Kelp dryer could allow Maine seaweed farms to triple output

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May x, 2023

A 50-foot-long, 17-ton, moisture-sucking machine from South Africa is en route to Brunswick – where the device may allow Maine seaweed companies to triple production and make an international jump of their own. Ocean’s Balance, a Biddeford seaweed farm and producer, is spending around $650,000 on the custom-designed dryer, with funding help from Coastal Enterprises Inc., a community development financial institution headquartered in Brunswick.