Aird Fada Seaweed Farm
Seaweed farming is a growing global industry and seaweed is in high demand for a multitude of uses from culinary, to horticultural, agricultural and bio-plastics to cosmetics and clothing.
The UK seaweed farm industry is still relatively young and we are very proud that our 6 hectare sugar kelp seaweed farm at Aird Fada is the largest and only community-owned seaweed farm in Scotland.
We have been lucky enough to be supported in this venture by collaboration with Delfinity Ltd, Argyll Aquaculture Resource Consultants, SAMS (the Scottish Association of Marine Science), HIE (Highlands and Islands Enterprise), Argyll and Bute Council and Inverlussa Marine Services on Mull in exploring the practicalities and viability of a community seaweed farm.
We are also very grateful to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund - without their financial support we could not have moved forward with this project.
