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The possibility of using seaweed as a fertiliser is being explored by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture. Minister Clare Barber told the House of Keys this week that her department is examining the use of seaweed in farming, particularly as fertiliser costs rise due to global factors.

As the battle to arrest the decline in our natural habitat continues, identifying ecological zones that can assist us in this endeavour is critical to our success in achieving our goals. A good example is the Great African Seaforest, a kelp forest that fringes the shores of Cape Town and stretches north for more than 1,000km into Namibia.

New trial results indicate that a seaweed-derived biostimulant could significantly improve table grape yields and quality, as South African producers face increasing costs and export pressures. 

A new study analysing U.S. consumer preferences for edible seaweed products finds familiarity and convenience are key to encouraging more people to try seaweed-based products.

Marine scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have found that kelp forests and sandy beach ecosystems along the California coast are more tightly connected than previously understood. In a study published in Nature Scientific Reports, lead author Kyle Emery and colleagues demonstrate that the health and extent of offshore kelp forests directly influence the structure and functioning of beach food webs.

Suzie Flores left a Manhattan career to farm sugar kelp off the Connecticut coast. Now she's trying to convince the US that the future of sustainable food is growing under the waves.

If any nation has unlocked the full potential of seaweed, it’s Ireland. The earliest records show the sixth-century monks living on Skellig Michael off the southwest coast already made use of it, collecting wild dulse to eat and fertilise their rocky terrace gardens.