Our online Ocean Farming Hub supports farmers from seed to sale. The platform includes a Regenerative Ocean Farming Toolkit to provide farmers with tools and a knowledge network to plan, permit, and launch their own farms; a community hub where folks can collaborate to scale their farms; and the Seaweed Source—a marketplace where farmers can market and negotiate with distributors.

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Since launching our first regional training program in 2017, GreenWave has trained and supported more than 900 emerging ocean farmers and hatchery technicians. Beginning with broad opportunities, like introductory webinars and access to courses on the Hub, farmers who achieve certain milestones (such as permitting an ocean farm) can access technical support services such as farmer-only workshops and direct engagement with experts on the online community.

As the emerging regenerative ocean farming industry matures, GreenWave’s goal is to ensure that under-resourced communities directly affected by climate change benefit from the industry’s growth and have pathways to become leaders in the field. From paid hatchery mentorships to laying the groundwork for the first two Indigenous-owned seaweed hatcheries in the country, we focus our programming and resources on supporting these communities.

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To ensure demand grows as farmers scale, our team partners with value-added processors, wholesalers, and retailers to identify and overcome market barriers for local farmers. For example, the Seaweed Source opens up new sales channels for farmers and in collaboration with the USDA, we developed a new line of open-source kelp co-packing recipes.

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In collaboration with a global network of partners, GreenWave works at the leading edge of evaluation and dissemination of farm, hatchery, and blue tech design. From kelp reforestation projects in California to leveraging sensor technology to measure carbon sequestration, we ensure that farmers benefit from cutting-edge R&D to scale their crop yields.

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Our Kelp Climate Fund is a subsidy that provides direct payments to farmers for the climate-positive role of their ocean farms, including carbon and nitrogen removal and habitat restoration. In return, farmers provide key monitoring data on outplanting, growth rates, and harvest yields.

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