Seagriculture EU 2024

18 – 20 Jun 2024 | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

Urd Grandorf Bak

Head of R&D Europe, Ocean Rainforest

SeaMark

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Happy to connect and talk seaweed cultivation, ecosystem services and scaling the blue industry, making attractive products for agricultural crop production !

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SeaMark

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Faroe Islands

SeaMark is a four-year project funded by Horizon Europe under contract no. 101060379. SeaMark will demonstrate how to scale up innovative seaweed cultivation and processing into price-competitive product applications making the entire supply chain attractive for commercial investments. The SeaMark consortium comprises multi-disciplinary experts across 12 countries including 12 industry partners with expertise in multiple industry sectors. Together they will develop 12 innovative products for market uptake, setting up an Industry Purchasing Group (IPG) to guarantee the commercial uptake of results.
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About me

11 years with Ocean Rainforest, leading our research and development! Proved to take place in the company's journey from start-up to multinational company with a full supply chain from seeding to harvest to B2B products.
My background is environmental biology and geography from Roskilde University in Denmark.
I made my industrial PhD degree in collaboration between DTU Food and Ocean Rainforest, about seaweed cultivation offshore in the Faroe Islands, of course :-)

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What are your areas of interest?

Seaweed farming (cultivation, wild harvest, offshore, landbased)Seaweed processingSelection and breedingSeaweed speciesApplications for seaweedsInvestments and fundingEquipment and technological advancementsSeaweed supply chain managementLegislative aspects of seaweedsSocial aspectsEcological aspects of seaweeds (E.g. carbon credits, IMTA)

Are you interested in buying seaweeds?

Yes

Are you interested in selling seaweeds?

Yes