“The problem with foraging for mushrooms is you can mistake a toxic variety for an edible one and wind up dead,” Spencer Marley said. On a warm autumn afternoon, he led my family along a trail in ...

New research indicates that Maine's edible seaweed production will grow an average of 12% to 15% annually over the next decade and is expected to more than double by 2025. The Island Institute ...

Edible seaweed is nothing new. Along Ireland’s rocky coast, seaweed has been harvested for food for centuries, even, legend has it, brought along as a provision by St. Brendan on his fifth-century ...

Nutritious seaweed is delicious in sushi, soups, and salads. But can you harvest just any old seaweed and eat it? Here's a breakdown of what you need to know.

You already eat seaweed but probably don’t know it. Seaweeds are multicellular macroalgae used as functional ingredients, a food additive. Hydrocolloids derived from seaweeds provide texture and ...

The FAO and WHO have highlighted a range of food safety hazards linked to eating seaweed plus a lack of data and regulation. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Jakarta food and beverages retailer Ong Tek Tjan sells ice cream in cups his customers can eat afterwards, instead of throwing away - they are made from seaweed and taste like ...

With our oceans overflowing with waste, many of us do our best to recycle. But what if we didn’t have to? What if packaging could be biodegradable, or even edible? Well, thanks to startup company ...

What to do about the plastic planet? The seas are steadily filling up with plastic, and it’s vital to find ways to address the problem. One way to do this is to move away from plastic usage towards ...