# @collegeofcharleston on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbqu1p7DjOV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14767779-collegeofcharleston-instagram
- **Posted:** 2022-03-29T00:33:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** College of Charleston (@collegeofcharleston) — https://gondola.cc/collegeofcharleston

## Caption

Get to know College of Charleston alumnus Sam Norton, founder of HeronFarms in Charleston, S.C. Recognized as the world’s first vertical indoor saltwater farm, the company grows sea beans, a healthy, plant-based salt alternative. In the latest #CofC podcast Norton shares his fascinating journey from plucking sea beans in Lowcountry marshes as a child to studying them for a graduate research project to growing them year-round in an indoor facility. The plants, which Norton says “taste like the ocean,” have become popular with some of Charleston’s award-winning chefs, who use them as a salt substitute in their dishes.

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#heronfarms #sustainability #cofcalumni #charlestonsc #collegeofcharleston #verticalfarming #seabeans #farming

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heronfarms, cofcalumni, verticalfarming, charlestonsc, sustainability, seabeans, farming, cofc, collegeofcharleston

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