Shared Processing Planner
A shared drying or processing unit is often discussed as a regional opportunity. Enter what one unit can handle in a day, your season and the yearly volume you are planning for, and see how many units it takes. Use the same basis for every figure: either wet kelp going in, or dried product coming out.
Inputs
For context: a presentation at Kelp Fest, Halifax, June 2026 gave about 227,000 kg a year as the volume serious buyers look for. Whether that was wet or dried, and which buyers, was not stated, so it is not filled in for you.
Results
Enter all four figures and press Calculate to see the result.
Thinking about hub design?
This planner turns a processing scale question into a number. The harder questions are about siting, governance, species mix, equipment ownership, and buyer relationships. Advisory work on shared processing hubs is available for co-ops, regional development bodies, and funders scoping this kind of infrastructure.
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