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 ...

It’s a typical summer afternoon in Kommetjie, a coastal community about 25 miles south of Cape Town, South Africa’s capital. The sun dances atop the surf, and a cool breeze blows down off the ...

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 ...

When we think of kelp, the time has come to think beyond the artificially colored neon green seaweed salad that comes alongside sushi take-out. Eaten dried, fresh, pureed, fermented, pickled, steamed, ...

Another startup sees farmed kelp as a market opportunity — this time for use in skin care. Cold Current Kelp in Kittery grows kelp, extracts compounds from the seaweed and makes the a variety of skin ...

Stonington Whiting, by Chef David Standridge, wrapped in sugar kelp, tempura fried with fresh mint, cilantro, Moromi shoyu and togarashi aioli. Legend has it that some forms of kelp can grow up to two ...

Five years ago, the American farmed-seaweed industry barely existed. Wild seaweeds had been harvested for thousands of years by Indigenous peoples on both coasts, for a range of uses including ...

Vertically integrated seaweed farmer and food producer Ocean’s Balance in Biddeford is importing an industrial-scale dehydrator to process up to 30,000 pounds of kelp per day. COURTESY / OCEAN'S ...