Ep. 44 Tura Homemade: A Healthy and Sustainable Fertilizer

Sargassum impacts the coastal and seaside communities of many countries, including Tobago. The piles and piles of it on the Atlantic side of the island leave an awful trace of toxins in the air that can be harmful to the population. Yet, where others only see it as a natural disaster, trained natural resource manager and researcher for the government of Tobago (and our guest for today) Avisha Baran sees it as a freely available resource.

Avisha and her husband Adrian found a way to use sargassum to make Tura Homemade, an organic fertilizer. This fertilizer provides the plants with many micronutrients with natural biotoxins to repel pests ad construct more robust crops.

Today, we'll chat about how sargassum is a resource to foster healthy, local, and sustainable agricultural production and how it fulfills a healthier lifestyle in the Caribbean.

(2:04) Tura Homemade introduction
(3:20) What is sargassum to Avisha?
(4:30) How is sargassum affecting Tobago?
(7:18) What is Tura Homemade's product made of, exactly?
(9:35) How do we make Tura Homemade a final product?
(16:12) How is Tura Homemade packaged and shipped?
(17:15) Who's using Tura Homemade?
(20:10) What's the best way to use sargassum fertilizer?
(23:22) How difficult is it to market fertilizer made from sargassum?
(25:40) What other sustainable solutions has Avisha found for sargassum?
(31:35) Which ingredients of Tura Homemade are imported?
(34:33) Outro

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