Jon McGee of New England Sea Farms in Guilford said he harvested roughly 10,000 pounds of sugar kelp on his farm last spring, and he expects to grow roughly five times that volume this year.

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has opened a public comment period on a proposal to create a 31-acre kelp farm in ...

In recent years, the global kelp farming market has exploded; the global commercial seaweed market is projected to surpass $85 billion by 2026. Right now, roughly 90% of the seaweed sold in U.S ...

The problem, though, is that there’s not enough of it. Enter kelp farming. China currently leads the industry, having produced more than seven million metric tons in 2015, says University of ...

Sue Wicks is a former professional basketball champion who harvests kelp for Violet Cove Oyster Company.

KITTERY, Maine (WMTW) — Seven months ago, Maine business partners Krista Rosen and Inga Potter were hauling in their harvest from their kelp farm off the coast of Kittery Point. Fast forward to ...

Maine appears to be the only state whose federal grant boosting research and economic development for coastal communities was ...

Potter said she has collaborated with scientists all over the world in her research; her environmental science background drew her to the potential of kelp farming. They work with Bob Leipold ...

Movie"A bootstrapping seaweed nerd takes on climate change and global food insecurity armed with nothing but determination when she sets out to start her own kelp farm." ...

Kelp may be one of the first species to show how coastal ecosystems will respond to the L.A. fires. These forests of fast-growing brown algae provide food and habitat for hundreds of marine ...