Network

Blue Ocean Barns

An Asparagopsis-growing, public-benefit company founded by Joan Salwen and Matt Rothe, that is building on Salwen’s work at Elm Innovations, a Stanford-based nonprofit founded by Salwen.

https://blueoceanbarns.com/

Canadian Pacifico Seaweeds, LTD

Canada

Is establishing a reliable commercial option for kelp seed in British Columbia.

https://canadianpacificoseaweeds.com/

Cultivates local species of seaweed on low-impact ocean farms in partnership with coastal Indigenous communities, then harvests it to manufacture seaweed-derived products for crop and cattle farmers, providing nature-based solutions to climate change and food security.

https://www.cascadiaseaweed.com/

Fearless Fund

Is working on creating and harvesting free-floating blooms of Sargassum seaweed in the Atlantic and Caribbean.

https://www.fearlessfund.org/

Kelp Forest Alliance

Is a non-profit that advances the preservation and restoration of the world’s kelp forests. They conduct targeted research into how to prevent kelp forest loss and how to bring it back once it is gone.

https://kelpforestalliance.com/

MarineBio Energy

Is an American company working at the forefront of seaforestation using underwater drones that move kelp farms from the sunny surface to the nutrient-rich ocean depths on a daily cycle.

https://www.marinebiomass.com/

Ocean Era

Works with ARPA-E-funded project called Blue Fields Offshore Macroalgae Demonstration Project, which hopes to advance the technology for irrigation of open-ocean macroalgae farms through better mooring and more efficient pumping and deep-water application techniques.

http://ocean-era.com/

Ocean Rainforest

Is a company with operations in the Faroe Islands and the U.S. that is at the forefront of developing cost-efficient technology for growing giant kelp. Demonstrates the economic feasibility of commercial-scale seaweed cultivation in an offshore environment.

http://www.oceanrainforest.com/systems