Just as fruits and vegetables produce their own seeds, so does kelp. In early spring and fall each year, we gather a small amount of wild kelp from the sea floor under our farm. At the precise moment, we nurture these seeds along in a hatchery and in approximately a month, they are ready to be planted in the open water.

During the hatchery process, the seed is grown using only sea water collected from our farm and sunlight. That’s it. There are no chemicals or fertilizers added. The same goes once the kelp is planted on the farm. During the entire growing process, the kelp grows as nature intended, absorbing sunlight and nutrients from the cold, deep waters.

Our kelp grows best during the winter months when the water temperatures are below 45 degrees F which ensures that other marine life does not compete for those nutrients. That gives our kelp a competitive advantage which helps it thrive into beautiful, long strands of ruby-colored that we harvest in early spring.

Throughout the entire process, water quality is monitored using our own testing equipment and also by the State of Connecticut on a regular basis. Samples of kelp are also sent to various labs for examination and certification. We can issue a certificate of analysis for each harvest as well as a chain of custody certificate from seed to skin.