Kelp Fest Kickoff Celebration is here!

Join us for a free, drop-in celebration of the season. Guests can enjoy kelp tastings, interactive demos, press local seaweeds, shop local vendors and bring home some kelp, and even a visit from the CT Sea Grant mobile seaweed lab. The whole family is invited to this 3 hour event held in the yard of the Yellow Farmhouse. No registration is needed - please note kelp tastings are limited to the first 50 guests so come early and come hungry!

Dive into sustainable cuisine in this hands-on cooking class, featuring sugar kelp grown locally by Stonington Kelp Co. in Fisher’s Island Sound. Learn how kelp regenerates ocean ecosystems as you create a delicious menu of fresh kelp pasta, kelp-wrapped scallops, and seasonal hummus, and vibrant kelp chimichurri sauce to top roast chicken with rice and beans.

Register HERE

This winter GreenWave is leading a 6-week online course titled "How to Start a Kelp Farm" for new and prospective ocean farmers. It's modeled off the beginning curriculum on our Hub, with each week covering a different topic from site evaluation, farm design, business planning, to leasing & permitting. In addition to reading the corresponding lessons on the Hub, students will also attend weekly 1-hour live sessions for Q&A with experts on each topic.

Join us 1/31 for a business modeling course. More details to come. Register at www.greenwave.org.

Holiday Market of local vendors and artisans at Grey Sail Brewery from 1-5PM. Find our kelp hot-sauce collab with Decimation Hot Sauce!!!

Join a live discussion around kelp farming in eastern CT hosted by the Newington Public Library. Registration info to come.

Join a virtual discussion hosted by Wallingford public library around seaweed production in eastern CT. More details around registration to come.

Join the New England Sea Summit, a free one day event to celebrate and support local seafood producers, kelp and underutilized species.

Register at farmtoinst.org/SeaSummit

Earth Day Celebration:

Earth Day 2020 will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Earth Day movement. This event is part of a multi-day, community-wide celebration with Mystic Aquarium, Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Olde Mistick Village, Mystic Chamber of Commerce, and other local partners. To celebrate 50 years of Earth Day, we will honor this special anniversary by connecting community members with organizations, groups, and students that work to promote the health of our waters from the Mystic River to Long Island Sound and beyond.

Stonington Kelp Co will be there and we look forward to you saying hello!

We will have fresh raw kelp by the 1/2 lb, salts and kelp spices, and swag. Please come say hello!

Curious about kelp farming? Join the us at the Stonington Free Public Library on March 19th for an adult lecture series all about the kelp farm, its impact on our local waterways, and application for this abundant and sustainable superfood. Learn why kelp is the future of seafood and try a sample courtesy of Stonington Kelp Co.

We will have fresh raw kelp by the 1/2 lb, salts and kelp seasoning, and lots of swag. Please come say hello!

Join Stonington Kelp Co and Fisher’s Island Oysters to learn about the burgeoning ocean farming industry on the east coast and to get some ideas for how to cook with sugar kelp and shuck oysters.

Find more information at https://www.yellowfarmhouse.org/

This national symposium, sponsored by NOAA Sea Grant programs, is intended for anyone interested in sharing information and discussing challenges and opportunities facing the domestic seaweed industry. All are welcome. For venue, hotel and registration information: https://seaweedhub.org/symposium/

The Kendall foundation has partnered with Chartwells and the UMass school system to uplift the profile of seaweed and under-utilized fish as a staple in our diets.

Come learn more about eating sustainably and with the ecosystem. The event, sponsored by Kedall foundation and Chartwells, will be taking place at Eastern Connecticut State University, February 4 from 2pm-4pm in the Student Center. Try samples of dogfish nuggets with sides of waffle fries and kelp slaw .