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Seaweed Economy

The economics of seaweed, with sources.

Seaweed Economy is an economics and business resource for the seaweed sector. We gather what has been published on prices, costs and buyers in Canada and the United States, and date every figure.

When reliable figures have not been published, we say so.

Based in Canada. Open to people working with seaweed anywhere.

Meet the people building it

Work by Slimy Futures (Catherine Euale)

Creative · Halifax, NS / Mi'kma'ki

Slimy Futures

“What if the walls of our homes did more than shelter us? What if, through their animate past, they also evoked a sense of connection with the living world.”

Catherine Euale (Slimy Futures) is a bio-artist, material researcher and science communicator based in the east coast of Turtle Island. Her practice explores marine algae as a source of biocompatible, water-responsive materials, from sodium alginate films and bioyarn to solid kelp-gellant vessels and laser-cut composit...

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See who is working with seaweed

396 organisations around the world, in our directory.