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Halcyon Sea Farms

A two-hectare sugar kelp farm planning to sell dried kelp to food and ingredient makers in BC.

Immediate objective

Complete a 20-tonne wet harvest in spring 2027 and sign two buyers for dried kelp.

Prototype stage

Core pieces are in place. Confirm your regulatory pathway, test your numbers and get first buyer feedback.

These three areas can stop a sale or a funder on their own, however strong the rest looks.

Seaweed supply

Partly met

Rated 3 (Pilot-ready). This holds the venture at Pilot market stage at most until it reaches 4.

Regulation and safety

Partly met

Rated 2 (In progress). This holds the venture at Pilot market stage at most until it reaches 4.

Economics and finance

Partly met

Rated 2 (In progress). This holds the venture at Pilot market stage at most until it reaches 4.

Operations and infrastructure, rated 1: Can you plant, harvest, handle and deliver at your planned scale?
Farm Economics Calculator
Regulation and safety (critical), rated 2: Do you know which licences, tenures and food safety rules apply, and are applications underway?
Regulatory Pathway Navigator
Economics and finance (critical), rated 2: Do you know your costs per kilogram, your price, and whether a season makes money?
Farm Economics Calculator

pieces of evidence, including tool results

1 of 3

infrastructure dependencies confirmed

1 of 5

milestones done, $190,300 still to fund

3 of 7

kinds of capital plausible now: planning or research support, grant, community or indigenous financing