Farming kelp to sell as food, beauty products, fertilizer additives and other goods is a growing industry in Maine, but also a costly one. One key barrier for new farmers is a lack of cost-analysis ...

A new modeling tool helps kelp farmers uncover major cost-saving strategies by analyzing real-world conditions and farm ...

SAINT GEORGE, Maine (WMTW) — Maine leads the nation in seaweed farming. Kelp farms are located across several areas off Maine’s coast, including Casco Bay and the Midcoast. Keith Miller of South ...

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Paddling their boat in a creek inlet in Greenpoint, Shanjana Mahmud and Luke Eddins, volunteers with the Newtown Creek Alliance, headed to a series of yellow buoys. Against a background of the piles ...

Sean Den Adel and Skye Steritz operate Noble Ocean Farms out of Cordova. (Photo courtesy Mark Titus) Sean Den Adel and his fiance Skye Steritz live in Cordova and are among a handful of small-scale ...

Employees check a line ribbon kelp, or Alaria marginata, in March at Seagrove Kelp’s Doyle Bay Farm, six miles outside of Craig, Alaska. State regulations require kelp farmers to gather seed from at ...

The smell of the ocean and the boom of loud upbeat music filled the Barnacle Foods warehouse as employees donned hairnets and used large kitchen knives to slice away at the thick and tubular bull kelp ...

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Alaska is home to many remote communities in coastal, arctic and subarctic environments. The difficulty of transporting food to many of these areas means that food insecurity is a huge issue.