A Cry for Kelp

It feels like we're very much still at the birth of the seaweed industry, in the west at least and a lot of issues still need to be overcome, how do we make sure as solutions are found, we move in the right direction though? I had the pleasure of talking to Bren Smith who's been at the heart of the seaweed industry for over 10 years to discuss the framework we need for moving from a community of passion to a community of purpose

Getting financing for seaweed projects is tough with a lot of time taken up applying for public money that often require match funding. Georg and the team at HATCH are experienced in advising and investing in the aquaculture space so how do they view opportunities in the seaweed industry?

To most people seaweed is an ugly, smelly organism that clogs up our beaches, Oriana Poindexter is beginning to change this narrative with her stunning photographs, cyanotypes and art installations

Seaweed farming is a tough job, processing seaweed is is a tough job, making and selling seaweed products are tough jobs. Wave Crooks and the team at Seagrown are doing all of that whilst also educating people about seaweed in his local community in the north of England. Is this vertically integrated model the future of seaweed businesses?

The second half of my conversation with Samantha Deane talking about how the Kelp Forest Foundation quantify the positive biodiversity impact of growing kelp

Quantifying the positive biodiversity impact of growing kelp is fundamental to it being considered a genuine ocean based solution to climate change and that's the job of the Kelp Forest Foundation

How can we sequester carbon and create great seaweed based products at the same time? Surely the carbon gets recycled not captured? Well Valentin Pitiot talks to me about Kelp Blue's plans to do both off the coast of Namibia

We're half way through this first season of A Cry for Kelp so I wanted to briefly recap what we've learnt so far and tell you what we're going to learn in the next half of the season

As the first five episodes have shown the right seaweed policy is fundamental to the growth of the industry. So I spoke with Alex Adrian of Crown Estate Scotland about what they are looking for to give the go ahead to new seaweed farms

I talk with Pierre Paslier co-founder of NOTPLA about how they are using seaweed to create the sustainable packaging of the future.