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The half dozen or so people cultivating kelp in Connecticut are a hearty lot, determined to grow the state’s seaweed crop to a respectful place alongside farmed clams, mussels and oysters.
The half dozen or so people cultivating kelp in Connecticut are a hearty lot, determined to grow the state’s seaweed crop to a respectful place alongside farmed clams, mussels and oysters in Connecticut’s $30 million aquaculture industry, according to the Connecticut Department of Agriculture reports.
On a gray morning in late April, Suzie Flores, 40, the owner of Stonington Kelp Co., hustled out of her hybrid Highlander in a Westport parking lot. She grabbed a couple of coolers of freshly harvested Connecticut sugar kelp from her SUV, then dashed to the rear entrance of a posh restaurant to deposit 60 […]
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