Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Kelp has many potential uses—in food, as a bio-stimulant for crops, and even as biofuel. As the kelp aquaculture industry works to scale up, our scientists and engineers are helping out with an automated seeder that cuts down on farmers’ time and exposure to the elements.

Find out how we’re seeding the blue economy's future: go.whoi.edu/helping-kelp

📹 by Daniel Cojanu © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution