WEEK #4

I had to prepare my first thesis presentation. So I did a wonderful drawings and I gathered pictures.

Some pictures to change from the boring text ! 

For 140g/day of spirulina.

Must watch "Cowspiracy". Good data ! (What's worse for the planet : canned tuna or chicken ?)  

The best humanity graph

Throwback to when I was looking for spirulina in Korea. And right picture : the wonderful farm near my hometown with a future farmer

My beautiful failed experience. Now I'm ready.

FOR NEXT WEEK, I have to think about freedom in general, all its factors. Would be cool if i can sketch some ideas.

WEEK #3

And then this week I mainly focus on writing the 2nd part of my report. It explains generally all the factors needed for the growth of spirulina.

II/ How to produce spirulina

              1/ Climatic factors

              2/ Ponds

              3/ Culture Medium

              4/ Seeding

              5/ Harvesting

              6/ Feeding the culture

              7/ Taking care of the culture

              8/ Storing the product

              9/ Consumption

See pdf : https://issuu.com/cxlso/docs/spirulina_a_solution_to_food_self-sufficency_-_tes

(Seems like we cannot embed ISSUU anymore...)

WEEK #2

Writing part 1 of my report. Mainly Focus on comparing human daily intakes with 100gr of Spirulina

There is around 380 kcal for 100 g of dry spirulina.

Nutrients	Recommended daily intake	Quantity for 100 g of dry spirulina
Proteins	50 g	65 g
Alanine	0.500 – 2.000 g	4.7 g
Arginine	2.000 g	4.3 g
Aspartic acid	0.500 – 2.000 g	6.1 g
Glutamic Acid	5.000 – 10.000 g	9.1 g
Glycine	0.500 – 2.000 g	3.2 g
Histidine (Essential)	0.700 g	1.0 g
Isoleucine (Essential)	1.400 g	3.5 g
Leucine (Essential)	2.730 g	5.4 g
Lysine (Essential)	2.100 g	2.9 g
Methionine + Cystine (Essential)	1.050g	1.4 g + 0.6 g
Phenylalanine + Tyrosine (Essential)	1.750 g	2.8 g + 3.0 g
Proline	0.500 – 4.000 g	2.7 g
Serine	0.500 – 3.000 g	3.2 g
Threonine (Essential)	1.050 g	3.2 g
Tryptophan (Essential)	0.280 g	0.9 g
Valine (Essential)	1.960 g	4.0 g
Carbohydrates (sugar)	260 g	15 g
Minerals (total)	--	7 g
Chrome	4 µg	300 µg
Calcium	800 mg	1000 mg
Copper	1 mg	1.2 mg
Iron	14 mg	150 mg
Magnesium	375 mg	300 mg
Manganese	2 mg	3.0 mg
Phosphorus	700 mg	800 mg
Potassium	2000 mg	1400 mg
Sodium	1 500 mg	400 mg
Zinc	10 mg	3.0 mg
Iodine	150 µg	0 – 1.7 mg
Selenium	55 µg	5 – 10 µg
Lipids (fat)	70 g	6 g
Linoleic acid (Omega-6)	--	0.8 g
Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) (Omega-6)	--	1.0 g
Fiber	30 g	4 g
Water	--	5 g
Vitamins
A (Beta-carotene)	800 µg	140000 µg
C	80 mg	10.1 mg
E	12 mg	10 mg
B1	1.1 mg	3.5 mg
B2	1.4 mg	4.0 mg
B3	16 mg	14 mg
B5	6 mg	0.1 mg
B8 or H	50 µg	5 µg
B12	2.5 µg	320 µg (maybe not entirely assimilated)
K	75 µg	2000 µg

  

WEEK #1

Beginning boring

I gathered and selected all the informations I read :

http://www.afsca.be/denreesalimentaires/circulaires/_documents/2018-06-18_Annexe04MinetMaxnutriments3corrige.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirulina_(dietary_supplement)#Food_and_nutrition

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apports_journaliers_recommand%C3%A9s

http://www.sp100.com/spirulina/

https://www.zanatura.ch/produit/spiruline-bio-algorigin-240-comprimes/

https://www.spirulinedecocagne.fr/la-spiruline/composition-spiruline/

Manuel de culture artisanale de spiruline - J.P. Jourdan (rev2018)

https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/html/05231301/05231301.html (neutralize Chlorine & Chloramine)

https://inspiredliving.com/chloramine-filters/vitamin-c-removes-chloramines.htm

https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/3447/what-are-the-various-ways-to-remove-chlorine-chloramine-from-tap-water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxKXiB25Wvc CO2 generator Baking soda + Vinegar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ToDEINR7Qs CO2 generator Sugar + Water + Yeast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxb_G3JAhso CO2 generator Sugar + Water + Yeast BEST DESCRIPTION

https://www.spiruline-fr.com/Culture-de-la-spiruline.htm

http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/growing-spirulina-at-home/

http://spirulina.online.fr/cd-cfppa/8spiprod.htm

https://fr.euronews.com/2019/08/26/un-projet-europeen-mele-traitement-des-eaux-usees-et-culture-d-algues?fbclid=IwAR3Vu1SlNDhQA3ItipfyNxNr_XqRJxlm3Qxl4JdoJSUhQRoTDMBeKLeAvNM

Blablblablablabla........

Ok, my main source and reference is "Manuel de culture artisanale de spiruline - J.P. Jourdan (rev2018)" free pdf available online but french (knowledge sharing <3) 

This guy, JP Jourdan is a spirulina guru. Graduated from the MIT in chemistry in the 50s or 60s working on spirulina since the 70s till now, growing on every corners of earth from very big setups to very artisanal ones ! 

He is the boss in food autonomy and helping malnourished people.

Big up