Know the numbers before you commit the money.
People working with seaweed often have to decide with very little published information. What a farmer is paid, what processing costs and who is buying can be hard to find, and sometimes no figure has been published at all.
Prices, costs and buyer information for Canada and the United States come from public reports, studies and sector organisations. The people and groups who published them are named.
You can check any number against its source and judge for yourself how far it applies to your place and your product.
No number is invented to fill a gap. Knowing what is not known is part of making a sound decision.
A free resource on the economics and business of seaweed, built and run by Naser Arda of TalPlay. Based in Canada. People working with seaweed anywhere in the world are welcome.
On Instagram: @seaweedeconomy
Available information on seaweed prices, costs and buyers in Canada and the United States, with the source and date for each figure.
Tools to work out what one unit costs you to make and sell, and what it earns, with guides to funding and regulation.
Guides to taking a product to market, and notes on buyers drawn from published sources.