Kelp farming is catching on in Maine as a way to sustain working class coastal communities while supporting ecosystems and ...
On a clear March afternoon, John Smet shut off the engine of his workboat as he approached his go-to wild kelp bed. It was high tide, so less kelp was pooling on the surface of the water ...
(triple j hack: April McLennan) Loaded into the truck or trailer, the seaweed is transported to a nearby kelp factory. For two weeks, the sun-drenched and wind-blown kelp air-dries on steel racks ...
The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they need our help to recover. 4:03 The kelp forests off the coast of ...
“Visitors at our factory are surprised by how versatile an apparently simple alga can be. New applications are discovered regularly, as the full potential for giant kelp has not been realised ye ...