Harvester heads to Washington

For many years, two world-renowned algae scientists, Don Anderson Ph.D., and Wayne Carmichael Ph.D., have consulted with and been closely involved with our harvesting process. They have watched the harvesting process evolve over the years and are delighted with our current system. (Be sure to view an interview with Don and Wayne in the Technical tab of our website.) Don is the senior scientist and director of the Coastal Ocean Institute at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Wayne is professor and director of the Environmental Sciences Ph.D. program at Wright State University. Both recently contributed to the “Scientific Assessment of Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms,” one of five reports mandated by Congress in the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 2004. Wayne was on the committee that wrote the report, and the section Don contributed to includes a sidebar titled “New Harvesting Technology Improves Safety of Blue-Green Algal Supplements” as well as a picture of our harvester. The report is due to be submitted to Congress in March or April of 2007. We are happy to provide you with a copy of the text of that sidebar, and we’re equally happy that through the expertise of these world-class scientists, information about our harvesting technology will be presented to Congress. As you will see when reading this sidebar, our havesting methods are presented as a model for safe and effective algae harvesting.