by Rikke Nagell-Kleven | Jan 24, 2024 | Seaweed in East Anglia
Seaweed-themed lunch provided by Expresso Cafe Norwich for the SEA project Showcase event. Picture by Hethel Innovation. As mentioned in a previous blog, seaweed is something that you might eat every day without knowing it. In fact, seaweed polysaccharide extracts...
by Rikke Nagell-Kleven | Jan 24, 2024 | Seaweed in East Anglia
The Seaweed in East Anglia project team at the Showcase event. From the left: Isla MacMillan (Cefas), Elisa Capuzzo (Cefas), Rikke Nagell-Kleven (Hethel Innovation), Sheng Qi (UEA), Gill Malin (UEA) and Richard Heal (Cefas). The third week of January 2024 was a busy...
by Rikke Nagell-Kleven | Dec 15, 2023 | Seaweed in East Anglia
After conducting interviews with people working for organisations that operate across the seaweed value chain in the UK and Netherlands over the summer, we are very proud to be publishing the Best Practice Report and Current State Analysis of the Norfolk and UK...
by Rikke Nagell-Kleven | Dec 15, 2023 | Seaweed in East Anglia
Picture from pixabay.com. Humans have been farming the land for thousands of years. In fact, as long ago as around 10,000 BCE, our ancestors traded in spears for shovels and transitioned from a hunter-gatherer society to a nomadic lifestyle. Since then, our...
by Rikke Nagell-Kleven | Dec 15, 2023 | Seaweed in East Anglia
Picture from pixabay.com. In a world where the quest for sustainable alternatives is more pressing than ever, one product that has received much attention is biodegradable plastics made of seaweed. From edible cups, plastic bags, food containers, sachets, and gel...
