Seaweed Commons seeks to form ecological seaweed coalitions, support and inform public discourse, increase algal literacy, and advocate for an appropriately scaled, just seaweed economy. By providing the public with nuanced and accessible information on the politics, ecology, governance, and economy of marine algae, we aim to promote an open and informed public discourse essential to responsible decision-making and resource management.
- Paula Barbeito Morandeira - Slowfish International Coordinator
- Weatherly Bates - Shellfish and Kelp farmer, Alaska Shellfish Farms
- John Crofts - Fishmonger, Codfather’s Seafood Market; Slowfish Canada
- Terry d’Selkie - Seaweed Harvester, Ocean Harvest Seavegetable Company
- Brooke Fader - Slowfish Canada
- Kristina Long - Kelp farmer, Sea Forest
- Jim McIsaac - T. Buck Suzuki Foundation, Canadian Independent Fish Harvesters Federation
- Rowen Monks - Researcher, University of Victoria
- Colles Stowell - One Fish Foundation
We are always seeking others to learn from and with. If you are a seaweed harvester, farmer, researcher, or advocate at large, please join our listserv, register for an event, or reach out to be a part of our active network. If you have a lead you think we should be tracking or an article you want us to post, please send it to [email protected]
For fifteen years, The Greenhorns have focused on cultural infrastructure for the incoming generation of organic farmers and ranchers. Our work has been to support young people entering the sector with education, training, networking, and acculturation into the life-world of the young farmers' movement. We engage with agroecology, food sovereignty, regional food-system, ecological restoration, traditional and adaptive management practices, cooperative legal structures, open-source farm tool innovations, and more. We produce books, films, media, and projects spanning these topics. www.greenhorns.org Just as The Greenhorns is concerned with the traditions, health, and future resilience of our agricultural landscapes and the peasants and family farmers who tend these places, so too are we concerned with the communities of the inter-tide and coastal ecology.
In the winter of 2022, a group of Seaweed Commons collaborators co-authored a position statement for the network. Please read our full position statement including case studies on aquaculture diseases and action calls for more rigorous research into the ecological, cultural, and regional economic implications of scaled-up seaweed production.
Seaweed Commons Position Paper: A precautionary approach to the seaweed aquaculture industry
Interested in joining as a signatory or collaborating in a working group to address specific objectives in our paper? Email [email protected]
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Down to Earth Podcast, the Quivira Coaltion
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The Bangor Daily News
October 21, 2020