New environmental DNA tools can accurately and inexpensively quantify kelp-derived biomass in sediments below commercial kelp farms, according to research recently published in PLOS One. The new study ...
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 ...
Cold Current Kelp co-owner Krista Rosen holds up an example of wild sugar kelp that has grown on the company’s previously planted line in Kittery, Maine, on Dec. 15, 2024. Early on a freezing Sunday ...
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 ...