Carolina Muñoz and José Avilés have been cultivating seaweed for over two decades in Bahía Inglesa, northern Chile. While production was initially their main focus, they are currently spending more time investigating ways to add value to their crops.
Janno van der Laan is the founder of Nasaru Naturals, a startup cultivating spirulina in the soda lakes of East Africa’s Rift Valley, as a sustainable protein source for both human nutrition and aquafeeds.
In Normandy, oysters reign supreme, but a new land-based ulva producer, Magma Seaweed, hopes to disrupt the tides with a novel two-pronged farming approach.
By combining ocean intelligence with training and buy-back schemes, MarinElixirs is de-risking cultivation, integrating the value chain and turning fresh seaweed into higher-value biostimulants within hours of harvesting.