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 ...

WITH SEA FARMING AND KELP. CHRISTA ROSEN AND INGA POTTER HEAD OUT FROM KITTERY POINT, MAINE, ANTICIPATING A HEALTHY HAUL. A LEISURELY TEN MINUTES FROM THE HARBOR, YELLOW BUOYS MARK THEIR GROW LINES.

KELP. CHRIS DE ROSEN AND INGA POTTER HEAD OUT FROM KITTERY POINT, MAINE, ANTICIPATING A HEALTHY HAUL FOR A LEISURELY TEN MINUTES FROM THE HARBOR. YELLOW BUOYS MARK THEIR GROW LINES. THEY CULTIVATE ...

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.

A new economic modeling tool is helping Maine kelp farmers identify cost-saving strategies with remarkable precision. By analyzing farm design, weather, vessel types, and processing methods, it ...

On Thursday evening, a small, underwater farm in Gowanus celebrated its first harvest. The crop, 20 pounds of dried kelp, was stored in burlap sacks hanging from the rafters of an old, disused barge.

Kelp has long been used to keep cows healthy but it may also help reduce emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. A cow sticks her nose into a tub of kelp additive at Larson family dairy near Ottertail ...

When food forecasters made their predictions for 2022, they told The New York Times that farmed kelp would move beyond dashi and the menus at high-end restaurants and into everyday foods like pasta ...

For as long as she can remember, Azure Cygler’s life passions and career have been centered around the ocean. She worked as a commercial fisherman on tuna charter boats, in sustainable fishing ...