The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science is a framework to enhance collaboration and delivery of projects focused on creating ‘an ocean we want’. The Decade Actions are projects that are collectively working in all ocean basins, strengthening the global momentum for ocean knowledge-based solutions. The programme has endorsed an action by Kelp Forest Foundation […]
Purina is supporting a consortium study aiming to explore the role of seaweed-based biostimulants on soil health and plant performance. As part of Purina’s net zero commitment and journey towards regenerative agriculture, this 3-year study will test the potential impact of seaweed-based biostimulants on cereal crops, and assess their ability to help the plants adapt […]
Moving from start-up to scale up: find out from some of the players in the seaweed industry who have achieved phenomenal milestones and who graduated from being start-ups to being high growth companies. Featuring seaweed cultivators, kelp forest restorers, industry game changers, and cutting edge science. See below for the recording of our 3hr session […]
Data and science are key to unlocking the power of cultivated kelp as a nature-based solution to climate change. Our MD, Samantha Deane, talks to Nicholas Woodhams of A Cry For Kelp on the role the foundation is playing to quantify, with research and independent science, the ecological benefits of cultivated kelp forests. During this […]
One of our main sources of inspiration is Tim Flannery, who we are proud to call our board member and chief scientist. Tim Flannery, explorer, environmentalist and professor, seeks to grasp the big picture of planetary evolution and how humans can affect it — for better or for worse. In this TED talk, Tim shares […]
In the latest episode of the ClimateGenn Podcast, Dr. Shaun Fitzgerald OBE, in conversation with Nick Breeze, highlights the important modelling work to assess the carbon sequestration potential of cultivated kelp forests at a global scale. In this episode, he also discusses new research to build resilient and scaleable kelp growing platforms, asking the key […]
We are proud to have been selected as a Solver of the Solve – MIT 2022 Climate: Ecosystems + Housing Global Challenge. Our collaboration with reNature and Kelp Blue provides a solution that will be regenerating soil, going beyond repairing damage, using cultivated kelp. The MIT Solve’s Global Challenges seek social entrepreneurs who are using […]
Our MD, Samantha Rengers-Deane, was invited to speak alongside Adolfo Alvial, head of the Club Innovation Acuicola – Chile, about their views of the seaweed market in general and the potential for Latin America. The Mayma Azul program focuses on the global blue revolution through the creation of the first blue regenerative ecosystem in Latam […]
Our MD, Samantha Rengers – Deane spoke to Rushton Hurley of Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley about the power of cultivated kelp forests to combat climate change and diversity loss. Samantha also spoke about the innovation that is ocurring in the whole value chain, from hatchery and offshore cultivation to employing biorefinery processing methods to create exciting new products whilst minimising […]
Samantha Deane, Managing Director of the Kelp Forest Foundation (KFF) had the honour of speaking at this years’ Monaco Ocean Week (2022). Click and listen to her session where Samantha described how we creating a biodiversity baseline study to measure the impact of giant kelp cultivation on existing ecosytems. KFF shared the podium with Nathan […]