There is already limited production of the vegetable in the UK, harvested in its wild state from saltwater marshes in East Anglia. However, a research centre at Kedesh Barnea has pioneered a crop grown on thick matting, which has been taken up by several producers. Current capacity of 120kg a week is set to double soon.
Agrexco, Israel’s largest marketing organisation, said there was major potential for sales of sea asparagus in the UK.
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