GreenWave

GreenWave is proud to be an environmental partner of the 1% for the Planet network of organizations committed to a thriving future for our planet. Thanks to a grant from 1% for the Planet partner OXO, GreenWave is expanding access and adding content to our online Ocean Farming Hub, and investing in leading farmers to ensure they have the knowledge, skills, infrastructure, and market opportunities they need to grow their farms. Thank you, OXO!

With April 15th just around the corner, charitable deductions may be top of mind. Tax-smart gifts from stock, crypto, an IRA, or a donor advised fund can help you optimize your 2025 tax return while making your support for regenerative ocean farmers go even further. Your support this year will help GreenWave expand the reach of our online Ocean Farming Hub, provide hands-on support to experienced farmers in key production regions, help emerging farms scale their businesses, and bring more sustainably grown seaweed-based products to market. Learn more about tax-smart giving at https://lnkd.in/e7gwBTtj

Heading to the Blue Food Innovation Summit? On April 8, our Director of Market Development, Samantha Garwin, is speaking on the Main Stage during "Seaweed at a Crossroads: Navigating Market Expansion and Pathways for Growth." This powerhouse panel will explore the challenges and opportunities of scaling seaweed production sustainably while unlocking its full economic potential. If you're attending, don’t miss the discussion and feel free to connect with Sam afterward to talk about the future of the seaweed sector. #BlueFoodInnovation #SustainableGrowth #FutureOfFood

Season Extension Using Kelp Seed Banks–Courses Now Available 🚨 • • • Two years after implementing new seed bank and nursery technologies that gave us greater flexibility over seed production timing, GreenWave continues to test the limits on outplanting. This fall, we set lines out on October 17, two weeks earlier than the previous year. Now, at the season’s midpoint, our kelp is thriving despite the early planting and low nutrient levels from drought conditions in southern Connecticut. By outplanting earlier, we’re working to extend the growing season and maximize biomass before summer temperatures set in. To learn more about these next-generation seed bank and nursery techniques, check out our two new courses, 🛠️ Building a Gametophyte Seed Bank and 🧵 Propagating Seedstring from Gametophytes, now available on the 🌊 Ocean Farming Hub! Join GreenWave and Hortimare for an in-depth look into the course during our launch webinar tomorrow, April 3. 🎟️ Register: https://ow.ly/rNQQ50VtpWF

Join the discussion on seaweed solutions, climate innovation, and regenerative ocean farming on April 8 at the Seaweed Solutions event at 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub! We’re thrilled to have our Senior Program Manager, Grace Collery, contributing her insights to the conversation. Thanks to Daphné Halley for bringing this event together. Details below! 👇

We’re excited to share this recent article by FoodBev Media featuring our very own Samantha Garwin with insights on regenerative kelp farming and its role in building a climate-resilient food system. The article also highlights the efforts of Noble Ocean Farms, Marine Biologics, Algae Cooking Club, Umaro Foods, Sway and OCEANIUM in advancing seaweed innovation. Special thanks to Melissa Bradshaw for showcasing this important work. Check out the full article to learn how sustainably sourced seaweed is shaping the future of food, health, and packaging:

👋 Come say hi tomorrow at Climate Day, part of Natural Products Expo West in L.A. Find Samantha Garwin and Grace Collery at our table to learn how regeneratively ocean farmed kelp is making waves 🌊 in sustainable CPG, offering innovative product opportunities and climate-smart solutions. We’d love to connect! Stop by and let’s talk seaweed as a functional ingredient and the future of better-for-the-planet products. #ExpoWest #NaturalProducts #SustainableFuture

GreenWave’s latest guide, How to Work With Buyers: Guidance for Kelp Farmers, provides a detailed roadmap for navigating sales processes and building successful buyer partnerships, covering key topics like relationship building, negotiation, and optimizing operations to support a farmer-led industry. The guide also includes practical tools such as: 📝 Templates for sell sheets, term sheets, purchase agreements, and order forms 👥 Example buyer personas 📅 An interactive Annual Farm Calendar Calculator to help you generate a yearly farm schedule Funding for the guide and other market development work was provided through a grant from the NOAA Saltonstall-Kennedy program. View the Guide: https://ow.ly/PqGl50UU0pT

Wishing you and yours a happy new year. Thank you for everything you’ve done this year to give ocean farmers the resources they need to build a regenerative economy we can all get behind. You can still support our work at greenwave.org/donate.

Pirate Politics . . . I often get asked “What kind of folks become ocean farmers?” My answer: It’s a motley crew of contradictions. Flag-flying Trump supporters and climate activists. Social justice warriors and anti-government crusaders. Some are running 90-ft draggers, others farm from kayaks. There’s white collar, blue collar, and no collar. It’s a beautiful mess, and good to see so many shades of lived experience, hardships, viewpoints shipping out on a joint mission. The question is, what’s holding this merry band of pirates together? What’s the glue? I suspect what brings our disparate lives together is the nature of the work: it’s physical, it’s concrete, it’s meaningful. The very act of building real-world things together—hatcheries, farms, processing lines—forge common bonds. Toiling side-by-side, stories begin to flow about our struggles and triumphs. Perspectives warp, and without realizing it, against all odds, we cement in common cause. From this scaffolding, we build solidarity. I got goosebumps this year when I heard that experienced farmers volunteered to direct their $25,000 Kelp Climate Fund subsidies to beginning farmers. And again when news broke that a popular seaweed brand transferred all their assets to a farmer cooperative. Build strong bonds and crazy things will happen. I don’t know where the story of regenerative ocean farming will lead, but I do know its wellspring: Soul-filling, collaborative work with those we respect and trust. Cast your lot with us, and we’ll build a new politics out at sea. – bren Visit greenwave.org/donate to support ocean farmers