24th International Seaweed Symposium dates announced!
SOURCE: ISS2023
The 24th International Seaweed Symposium will be held for the first time in Australia. It will take place in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia’s most southern state, from Sunday 19th to Friday 24th February 2023.
Seaweed farm proposal for Eden aims for Australian-first commercial kelp crop
SOURCE: ABC.NET.AU
Those behind a plan to build Australia's first commercial ocean seaweed farm off the NSW south coast say it would create a "brand new industry" and feed a growing appetite for the product.
Securing raw materials program driving innovation in South Australia
SOURCE: CH4 GLOBAL
The Federal Government is providing $3.8m for a project in regional South Australia to produce seaweed for livestock production as part of its Securing Raw Materials Program.
Fonterra expands seaweed trial
SOURCE: Food & Drink Business
Fonterra is working with seaweed company Sea Forest to expand its on-farm trials to quantify the methane reducing potential of Asparagopsis seaweed.
Methane-reducing seaweed project focus swings to producing ‘at commercial scale’
SOURCE: Beef Connect
The move towards production of commercial quantities of the methane-reducing asparagopsis seaweed is making rapid progress, a Brisbane beef industry audience was told last week.
The genie in the bottle is a planet-saving business.
SOURCE: i4 Connect
The commercialisation of an Australian technology that turns a native seaweed into a livestock feed is thrusting agriculture and aquaculture to the forefront of the world’s fight to arrest climate change.
Collaborative approach is fundamental to maximise RD&E outcomes in emerging industries
SOURCE: AgriFutures
A growing number of new and emerging rural industries are bringing opportunity, diversity and resilience to rural Australia and have the potential to make significant economic, social and environmental contributions.
Trial update: Surf, turf & carbon neutral wool.
SOURCE: M.J Bale
Nearing the end of our world-first commercial trial to produce Carbon Neutral Wool via the virtues of asparagopsis seaweed, M.J. Bale – Australian-owned gentlemen’s clothier – Founder Matt Jensen visits both Sea Forest and Kingston farm in Tasmania.
Seaweed research on a rising tide of optimisim
SOURCE: FDRC
Research to optimise propagation and growth of the red seaweed Asparagopsis gathers pace, throwing up exciting new opportunities and challenges.
GLOBAL FOOD FORUM 2021: Meeting consumer demands for meat and dairy in a low carbon world.
SOURCE: Global Food Forum
The 2021 Global Food Forum took place on 1 June 2021 and presented a world-class line up of industry experts to debate the critical issues facing Australia’s $150 billion agribusiness sector.
Harvesting Seaweed To Save The Planet
SOURCE: PRO BONO NEWS
As the founder of The Seaweed Institute, Jo Kelly is growing the seaweed industry to tackle climate change. She’s this week’s Changemaker.
Ocean Farmed Seaweed Harvests Underway
This year marks Australia’s first harvests of commercial-grade, farmed ocean seaweeds – the first in September, the second in November. Both harvests, in Tasmania, have occurred under the auspices of the Seaweed Solutions Cooperative Research Centres Project (CRC-P), funded through the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources.
Australian Seaweed Institute’s Biofilter Innovation On World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda
SOURCE: WORLD ECONOMIC FOURM
An Australian innovation for seaweed biofilters to help protect the Great Barrier Reef is drawing attention at Davos 2021 this week as one of the top global innovations for protecting oceans. 11 innovations protecting life below water – and above it | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
Environmental game changers lead the way amongst Entrepreneurs’ Programme grant recipients
SOURCE: business.gov.au
Tasmanian-based environmental start-up Sea Forest has been awarded a share in over $4 million of grant funding to commercialise their innovative seaweed farming project under the Entrepreneurs’ Programme.
Seaweed Features In The New Sustainable Ocean Economy Report
The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy led by Australia's Prime Minister clearly recommends seaweed as a solution for a sustainable ocean economy.