Cascadia Seaweed is one of three companies nominated for the Innovation Award.

BCFB’s Innovation Award will be awarded to the company that has developed and implemented innovative practices and/or products within any aspect of their business.

The two other nominees include The Liberty Distillery and Spud.ca 

"At Cascadia we are all about innovation and bringing forward an entirely new way of cultivating food with our ocean farms" says Desirée Dupuis, the VP of Sales and Marketing at Cascadia Seaweed. "By cultivating seaweed in the ocean, we are developing innovative solutions to help solve some of the biggest challenges humanity is facing today; climate change, economic instability and food security" she adds.

Ocean farming requires no freshwater, fertilizers, pesticides or arable land to grow. It utilizes nutrients from the sea, sequesters more carbon than land plants, creates habitat, is renewable and fast growing. In addition to being climate positive, seaweed has a diversity of uses and a long list of healthy nutrients.

"We believe that ocean farming is the future of food. We are pioneers in this new, innovative sector in British Columbia" says Dupuis.

For a full list of Nominees click here:

Tune in on September 24th for the Awards ceremony when the winner is announced!