How feeding cows seaweed could help P.E.I. meet emission targets and boost this business | CBC News
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This story is part of a CBC News initiative entitled Our Changing Planet to show and explain the effects of climate change and what is being done about it. Joe Dorgan’s phone doesn’t stop ringing these days, as people around the world hear about his company’s cattle feed made from seaweed and its potential to reduce methane emissions. Dorgan says the United Nations climate change summit has sparked renewed media interest, including a news crew from the U.S. that visited the plant in Seacow Pond, P.E.I., in October. There is also new interest closer to home. One of the recommendations made by P.E.I’s all-party special committee on climate change in May 2021 was that the province promote the addition of seaweed into cattle feed, which has been shown to decrease methane emissions from the animals. Dorgan began feeding seaweed gathered from nearby beaches to his dairy herd, as a natural mineral and v...