A podcast series that delves deep into the seaweed industry through interviews with its movers and shakers - be they entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers, farmers, scientists or enthusiasts.
Each episode will focus on a specific element of the value chain allowing listeners to build their understanding of what's happening in this fascinating, fast-growing industry.
It feels like we're very much still at the birth of the seaweed industry, in the west at least and a lot of issues still need to be overcome, how do we make sure as solutions are found, we move in the right direction though? I had the pleasure of talking to Bren Smith who's been at the heart of the seaweed industry for over 10 years to discuss the framework we need for moving from a community of passion to a community of purpose
25 Nov 2022
Georg Baunach from Hatch
Getting financing for seaweed projects is tough with a lot of time taken up applying for public money that often require match funding. Georg and the team at HATCH are experienced in advising and investing in the aquaculture space so how do they view opportunities in the seaweed industry?
18 Nov 2022
Changing the narrative around seaweed with photographer Oriana Poindexter
To most people seaweed is an ugly, smelly organism that clogs up our beaches, Oriana Poindexter is beginning to change this narrative with her stunning photographs, cyanotypes and art installations
28 Oct 2022
Wave Crooks of Seagrown
Seaweed farming is a tough job, processing seaweed is is a tough job, making and selling seaweed products are tough jobs. Wave Crooks and the team at Seagrown are doing all of that whilst also educating people about seaweed in his local community in the north of England. Is this vertically integrated model the future of seaweed businesses?
7 Oct 2022
Samantha Deane from The Kelp Forest Foundation
The second half of my conversation with Samantha Deane talking about how the Kelp Forest Foundation quantify the positive biodiversity impact of growing kelp
3 Sept 2022
Valentin Pitiot of Kelp Blue
How can we sequester carbon and create great seaweed based products at the same time? Surely the carbon gets recycled not captured? Well Valentin Pitiot talks to me about Kelp Blue's plans to do both off the coast of Namibia
14 Aug 2022
Mid Season Recap
We're half way through this first season of A Cry for Kelp so I wanted to briefly recap what we've learnt so far and tell you what we're going to learn in the next half of the season
29 Jul 2022
Alex Adrian of Crown Estate Scotland
As the first five episodes have shown the right seaweed policy is fundamental to the growth of the industry. So I spoke with Alex Adrian of Crown Estate Scotland about what they are looking for to give the go ahead to new seaweed farms
29 Jun 2022
Pierre Paslier of NOTPLA
I talk with Pierre Paslier co-founder of NOTPLA about how they are using seaweed to create the sustainable packaging of the future.
29 Jun 2022
David Lawson on Mitigating Methane with Seaweed
I look at the opportunities seaweed presents to mitigate methane, a gas 28 times better than CO2 at trapping heat in an illuminating discussion with David Lawson from CH4 Global
29 Jun 2022
Rob Passmore of Biosphere North Devon
I chat with Rob about his plans to establish a vertically integrated seaweed industry in North Devon, the challenges that presents and the potential benefits it will bring to the area
29 Jun 2022
Kyla Orr from Kelp Crofting
No Podcast on Seaweed should launch without having someone at the coal face of this burgeoning new industry talk to us. For that we've managed to prize Kyla Orr from her Kelp Farm on the Isle of Skye
29 Jun 2022
Petra Steenhoek of Hortimare
Petra Steenhoek from Hortimare starts this series off with a discussion about the different species of seaweed and leads us through the breeding process
26 Jun 2022
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A Trailer for the 1st Season of A Cry for Kelp
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