MAINE MONITOR • November 14, 2025
Alexa McGovern has long been interested in seaweed farming, and in 2023 she founded Dirigo Sea Farm, a company that uses Maine kelp to produce bioplastic. Now, as the company identifies its first potential customers for a substitute for the plastic wrapping around dishwasher and laundry detergent pods, McGovern said she’s focused on how seaweed can be an economic driver for communities. She joins a growing group of entrepreneurs and researchers along Maine’s coast who see big potential for bioplastics derived from seaweed.