Seaweed: Maine’s Hot New Product
Biddeford, Maine — It’s green, it’s gooey and it’s giving Maine’s famous lobsters a run for their money. Well, not really. At least not yet. But when it comes to seaweed production, Maine is the country’s No. 1. The state now supports more than 20 companies that grow or collect seaweed, about double from 10 years ago. Maine harvesters collected 17.7 million pounds of seaweed in 2014 — the most ever recorded for the state and more than...
