Fun Facts

Algae can be anything from 100 feet tall giant kelp to tiny diatoms. It grows different kinds of cyanobacteria, which are also called blue-green algae.
Our breakfast smoothie can also be made with cyanobacteria. “Superfood” is another name for spirulina. The nutritional value of non-toxic cyanobacteria is well known. It has proteins, vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids.
Since the 1940s, the Kanembu people of Chad have been harvesting spirulina from local lakes. They did this long before superfoods became popular. Even before that, the Aztecs used to eat a different kind of cyanobacteria that they got from the old Lake Texcoco, which used to be where Mexico City is now. During colonial times, the lake would often dry up.

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