SW-GROW

The cool, clear and clean waters of the North Atlantic allows seaweed to grow, flourish and thrive. Our pristine shoreline supports an ideal and sustainable environment which yields seaweed packed with minerals, antioxidants and a vast range of nutrients. Seaweed contains many health benefits for humans and animals, acts as a fantastic fertilizer and are used as biostimulants- protecting plants against biotic and abiotic stresses.

Although seaweed has many benefits, much of the region is experiencing challenges. Increased costs of transportation, extensive drying time, and competition from Asian nations has led to the development of this project. The main result of this project will be the establishment of a “brand” of excellence for seaweed across the NPA region demonstrating that seaweed from the area is high quality, consistent and sustainable.

 

 

 

Contact

Andrew MacKenzie
UHI North, West and Hebrides
Andrew.MacKenzie@uhi.ac.uk
Tel: +44 07342977365

The final press release from the SW-Grow project:

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The UHI Outer Hebrides International Seaweed Conference was held on 6 September 2022. The conference was recorded and uploaded to youtube.

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The latest news from the SW-GROW project can be found below.

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Údarás na Gaeltachta hosted a partner meeting at the beginning of April in Galway

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The latest news from the SW-GROW project can be found below.

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SW-Grow held the first session of their Seaweed Seminar Sessions-The Hatchery on the 16th June. The event had over 84 registered participants with a...

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The purpose of this survey was to collect responses from the seaweed industry across the NPA region on important information such as species,...

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The 2020 ALGET 2 webinar was held on December 13.

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The sustainable seaweed seminar was held on the 23rd October 2020.

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