Nestlé Purina supports three-year research to explore the role of seaweed in regenerative agriculture with KFF & Wageningen University
Purina is supporting a consortium study aiming to explore the role of seaweed-based biostimulants on soil health and plant performance. As part of Purina’s net zero commitment and journey towards regenerative agriculture, this 3-year study will test the potential impact of seaweed-based biostimulants on cereal crops, and assess their ability to help the plants adapt […]
[Recording] Seaweed: Reality vs. Hype | Monaco Ocean Week 2023
Moving from start-up to scale up: find out from some of the players in the seaweed industry who have achieved phenomenal milestones and who graduated from being start-ups to being high growth companies. Featuring seaweed cultivators, kelp forest restorers, industry game changers, and cutting edge science. See below for the recording of our 3hr session […]
Kelp and Innovation: presentation to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley
Our MD, Samantha Rengers – Deane spoke to Rushton Hurley of Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley about the power of cultivated kelp forests to combat climate change and diversity loss. Samantha also spoke about the innovation that is ocurring in the whole value chain, from hatchery and offshore cultivation to employing biorefinery processing methods to create exciting new products whilst minimising […]
MONACO OCEAN WEEK 2022 – SEAWEED DAY
Samantha Deane, Managing Director of the Kelp Forest Foundation (KFF) had the honour of speaking at this years’ Monaco Ocean Week (2022). Click and listen to her session where Samantha described how we creating a biodiversity baseline study to measure the impact of giant kelp cultivation on existing ecosytems. KFF shared the podium with Nathan […]
The Kelp Forest Foundation is proud of being selected as a top innovator in Blue Carbon Challenge by The World Economic Forum
Interest in blue carbon has reached an all-time high, but high-quality projects remain scarce. The Blue Carbon Challenge on UpLink sourced innovative solutions, projects, and enabling tools that can harness the potential of blue carbon markets to support conservation, restoration, and coastal management for people, nature, and climate. The selected 12 UpLink Ocean Top Innovators […]
Kelp Forest Foundation awarded a grant by the Safe Seaweed Coalition to assess the biodiversity impact
For Immediate Release Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Kelp Forest Foundation was awarded €50,000 from the Safe Seaweed Coalition to help assess the impact on biodiversity of giant kelp farming in offshore Namibia. Human activities are causing environmental degradation and reducing (biodiversity. Finding ways of restoring it has never been more urgent. Cultivated kelp forests could […]
The Kelp Forest Foundation (KFF) Receives a Grant for Kelp Carbon Sequestration Modelling
KFF receives a grant from the Moore Foundation for Carbon Sequestration Modelling
The Ocean Farmers Trying to Save the World With Seaweed
Photo: Amy McConnell, a Canadian Kelp Resources Ltd. lab technician, holds up a piece of giant kelp in the Trevor Channel in Vancouver Island, on Aug. 19 2020. PHOTO BY: Melissa Renwick for TIME In a cove in Bamfield, a coastal community in British Columbia, Canada, Louis Druehl steers his boat, The Kelp Express, a mile along […]
How Kelp Naturally Combats Global Climate Change
When we think of kelp, we conjure up images of magical underwater forests. Recent research, however, suggests that in addition to creating beautiful habitats, macroalgae such as kelp play a large role reducing the effects of global warming. Kelp has an incredibly fast growth rate (up to two feet per day) and exports a large […]
Can the forests of the world’s oceans contribute to alleviating the climate crisis?
Photo: Kelp forest views from below the ocean surface PHOTO BY: Andrew B Stowe – Shutterstock Researchers are looking to kelp for help storing carbon dioxide far beneath the surface of the sea. Sixty years ago, Tasmania’s coastline was cushioned by a velvety forest of kelp so dense it would ensnare local fishers as they headed […]
