OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-- There's a new effort on Long Island to treat golf course fairways with organic kelp instead of pesticides. Sugar kelp is one of 30 varieties of large brown and green seaweed growing ...

In an effort to lower the carbon footprint of your diet, maybe you’ve swapped out a beef burger for one made from plants. But growing crops like peas and potatoes can still be resource-intensive, ...

On a gray morning in late April, Suzie Flores, 40, the owner of Stonington Kelp Co., hustled out of her hybrid Highlander in a Westport parking lot. She grabbed a couple of coolers of freshly ...

On Thursday evening, a small, underwater farm in Gowanus celebrated its first harvest. The crop, 20 pounds of dried kelp, was stored in burlap sacks hanging from the rafters of an old, disused barge.

Gustavsson explained that kelp forests serve as biodiversity powerhouses, offering shelter, food, and nursery grounds for ...