“Kelp farming simultaneously shares characteristics with farming (on land) while also being very different,” Scheer explains. For one thing, Scheer’s kelp seedlings start off in a nursery. Once they ...

Kelp farming has been growing in the U.S. in recent years. In 2021, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation to permit kelp cultivation and to restore water quality and marine life habitats.

Now he sees kelp farming as a continuation of this work, by restoring ocean health and providing food security to Indigenous people. Story continues below advertisement. Advertisement.

Kelp is on the way: After a pandemic setback, mariculture farming is on the rise — and could help combat climate change. Self-help-kelp. by Clarise Larson; Friday, July 15, 2022 7:47pm ...

Commercial kelp farming is limited in New York, however. Luke Eddins paddles through Newtown Creek while checking kelp ahead of harvest season, March 17, 2023. | Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY.

The Women-Led, Indigenous-Owned Kelp Farm Restoring Long Island’s Waters. May 9, 2023. The Shinnecock Indian Nation is leading the fight to keep Long Island from going underwater.

In 2021, McGee and a handful of other farms known as the Sugar Kelp Co-Op held the first New England Kelp Harvest Week, offering education about the plant, farm tours, cooking classes and more to ...

Kelp farmer Jon McGee, of New England Sea Farms in Guilford, and Southern CT State University professor Emma Cross fasten a water testing probe to a buoy on McGee's farm in the Long Island Sound ...