Seaweed Week – A Food and Drink Festival Celebrating Maine's Kelp Harvest

April 19 – 28, 2024

6th Annual Food & Drink Festival Celebrating Maine's Kelp Harvest

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What's in store for 2024

Welcome to Maine's sixth annual Seaweed Week! From Friday, April 19th, through Sunday, April 28th, find seaweed food and drink specials – from kelp burgers to craft cocktails – and unique events like seaweed cooking workshops and farm tours, celebrating this sustainable superfood across the state! With over 70 businesses participating annually, Seaweed Week is the largest seaweed food and drink festival in North America.

Local restaurant and bar menus feature unique seaweed food and drink specials!

Brewers, bakers, distillers, chocolatiers, cheesemakers, and other artisans launch limited-edition releases

Special events include seaweed field ID workshops, science cafes, and a seaweed art, film, and science expo!

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From Farm

With 40+ kelp farms and growing, Maine leads the nation in seaweed farming. Lobstermen, shellfish farmers and others plant kelp lines in fall for harvest in April.

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And Coast

Maine's wild harvesters collect dulse, Irish moss, kombu, and wakame at extreme low tides. It's a way of life that goes back thousands of years along this coast.

...To Table

Maine's top restaurants, bars, breweries and distilleries are bringing their passion and skills to serve up local sea vegetables. Join them at the table!

Why seaweed? Why Maine?

Delicious & Versatile

North Atlantic Kelp, Kombu, Wakame, Sea Lettuce, and Irish Moss have a wide range of flavors and culinary uses. And if kelp is the new kale, dulse is the new bacon.

Working Waterfront

As Maine's traditional working waterfront jobs face multiple pressures, fishermen are turning to aquaculture and kelp farming to diversify their income on the water.

Health Benefits

Typically, seaweeds have 10x more minerals than land-based plants. Plus vitamins, essential aminos, and antioxidants. Oh, and it's where fish get their omegas.

Shellfish Love

Oyster and mussel growers are adding kelp farms to their operations because beneficial halo effects make their shellfish stronger, healthier and tastier.

Maine Leads the Way

Maine is the national leader in seaweed farming and harvest! In 2022 Maine farms harvested over 1,000,000 pounds of kelp from sea farms across the state!

Happy Oceans

Seaweed creates essential habitat for baby lobsters and other marine life. It also sequesters carbon, creates oxygen, and combats ocean acidification.

Climate Friendly

Growing seaweed requires no land, no fresh water, no fertilizer, and no pesticides. Let's champion this zero-input crop that's a true sustainability superhero.

Feed The World

The world needs 50% more food by 2050, with increasing droughts and poor soil. As we look toward the oceans, seaweed is one piece of the global food-security equation.

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