Seaweed – the untapped resource
Seaweed could add up to 10% to the world’s food supply by using just 0.03% of the surface of the oceans, as well as having the potential by 2050 to…
Seaweed could add up to 10% to the world’s food supply by using just 0.03% of the surface of the oceans, as well as having the potential by 2050 to…
Faroese seaweed farming company Ocean Rainforest has secured $1.5 million in funding, led by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which committed $850,000. The rest comes from a mix of Faroese backers and…
New Zealand’s Innovative Partnerships Programme is connecting Kiwi and Japanese edible seaweed companies to tackle the ‘gorse of the sea.’ The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Innovative Partnerships…
Royal Greenland’s business development manager Nikoline Ziemer has been cultivating seaweed at a test base in Maniitsoq since the autumn of last year and it wasn’t until the spring of…
A petition to the Scottish government is circulating, spelling out the opposition to an application by Ayr-based Marine Biopolymers to dredge for wild kelp in areas off the west of Scotland. The petition is strongly supported by the Scottish Creel Fishermen's Federation, which is urging people to sign.
A large seaweed research project will include Faroese company Ocean Rainforest. In addition to research funding, the company will benefit from further knowledge on the refining of seaweed, according to the company’s owner Ólavur Gregersen in an interview with Faroese radio.