MCSV BLOG
Coastal Cleanup
September 21st is International Coastal Cleanup® (ICC) Day. The ICC is one of several global initiatives coordinated by the Ocean Conservancy to pr...
Radiation and Sea Vegetables Fukushima Update
About 13 years ago, on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster released radiation into the North Pacific Ocean. Followi...
Celebrating World Ocean's Day & Seaweed
World Oceans Day is celebrated this year on June 8 with the theme of Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate. We commemorate this day by reflecting upon what action we can take as individuals and communities to address the climate crisis. Can incorporating seaweed into our lives be part of the solution?
Seaweed in the Garden
Seaweed is easy to use in the garden as mulch, compost, fertilizer, soil amendment, and foliar spray. It adds nutrients, minerals, and plant biostimulants that can boost plant growth, yields, and stress tolerance, and it's also good for improving soil texture and water retention.
Solar Sea Vegetables
Sea vegetables need sunlight to grow and we often use the sun to dry them post-harvest. It seems only fitting, then, to also use the sun’s power t...
Seaweed and Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Internet sources sometimes make the claim that seaweed is a good or even rich source of omega-3s. Are sea vegetables really a rich source of omega-3s? How much do they contain? Are some sea vegetables better sources than others? Read on to learn more.
Is the Giant Sargassum Seaweed Blob Threatening Florida Edible?
When golden tides of sargassum seaweed wash up in great masses on beaches it impacts tourism and the environment. However, like other seaweeds, sargassum has many uses that offer ways to turn these problems into opportunity.
Seaweed Identity - it's more than a name
When you buy milled sea vegetable powder, flakes, or granules, or a seaweed supplement capsule, how can you be sure you're getting what you paid for? This post describes how seaweed identity is verified and why you can trust Maine Coast Sea Vegetables to get it right.
A Survey of Seaweed Usage in North America 2022
This last August, we invited customers to take our first ever survey. By coincidence, another survey about seaweed consumption was also just released, carried out with a much larger group of random Americans. The two surveys complement each other in some interesting ways, which we share in this blog post.
Seaweed and Forever Chemicals
The past few years have seen lots of media attention about “forever chemicals”, the latest in a long line of industrial chemicals to raise concern. If forever chemicals seem to be everywhere, it’s because they are. This has led seaweed lovers, including some of our own customers, to wonder whether they’re found in seaweed at dangerous levels. We think this is unlikely, but read on to learn more.
8 Nutritionally Important Minerals Found in Kelp and Other Seaweed Superfoods
Sea vegetables offer multiple impressive health and nutritional benefits, but they truly excel when it comes to minerals. Gram for gram, seaweed packs a greater variety and abundance of minerals than almost any other food. The mineral content of sea vegetables is often 10 to 100 times higher than that of land vegetables. Since we must get all our essential minerals from food, this is reason enough to eat sea vegetables several times per week, if not every day.
Cows, Seaweed, and Climate Change
Although carbon dioxide is the most abundant and longest lasting of the so-called greenhouse gasses, methane is about 28 times more potent. In recognition of methane’s role in climate change, President Biden announced in 2021 that the US was launching a “Global Methane Pledge” alongside the European Union to slash methane emissions by 30%. As it turns out, feeding seaweed to cattle could help in this effort.
