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Oceans, rivers and lakes are chockful of thousands of underwater plants and algae collectively described as seaweed. Demand for seaweed — kelp, specifically — has exploded as scientists have confirmed ...

A new partnership between a small business funding and research arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Springtide Seaweed will help to address the challenges of broadening seaweed cultivation ...

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Atlantic Sea Farms, a seaweed farming company in Biddeford, doubled its harvest from last year and has more “partner farmers” and retail outlets than ever. This year, the farmers harvested 1.3 million ...

Kelp is a type of seaweed that grows in large underwater forests and looks a little like green lasagna noodles with curly edges. But now, the growing industry in the U.S. needs to build infrastructure ...

Seaweed and ceviche poke bowls. Kelp burgers. Sugar kelp vodka cocktails. Seaweed-infused beers and teas. Seaweed-inspired bread, cheese, chocolate and ice cream. Those are some of the products ...

As the international culinary community increasingly prioritizes the depth of “the fifth taste,” the technical evaluation of stock ingredients has moved beyond simple procurement to a rigorous quality ...

Enormous amounts of seaweed are currently clogging up Sydney beaches with swimmers forced to contend with mountains of ...