Algae, an effective lever for carbon-free agriculture and consumption

The Olmix Group is a French SME based in Brittany with a turnover of 155 million euros (2017)—80% of which was exports. The Group works through a worldwide network of 27 locations and 800 partners in 100 countries.

Blue Innovation. The Olmix Group has always been following the path of marine biotechnology by intervening, notably thanks to algae, in different stages of agricultural and food production. In what sense are the solutions that you offer synonymous with change?

Hervé Balusson. Collectively and internationally, our society is facing two major challenges: we need to produce more high-quality food in order to feed a growing population, yet we also need to protect the environment in order to ensure the renewal of our resources. The excessive use of pesticides, drugs and chemicals is a matter of legitimate concern, and since the creation of the Olmix Group this has led us to focus upon algae—an abundant and hitherto largely untapped resource—in order to contribute to the development of a more sustainable global diet.

Hervé Balusson

President of the Olmix Group.

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