5 articles
Gelidium, the agar weed: how to recognise this small red seaweed, where it grows, and why its gels run from dessert moulds to microbiology labs.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Gracilaria sea mosses are among the most farmed seaweeds on Earth and the classic source of agar. Profile of their ecology, culture and cuisine.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Alginate, carrageenan, agar and fucoidan all start as wet seaweed on a harvest boat. Here is how extraction turns fronds into the powders behind a thousand products.
Naomi Reyes ·
How Gracilaria red seaweed is farmed in ponds and on lines, how agar is extracted from it, and what growers should know about grades, buyers and realistic yields.
Naomi Reyes ·
A practical guide to pond and lagoon culture of Gracilaria — pond design, stocking, water exchange, harvest cycles and the agar and food markets it serves.
Naomi Reyes ·