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Over the past decade, a billion dollars have flowed into algae biofuels. Although commercial biofuel from algae may be years away, this investment is innovating systems, making production more affordable for new high-value products.

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AIM Readers PollRobert Henrikson is a winner of Algae Industry Magazine 2015 International Readers Poll in the category “Algae Ambassador”. AIM Readers’ Poll mission is to 1. Recognize and reward innovation and excellence, 2. Convey who and what make a difference, 3. Celebrate innovative people, companies, technology. January 13, 2016.


Mtanmar2Visit to Myanmar Spirulina, December 2013. One of the world’s largest producers of spirulina from natural lakes and production ponds offers a wide variety of innovative products.


AlgaeTechRobert Henrikson presented Emergence of Scalable Algae Microfarms and Practical Business Models at the Algae Technology Americas in Phoenix Arizona June 26 and 27, 2013.


Living FutureRobert Henrikson presented Algae Microfarms for Resilient Community Food Production at the Living Future UnConference Resilience & Regeneration in Seattle, Washington May 15-17, 2013.


ABOSummitMark Edwards and Robert Henrikson presented the International Algae Competition at the Algae Biomass Summit in Denver CO, Sep 24-27, 2012.


Algae Competition 6 The International Algae Competition is a global challenge to design visionary algae food and energy systems. View the amazing visions at AlgaeCompetition.com.


Future of Algae Blogs

1. Algae Microfarms Book. Microfarms for home, school, community and urban gardens, rooftop, mobile and vertical farms and living buildings.

2. Spirulina in Myanmar. Visit one of the world’s largest producers of spirulina algae from both artificial production ponds and natural lakes.

3. Are algae microfarms the future of urban farming? What's coming now is the opportunity to grow high value algae to diversify greenhouse food production and enhance revenues.

4. Imagine Our Algae Future: How will growing algae change the world and improve our lives?

5. Shakeout in Algae Biofuels: An exciting time for algae business development.

6. How big investments in the 'biofuel of the future' will grow our future food and its own biopackaging from algae.