Suzie Flores left a Manhattan career to farm sugar kelp off Stonington, Connecticut, and now sells out each season while trying to build local demand and infrastructure for U.S. seaweed production. Her work highlights both kelp’s environmental benefits—water filtration and habitat—and the practical challenges of scaling a nascent industry that still imports more than 90% of its seaweed. From office to oceanFlores traded an academic‑publishing de…
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