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Rhody Wild Sea Gardens LLC is a female-owned, family-run company growing sugar kelp in Rhode Island, USA. Owner, Azure Cygler, has been on the ocean in one way or another for much of her 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 in Narragansett and strive to live lives of kindness, environmental and community service, and purpose. We hold space for those who are curious to come see the farm!
Kelp is Future-Friendly
Sugar kelp grows naturally in Rhode Island and can also be cultivated. We grow kelp on stretched out, anchored lines on an approved, leased spot in the ocean called an “aquaculture lease”.
Like the plants in your backyard, kelp - a marine algae - provides us with oxygen, absorbs carbon, sips up 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 a soil amendment, as biofuel, animal feed (like 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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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.
“We are regenerative ocean farmers creating jobs and protecting the planet.”