Why New England is going wild for wet weeds
Kelp helps farmers’ wallets and the world
THE PINK AND green buoys bobbed gently over the surface of the water as Catherine Puckett steered her boat towards them. Underneath the area demarcated by the buoys, Ms Puckett plants kelp—a type of seaweed—on long ropes that resemble washing lines. In a good year she harvests about five tonnes of the stuff, which is ferried from Block Island to be sold on the mainland.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Kelp wanted”
United States June 26th 2021
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