\n<p>Kelp is already a staple in Japanese cooking, but the seaweed\u2019s popularity is beginning to spread, especially as its health benefits \u2014 which include vitamins, minerals like iodine, and enzymes \u2014 become more widely-known.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/local-news\/ocean-wise-names-two-b-c-kelp-species-as-sustainable-seafood-options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ocean Wise has given approval for\u00a0two species of seaweed:\u00a0giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) and bull kelp (Nereocystis leutkeana), both of which are farmed along the B.C. coast. These two species of kelp can be found in everything from sushi to brownies, and they\u2019re likely to see more of it as production continues to rise at their\u00a0local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[254,59],"tags":[126,568],"class_list":["post-6694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algae-for-food","category-seaweed","tag-food","tag-seaweed-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6698,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6694\/revisions\/6698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}