There is so much more to this issue. Are we really wanting to trade off our waters for animal feed or fertilizer? Better speak up now.
Prospective kelp growers who want to join the handful of existing commercial seaweed farms in the Pacific Northwest are having to contend with a lengthy permitting process. It’s gotten contentious in a few cases, but even so, at least a couple of new seaweed farms stand on the cusp of approval. Their harvests could be sold for human food, animal feed or fertilizer. Tom Banse reports. (NW News Network)See also: Can kelp farming help save our marine environment? Richard Arlin Walker reports.
(Salish Current, 10/7/22)
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