When a major mariculture grant program ends this year, Alaska’s kelp farms will face one of their biggest tests thus far.

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 ...

Seaweed and kelp are eaten by both humans and domestic animals all over the world. Several species are used in everything from cosmetics and food additives to fertilizers and medicines. However, ...

Kelp Blue is scaling giant kelp cultivation to restore ocean ecosystems, capture carbon, and produce sustainable ...

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 ...

It was nearly sunset on a breezy May afternoon when Scott Lord and his wife Sheena pulled into Port Clyde, Maine, on the Eva Marie. The hull sat low in the water, weighed down by 2,500 pounds of sugar ...

It’s a superfood and good for the environment. So, what’s the problem? Kelp seedlings at Thimble Island Ocean Farm in Branford, Conn.Credit...Amr Alfiky/The New York Times Supported by By Hannah ...

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Kelson Marine and collaborators sample kelp grown on an open-ocean seaweed farm. Farming kelp to sell as food, beauty products, fertilizer additives and other goods is a growing industry in Maine, but ...