Kelp can help to fortify the environment amid warming temperatures. Underwater forests could be the answer to helping to mitigate the environment from the impacts of climate change, experts told ABC ...

CRISTA ROSEN AND INGA POTTER HEAD OUT FROM KITTERY POINT, MAINE, ANTICIPATING A HEALTHY HAUL. A LEISURELY TEN MINUTES FROM THE HARBOR, YELLOW BUOYS MARK THEIR GROW LINES. THEY CULTIVATE THEIR CATCH ...

On Thursday evening, a small, underwater farm in Gowanus celebrated its first harvest. The crop, 20 pounds of dried kelp, was stored in burlap sacks hanging from the rafters of an old, disused barge.

A new economic modeling tool is helping Maine kelp farmers identify cost-saving strategies with remarkable precision. By analyzing farm design, weather, vessel types, and processing methods, it ...

The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new study. The paper analyzed carbon and nitrogen levels at two mixed-species kelp ...

Kelp has long been used to keep cows healthy but it may also help reduce emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. A cow sticks her nose into a tub of kelp additive at Larson family dairy near Ottertail ...

For most of Connecticut’s agriculture sector, the harvest has already concluded by this time of year. But for a new crop of farmers growing sugar kelp in the waters of the Long Island Sound, planting ...

For as long as she can remember, Azure Cygler’s life passions and career have been centered around the ocean. She worked as a commercial fisherman on tuna charter boats, in sustainable fishing ...

Long Island kelp farmer Sue Wicks holds a line of kelp in the Moriches Bay. Via ABC News (NEW YORK) — Underwater forests could be the answer to helping to mitigate the environment from the impacts of ...

For most of Connecticut’s agriculture sector, the harvest has already concluded by this time of year. But for a new crop of farmers growing sugar kelp in the waters of the Long Island Sound, planting ...