Media Attention – Seaweed Food Safety

September 15, 2022. National News. Chris Conte. Tampa Bay ABC:  As seaweed industry booms, these researchers are making sure it’s safe to eat.

June 1, 2022. Maine Public. Seaweed isn’t considered enough of a food for more comprehensive FDA safety regulations.              

January 14, 2022. UNE. Undergraduate student’s research on edible seaweed brings waves of opportunities.       

September, 2021. Maine Seaweed Council Newsletter (Vol 2). UNE studies seaweed food safety.

July 20, 2021. Civil Eats. Kelp at the crossroads: Should seaweed farming be better regulated?         

June 24, 2021. Maine Science Podcast. Kristin Burkholder (microbiology) and Carrie Byron (marine ecology).          

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Coverage on all three active research projects using UNE’s kelp farm during the 2021 growing season: maximizing the efficiency of kelp farms for use in biofuel production, quantifying the ecosystem services of kelp farms, and developing post-harvest handling guidelines for edible seaweed.

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Coverage during 2021 UNE kelp farm harvest highlighting multiple Byron lab research projects.