“We’re not only creating one of the most nutrient dense foods on the planet, but we’re also allowing fishermen to adapt to climate change through diversifying their income source and absorbing some of the shock of that industry.”
Go kelp! Our work, alongside fellow Mainers Ocean Farms Supply, was highlighted in the roundup piece, ’22 Solutions-Focused Stories on the Food System in 2022′, in Civil Eats. And if you missed it in March, here is the full story by Lynn Fantom, ‘Can Small Seaweed Farms Help Kelp Scale Up?‘.
“As seaweed farms develop on both coasts and begin to contribute to America’s blue economy, much depends on infrastructure.” Read the Full Article Here
“Biddeford-based Atlantic Sea Farms is a woman-run, seaweed farming and food product company. Founded to support fisheries in the face of a rapidly warming Gulf of Maine, the company provides its partner farmers with kelp seed and then contracts to buy back their harvests. Atlantic Sea Farms currently has more than 40 partner farmers. Their product line…
“This is the tractor of the American kelp farmer, and if it looks like a lobster boat, that’s because it is.” Watch this CNN Special Report and learn more about how our work in kelp aquaculture is supporting a cleaner, healthier, more robust future of food! The segment about Atlantic Sea Farms starts around minute 21,…
We were thrilled to have our own Briana Warner listed as one of Maine Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Mainers this year! There is so much good happening in our favorite state. Find out more about how Bri and team are working to make big, positive change!
“Steve Train, a third-generation lobsterman in Casco Bay, Maine, has become a farmer. He started growing kelp–something still plentiful in the area–offshore of his property to earn money during spring months when lobstering is traditionally slow.” Our work to diversify coastal economies in the face of climate change through regenerative kelp aquaculture hit the front…