Maine
Grab some kelp & get ready to celebrate — Seaweed Week coming to Maine
PORTLAND, Maine — Already well-known for lobster and more and more well-known for its oysters and scallops, Maine has one other meals from the ocean rising in recognition —seaweed.
The largest cheerleader in Maine for seaweed might be Josh Rogers, the founding father of Heritage Seaweed — a store in Portland that sells all the things from seaweed soup combine to seaweed pores and skin hydrator to Kelp Krunch vitality bars. Rogers can also be the founding father of Seaweed Week, which runs from April 22 to Might 1. What’s Seaweed Week? It’s the “fourth annual foods and drinks competition celebrating the kelp harvest in Maine.”
The week’s occasions embody an academic seashore stroll and workshop (what number of seaweed species are there in Maine and do they modify with the seasons?) and a kelp farmer social held at a distillery. These will not be the sorts of gatherings that folks flocked to 30 years in the past.
Rogers joined 207 to speak about Seaweed Week and Maine’s increasing seaweed business. Take a look at our dialog to search out out extra.