At Zeppa’s Pizza in Ellsworth, owner Lisa Palcic said she spent the weekend experimenting with various seaweeds she received from Maine Coast Sea Vegetables to try out as a topping
Also, Don's Lunch opens in Westbrook; local beer malt makers win awards; a benefit market at Maine Craft Distilling; Maine Seaweed week returns; and more.
A recent study suggests that educating consumers about the ecosystem services provided by farmed seaweed will make them willing to pay more for seaweed-based products.
It’s mid-May on Sprucehead Island, and Bob Baines and crew are wrapping up their 2023 kelp harvest. Baines farms four acres near the Lower Gangway Ledge, 13,000 feet of line for a haul of about 50,000 pounds. The lifelong fisherman began growing.