New Opportunities The Scottish seaweed sector is growing, yet processing remains one of the biggest challenges to scaling up production....

By Rhianna Rees The 2023 SSIA conference Lunch: sourdough flatbread, celeriac roulade, charred beetroot and seaweed zaatar; seaweed...

By Rhianna Rees Established in Oban in 2014, the Scottish Seaweed Industry Association (SSIA) emerged from a coalition of organisations...

By Rhianna Rees This year's Seagriculture EU conference was located in the Faroe Islands, a direct flight from Edinburgh and an unlikely...

By Rhianna Rees Earlier this year I went to Cork for the first time for the much-anticipated 5th Seaweed4Health conference. The...

By Rhianna Rees The mesmerizing coastline of Scotland stretches for miles, exemplifying the azure waters of the North Sea and the...

By Rhianna Rees This year I was able to attend the Seagriculture EU conference with the help of SAIC’s travel grant. As usual, the...

By Rhianna Rees As I sit down to write about the licensing issues facing the seaweed sector in Scotland, I am reminded of Bill Bryson's...

Rhianna Rees The launch of Eco Cascade, a CIC, working on alleviating a major bottleneck is a huge step in the right direction. Every...