Our members - North Sea Farmers

AFAS Foundation

The AFAS Foundation provides funds for projects around the world. They support projects within the areas: health, education and society. They do this in an innovative and transparent way. The AFAS Foundation makes a national and international (big) impact.

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AG 2050

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Algaia

ALGAIA is a biomarine ingredients company producing and marketing seaweed extracts for food, cosmetics, dietary supplements and agriculture.

Supply & Service Biomaterials Biostimulants Food Other

Algapelago

Algapelago is on a mission to create a network of offshore seaweed farms (‘alga-pelagos’) to unlock the potential of seaweed as a climate-positive, high-value biomass.

Seaweed Production Biostimulants

Anchors & Connections

Anchors & Connections is specialised in anchors and has patented the Torus Anchor® for floating wind turbines and seaweed and fish farms.

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Aqitec

Aqitec is an engineering company in cultivation arrangements for aquaculture including anchoring, installation, seeding, monitoring and harvesting.

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Aquatic ape

Aquatic Ape focuses on sustainable alternative food resources like different species of seaweed in order to contribute to a more sustainable world.

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Arctic Seaweed AS

Arctic Seaweed is a Norwegian technology company trying to solve the scaling technology problem for the industry, with a cooperative model called Seaweed as a Service (SaaS) and a seaweed technology platform.

Supply & Service Seaweed Production

BettaF!sh

BettaF!sh from Germany creates plant-based tuna made from seaweed that looks like tuna, tastes like tuna, works like tuna, but "doesn’t cost a fortuna". Secondly, they want to save the fish in the ocean and get people used to eating seaweed. BettaF!sh was one of the four winners of the Seaweed Innovation Challenge 2023.

Food

Blue Bar 1

This Food bar in Utrecht is inspired by the Blue Economy. We love to work with products from Dutch soil and waters like shellfish, sea vegetables and seaweed for our vegan dishes.

Food

Blue Cluster

The Blue Cluster supports companies in setting up partnerships with companies, knowledge centers and government institutions in order to develope and promote economic activities at sea.

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BlueBlocks

BlueBlocks is a cleantech start-up that develops new biobased materials for circular applications. BlueBlocks is working with Dutch seaweed as a (future) source for healthy food, for bioplastic, and for fibreboard made of the left over fibres after extraction processes.

Biomaterials

BlueBurn

BlueBurn is a sourcing platform for algae biomass that connects buyers and suppliers globally. The company aims to make it easier for algae producers to enter the market and connect them with a wider range of buyers, ultimately promoting the growth of the algae industry.

BlueGent

Ghent University's business development center covering the field of Aquaculture and Blue Life Sciences.

Education & Research

Boeg Nautic

Prototyping since the early days, Boeg Nautic co-creates with other North Sea Farmers, adding years of offshore and fishery knowledge with technical innovation.

Supply & Service

Brave New Food

Brave New Food's mission is to accelerate the transition to a healthier and more sustainable food system by bringing all innovators and game changers in the food industry together.

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Campus@Sea

Campus@Sea stands for innovating together for sustainable, multiple use of the North Sea. With a meeting place for impact makers with innovative ideas and accommodation for maritime companies that want to learn and innovate. Here, education and research institutions work together with companies, government and civil society organisations.

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CIV Den Oever

C.I.V. Den Oever produces various customized products for shipping, fishing, contracting and research. For instance different types of nets, that can be tailor-made for the production of seaweed.

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Craeghs Consultancy

Craeghs Consultancy is a subsidy consultancy based in Rotterdam. Creaghs Consultancy is expert in innovation and technology grants for all kinds of companies.

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Cultivocean

Cultivocean develops integrated nature-based solutions to improve biodiversity within the marine environment, creates habitats for sea wildlife and facilitates mass cultivation of biomaterials.

Seaweed Production

De Wolven

De Wolven believe in the power of stories: from organizations, people to brands. Stories with content, large or small that need to be shared with the rest of the world.

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Deltares

Deltares works worldwide on smart innovations, solutions and applications for people, the environment and society.

Education & Research

Diergaarde Blijdorp

Diergaarde Blijdorp/Rotterdam Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands and has received the Green Key Gold Certificate for taking serious steps in sustainability.

Feed

DLG Benelux

DLG Benelux offers international expertise in setting up trade fairs and consultancy services. One of the events that is being organized by DLG is Seagriculture.

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Doggerland Offshore

With a wealth of experience in dredging-, marine- and offshore construction work, Doggerland Offshore can help and contribute to solve offshore challenges.

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DS Smith

DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services worldwide.

Biomaterials

Dutch Cuisine

Dutch Cuisine wants to make sustainable, tasty and healthy food easier and more attractive, because our rich and local Dutch food culture deserves a revaluation.

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Dutch Marine Energy Centre

DMEC is dedicated to making marine energy the next big thing in energy. Marine energy is the renewable energy that can be generated from the world's oceans, seas and rivers.

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Dutch Seaweed Group

Dutch Seaweed Group is an innovative partner for a world full of seaweed and stands for healthy, sustainable and local seaweed from their own farm in the Oosterschelde.

Seaweed Production Food Supply & Service

EABA

EABA promotes mutual interchange and cooperation in the field of biomass production and use, including biofuels uses and all other utilisations.

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Eco Cascade

Eco Cascade - based on the west coast of Scotland - provides a primary processing service for seaweed producers and buyers. We are a Community Interest Company created to scale the emerging seaweed industry to meet the requirements of commercial customers.

Erasmus MC

Erasmus MC is the University Hospital of Rotterdam with a special laboratory establishing how lipids contribute to certain diseases. And how extracts from for instance seaweed can help in prevention and counteraction.

Education & Research

Fish tales

Gemeente Den Haag

Capital of the province of South Holland. In relation to the seaweed sector, Municipality of the Hague is together with the Province of South Holland initiator of 'Campus@Sea.' A field lab for testing seaweed farming and other innovations at sea.

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GoodZero

GoodZero connects companies to high-impact carbon credit projects that directly aid in the fight against climate change. We believe offsetting should be the final step in your decarbonization journey.

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Green Cell Technologies

Green Cell Technologies ® (GCT®) is helping manufacturers meet the demands of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) and a growing population through the licensing of its unique Disruptor® technology – that doesn’t cost the earth.

Hanze University

The Research Centre Biobased Economy of Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen wants to contribute to a healthy sustainable society and biobased economy.

Education & Research

Healthy Seaweed Co Limited

Healthy Seaweed Co Limited is a social enterprise in Tanzania that processes and produces seaweed products that can be added to food and consumed directly. Their aim is to promote healthy living through the local consumption of seaweed and to increase the income of women seaweed farmers in Tanzania.

Food Supply & Service

Hortimare

Hortimare is the reliable, sustainable and long term oriented supplier of high quality starting material for seaweed globally. Enabling seaweed farmers to harvest good yields.

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HZ University

HZ University of Applied Sciences is located in the South-West of the Netherlands. With 4,800 national and international students HZ University offers a personal approach with high-quality study programmes.

Education & Research

I-AM Innovation Centre

I-AM Innovation Center B.V is a start-up that develops and sells versatile, intelligent robotic mobile platforms and subsystems designed to address (environmental) challenges and enhance your innovative ideas. For example, autonomous vessels that process data from offshore seaweed farms.

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IKEA of Sweden

IKEA of Sweden has big ambitions for 2030. They are determined to do their part in tackling climate change, unsustainable consumption patterns and inequality. In doing so, they focus on three areas: Healthy & Sustainable Living, Circular & Climate Positive and Fair & Equal.

Biomaterials

Inclita Seaweed Solutions

Ínclita Seaweed Solutions (ISS) is a marine biotechnology company born from science and founded in 2018. ISS specializes in developing, producing, and commercializing functional ingredients based on seaweed extracts. ISS's commitment is to sustainability: from working closely with seaweed farmers and harvesters, ensuring a sustainably harvested or produced seaweed biomass, to addressing the cosmetics, nutraceutical, pet care, and food & beverage industries' innovation and sustainability challenges and opportunities.

Biostimulants Food Biomaterials Feed

Intramar

Intramar is a specialist insurance broker with over 30 years of experience in the offshore energy sector. Based in the Netherlands, the company provides tailored insurance solutions for businesses and freelancers operating in offshore wind, oil & gas, and maritime industries. Known for its technical expertise and hands-on approach, Intramar supports clients worldwide in managing complex risks and aligning coverage with contractual obligations.

Other

Invest NL

Enable financing for businesses and projects that seem impossible to finance.

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Jordà Food Group

Jordà® is producer of salty & sweet crumbles, in sunflower oil puffed crispy grains & seeds, salty & sweet toppings and vinegar powders to use as topping on a creation. Their current developed algae-based toppings Crispy Wasabi Furikake and Phytoplankton emulsion harvested from the North Sea makes Jordà Food Group a proud North Sea Farmer.

Food

Kaayman Engineering

Kaayman Engineering is a Belgian engineering company that started out as a one-man mechanical design office and quickly grew into a full-service development and production partner. With a background in offshore engineering and a strong drive for smart, practical solutions, founder Kai built a team that doesn’t shy away from complexity—whether it's reverse engineering ship stabilisers or building combat robots just for fun. Today, Kaayman combines design, production and installation under one roof, serving clients in offshore and beyond.

Kaly Group

KALY is a natural capital platform that is working to deliver nature-based solutions to some of society’s largest environmental issues. We work on the reduction of excess nutrients in our waterways through the farming of seaweed and the restoration of marine biodiversity through the active hatching of species vital for healthy oceans. To achieve that, KALY works together with local communities.

Biostimulants Seaweed Production

Kelpi

Kelpi is a material innovation company. They replace single-use plastics with premium performance bioplastics that harness the novel properties and environmental benefits of seaweed. They also were one of the four winners of the Seaweed Innovation Challenge in 2023.

Biomaterials

Koastal equips fisherman to cultivate seaweed

Koastal equips fishermen and sea enthusiasts to set up, operate and expand seaweed farms during the low season. To help them, Koastal aggregates and certifies their seaweed production to result in the best product-market fit for large-scale buyers.

Supply & Service Seaweed Production

Lentiz

Lentiz is a school group with 14 schools for secondary education. Lentiz focusses on agriculture, they believe it is valuable for their so called ‘future makers’ to sense where the world of seaweed is heading.

Education & Research

Lerøy Ocean Harvest

Lerøy Seafood Group is a world-leading seafood corporation with a history reaching back to 1899. The Group´s core business is production of salmon and trout, catches of whitefish, processing, product development, marketing, sale and distribution of seafood. Every single day, all year round, our 4,500 employees deliver seafood corresponding to five million meals daily.

Food Feed

Lobster Robotics

Lobster Robotics is a startup built by TU Delft engineers offering environmental monitoring services to provide insights into the growth of seaweed and the condition of your valuable infrastructure.

Supply & Service

MARIN

MARIN uses high-quality hydrodynamic research to support the development of floating airports, ports, energy islands and fish and seaweed farming.

Education & Research Supply & Service

Menken van den Assem

Specialist in developing and packaging of products and representing various European brands with frozen products in the food service.

Food

Ministerie van LNV

The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality wants to ensure good prospects for the Dutch farming, horticulture and fishing sectors.

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Murre

Murre Technologies supplies advanced processing lines for the food-processing industry and has built a seaweed harvesting machine that harvests the seaweed from the cultivation nets in the sea.

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NEN

In order to contribute to a sustainable future, it is important to make agreements and set clear standards for algae and algae products. The NEN supports the development of these national standards.

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Nettenfabriek de Noordzee

Zoo's, farmers, biogas industry and sportclubs are a small selection who find their way to the most specialized Nets Factory of the Netherlands, Nets Factory de Noordzee.

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NIOZ

The mission of NIOZ is to gain and communicate scientific knowledge on seas and oceans for the understanding and sustainability of our planet, and to facilitate and support marine research and education in the Netherlands and Europe.

Education & Research

NoordOogst

NoordOogst wants to make a sustainable contribution to solving food issues in a creative, innovative way. They conduct research and develop various aquaponics concepts.

Seaweed Production Feed Food

Nordic Seafarm

Nordic SeaFarm is at forefront of democratizing seaweed by growing high value species at massive scale in the ocean. Research & development is in our DNA, and is why we have successfully completed multiple EU-research projects over the years and why we continuously break through with new innovative ways of farming seaweed at scale in the ocean. We exist to drive change and to create a regenerative and prosperous planet.

Supply & Service Seaweed Production Biomaterials Food Biostimulants

Norfolk Seaweed

The pilot farm of Norfolk Seaweed will produce sustainable, ethical seaweed for use in biofertilisers, bioplastics, food, nutraceuticals and much more.

Seaweed Production Biostimulants

North Seaweed

North Seaweed sells seaweed, seaweed mixes and seaweed-based products under the SeaSpirit name. Seaspirit is a growing range of products for ruminants, horses, dogs, cats, poultry and pigs.

Supply & Service Feed

Notpla

Notpla is a London-based start-up, pioneering the use of seaweed as an alternative to single-use plastic creating a revolutionary material made from seaweed and plants. It biodegrades in weeks, naturally.

Biomaterials

Ocean Forest

Ocean Forest’s vision is to substantially multiply food production from the sea in a sustainable manner by harvesting species from lower down in the food chain.

Seaweed Production Feed Food Biostimulants

Ocean Rainforest

Cultivating seaweed in pristine ocean waters, improving people’s wellbeing and making a unique contribution to a blue regeneration on our planet.

Seaweed Production Feed Food

Oceans of Energy

Oceans of Energy is the worldwide leader in offshore solar, the first company in the world to install & operate an offshore solar farm system in high wave conditions.

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OceanWide Seaweed

OceanWide Seaweed developed an innovative and sustainable seaweed farming method, which allows large scale and profitable cultivation of the red algae Dulse.

Seaweed Production

OD Designstudio

OD consists of a club of driven creative professionals who have a lot of fun working on brands and building brands.

Supply & Service

Olijck Sea Veggies

Olijck Sea Veggies stimulates consumers to put effort into the protein transition by offering food products full of taste and wonder!

Food

Open Climate Solutions

Open Climate Solutions is a Swiss non-profit organisation whose mission is to develop nature-based climate solutions that also support biodiversity and create benefits for society. They believe seaweed is one of those solutions, and their ambition is to standardize seaweed farming and do research on bio-stimulants and biochar as nature-based climate solutions.

Stakeholder Other

Origin by Ocean

Rid the oceans of harmful algae and turn it into everyday goods. The mission of Origin by Ocean is to make the chemical industry run on algae.

Seaweed Production Biomaterials Biostimulants Food

Orsted Wind Power

Ørsted’s develops offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities and bioenergy plants and provides energy products to their customers.

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Polar Algae

Polar Algae is the world’s northern-most producer of certified organic Ascophyllum seaweed for use in commercial fertilizer, biostimulant, and feed products. The clean waters and extreme conditions of the Arctic Ocean yield the purest and most robust Ascophyllum on the planet.

Producentenorganisatie van de Nederlandse Mosselcultuur

The Producers' Organization of the Dutch Mussel Culture is the trade association to which all mussel growers in the Netherlands are affiliated.

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Provincie Zuid Holland

The Province of South Holland is, together with the Municipality of the Hague, initiator of 'Campus@Sea.' A field lab for testing seaweed farming and other innovations at sea.

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Rabobank

Rabobank, with roots in agri and food, wants to accelerate the food and protein transition out of its social commitment. Reason why they want to support members of North Sea Farmers with their network, their knowledge and their financial capabilities.

RoffaReefs

Together with Rotterdam Zoo, RoffaReefs developed a 100% vegan fish feed with seaweed and a breeding system based on knowledge gained in aquaculture and aquaria.

Feed

Royal Dirkzwager

With 200.000 ship movements each year, Royal Dirkzwager operates in the heart of the shipping industry by monitoring maritime traffic 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Rubisko

Move away from spreadsheets, paper forms and decentralised data. Start using your data as a resource and become a data-driven business. RUBISKO provides Data and Operations Management Software for crop agriculture industries.

Schuttelaar & Partners

Schuttelaar & Partners dream about a sustainable and healthy future. For 25 years they have been working with their customers to realise this.

Supply & Service

Sea Ranger Service

The Sea Ranger Service recruits and trains young people as maritime professionals whilst simultaneously improving ocean protection through offshore inspection and conservation work.

Supply & Service Education & Research

SeaFlavours

SeaFlavours, part of Oceans Unlocked, supplies retail, food services and food industry with (ready-to eat) seaweed and seafood salads.

Food

SeaGrown

On the Yorkshire Coast, SeaGrown is developing an exciting new marine industry for the UK. Through constant innovation, our first-of its kind offshore seaweed farm is growing kelp all year round in the clean, cold, open waters of the North Sea.

Seaweed Production

Searo Labs

Searo Labs develops sustainable, seaweed-based alternatives to traditional materials, such as bioplastics and packaging solutions. By leveraging the ocean’s resources, they create innovative products that reduce reliance on land-based crops and help combat plastic waste. Through collaboration and a licensing model, Searo Labs aims to make a positive environmental impact on a global scale.

Biomaterials

Seas The Opportunity

Accelerates decarbonisation through innovative and evolved marine and nature-based solutions; building and advancing regional and local 'Blue Economies.'

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Seaweedland

How can we make the biggest sustainable impact? This question led to the launch of Seaweedland in 2022 by Sven Rusticus, an engineer from Delft University and digital media entrepreneur. Working with his friend and pharmaceutical entrepreneur Anko Kuil, a strategy was developed to build the most sustainable and innovative seaweed production facility possible.

Seawiser

SEAWISER is the specialized consultancy and research company for seaweed propagation, hatching and seeding technologies and seaweed cultivation.

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Shell Wind Energy

Renewables and Energy Solutions Shell is working to provide more renewable and low-carbon energy options for customers through investments in wind, solar, electric vehicle charging, hydrogen, and biofuels.

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Simply Blue Group

Simply Blue Group work with the ocean to develop blue growth strategies globally and fight climate change.

Seaweed Production Stakeholder Other

SINTEF

SINTEF is one of Europe's largest independent research organisations based in Norway, and work close with seaweed industries and research environments to generate new knowledge, and develop processes and products for increased valorisation of the biomass.

Supply & Service Education & Research

Smartland

Smartland develops innovative, integrated spatial solutions for projects in which landscape, urban planning, water management, ecology, architecture and product design come together.

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Spaak CS

Spaak is dedicated to transforming linear value chains into circular ones through technological and commercial innovations. By partnering in projects and providing consultancy, Spaak aids the seaweed sector in creating circular chains. In the past, Spaak has worked on similar projects in other biobased sectors such as the coffee industry, specifically with Caffe Inc, which now operates its own factory in Amsterdam. Each successful solution is like a spoke, adding strength to the wheel of circularity. This wheel grows ever stronger, symbolizing the robust and sustainable circular economy we are building together.

Stichting Natuur & Milieu

As an environmental organization, Natuur & Milieu is committed to a greener Netherlands. Onshore and Off-shore.

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Stichting Zeeschelp

Focusing on stimulating innovations in (marine) aquaculture. For several years they have been involved in projects with seaweed cultivation.

Education & Research Supply & Service

Stichting Zeewierwijzer

Background information on seaweed and its many uses. Zeewierwijzer shows lots of recipes for healthy meals with seaweed ingredients.

Education & Research

TEKKOO

Tekkoo is a company that helps clients and partners accelerate the transition to a more circular economy and sustainable energy system. Their focus is on implementing innovation and turning global challenges into business opportunities for new and existing organisations.

Supply & Service

The Dutch Weedburger

The best burger on the planet, for the planet. 100% plant-based and packed with proteins. Plant-based food full of protein and enriched with Dutch seaweed.

Food

The Impacters

The Impacters combine the power of design thinking with their creative skills and expertise to develop impactful results.

Supply & Service

The Seaweed Company

The Seaweed Company aims to contribute to a livable future with our seaweed-based solutions. Meanwhile regenerating our oceans.

Seaweed Production Feed Food Biostimulants Supply & Service

The Seaweed Farmers

The Seaweed Farmers harvest seaweed for use as an organic fertiliser and bioplastics showing the value of seaweed as part of a circular economy.

Seaweed Production Supply & Service Biostimulants Biomaterials

TKI Wind op Zee

TKI Wind op Zee stimulates and facilitates offshore wind innovations through research, development and demonstration.

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TNO

The goal of TNO is to make information accessible to businesses and governments. As an organisation governed by public law, they maintain an independent position.

Education & Research Supply & Service

Under Ytan

Under Ytan is Finnish/Åland Island company with three pillars: food, farming and marine restoration in and around the special conditions of the Baltic Sea.

Seaweed Production

Unilever

Unilever is the largest fast moving consumer goods company in the Benelux.

Food Other

Van Oord

Creating a better world for future generations by delivering Marine ingenuity. Van Oord is also partner in the NSF#1 project.

Supply & Service

Vattenfall

Vattenfall does not only consume energy, but they also build new offshore wind farms in the Netherlands.

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Vlielander Zeewierkaas

Making delicious cheese with and without seaweed based on one of the Dutch Islands called Vlieland.

Seaweed Production Food

VYLD

Although it affects 50% of the global population, menstrual health is still a stigmatized and underserved subject. VYLD produces healthy period products made from seaweed.

Biomaterials

W. van der Zwan

Providing their international customers with healthy, nutritious and good quality fish.

Food

Waardenburg Ecology

Waardenburg Ecology is the largest independent green consultancy organization in the Netherlands. In general, they work for governments and private companies.

Supply & Service

Wageningen University and Research

WUR is a collaboration between Wageningen University and the Wageningen Research foundation. Their mission: ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’

Education & Research Supply & Service

Wavy Wonders

Wavy Wonders makes healthy and filling seaweed snacks in Wild Garlic & Yoghurt, Sea Salt and Chilli & Berry flavours.

Food

WeedWare

Weedware offers a variety of algae based biopolymers for the industry. Weedware works B2B (Business2Business) only and helps companies in their transition from fossil to renewable and ecological polymers. Our portfolio consists of following products, which we can (grow and) prepare on demand:

Your Well

Your Well specializes in the distribution and marketing of products (natural food, health and care products) based on seaweed.

Food Other

Zeefier

The purpose of Zeefier is to raise awareness on sustainability in the textile industry by proposing seaweed as a viable resource. Zeefier uses waste streams or by-products of seaweed to create beautiful and rich textile colours.

Biomaterials

ZJÍ

100% natural wellness experience.

Feed

Zweva Engineering

Over the past decade Zweva has developed floating bodies, waterproof battery/electronics housings, storage tanks and solutions for demanding environments, focusing on durability and product quality. Zweva is eager to share their knowledge and expertise with the seaweed sector and is an excellent fit for the growing and innovative seaweed industry. They want to develop products with and for organizations in the industry, that can be used in seaweed cultivation, hatcheries, or for monitoring equipment for offshore or nearshore conditions.

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