mission

 

Vision

Seaweed will play a crucial role in solving the challlenges the world is facing today. In 2050, the markets for food, feed, biomaterials and biostimulants will use many products with value-added seaweed ingredients. In these markets seaweed will be a game changer for sustainability, food security, health and employment. Today, the industry is largely stuck in a 'no scale - no market' stalemate, making it difficult to develop economically viable business models. North Sea Farmers is committed to breaking this stalemate with its energy, ideas and activities to empower the European seaweed industry towards its 2050 ambitions.

mission

Our mission is to represent the interests of the European seaweed industry on a non-profit basis with the ambition to build an attractive  seaweed industry within sustainable boundary conditions. 

Empowering the European Seaweed Industry

Our aCTIVITIES

• Represent the interests of European Seaweed Industry towards the European Commission, national and local politicy makers
• Providing information to members, market parties, policy makers and society
• Initiate high risk projects as evidence and learnings for the sector

• Identify and establish attractive collaborations between members (network)

First steps

• Actively promote successful applications in promising markets to build trust and increase the willingness to invest, with a strong focus on demand and market players.
• Bring together the ambitions, challenges and activities of these markets in clear roadmaps. This creates consensus and increases the effectiveness of efforts.
• Introduce production subsidies to reduce costs, following the example of successful incentive models for offshore wind projects.

• Accelerate scaling up by using projects such as NSF1, the first commercial seaweed farm in an offshore wind park, as a blueprint for future development.