ABOUT US
Our Family Commitment
Rhody Wild Sea Gardens LLC is a female-owned company growing sugar kelp in Rhode Island, USA. Owner, Azure Cygler, has been on the ocean her entire life, from just playing in the ocean, to commercial fishing in Alaska and American Samoa, to working now in science and outreach. Azure has a husband and 2 children who love being outside in all seasons. They live year-round in Narragansett and strive to live lives of kindness, environmental and community service, and purpose. When the weather allows, Azure check on her growing kelp with a kayak, enjoying the calm of the winter and the surprises that await when she pulls up a kelp line!
Kelp is Future-Friendly
Sugar kelp grows wild naturally in Rhode Island and can also be cultivated. As a sea gardener, I grow kelp on lines on submerged, leased state land. Like the plants in your backyard, kelp provides us with oxygen, absorbs carbon & excess nutrients that can be harmful to marine life, and offers a home & habitat to a myriad of sea life.
Kelp is also a healthy, sustainable food source, it can be processed for use in many products, used as biofuel, made into cattle feed (reducing the amount of methane the cattle produce), and to create bioplastics.
In short: Kelp is good for you AND good for the earth. What could be better?
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Partners & Mentors
I am one small kelp farm, in one small part of the world.
Others having been working to grow kelp for years, lifetimes, here and across the world.
These entrepreneurs have provided the tools & guidance for our industry to grow as fast as our kelp!
I am grateful for the wisdom and advice of these leaders.
Proud Member of the Sugar Kelp Cooperative
The Sugar Kelp Cooperative currently consists of five ocean-farmers helping sugar kelp find it's rightful place on local dinner plates throughout the tristate area.
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“We are regenerative ocean farmers creating jobs and protecting the planet.”