The 2nd Annual California Seaweed Festival was a huge success!

With over 450+ attendees in person in Santa Barbara, and another 100+ for our virtual day, we couldn’t be more thankful to all those who came out to celebrate seaweed with us for our second festival. Thank you to all our sponsors, vendors, panelists, speakers and volunteers.

Plenty of content has been uploaded to our YouTube channel, so do check it out! You can also follow us on Instagram and Twitter for updates and more great seaweed content. We'll see you in 2022 for the 3rd Annual California Seaweed Fest!

Love,
The Seaweed Moms & Festival Team

*all images above provided by Phoebe Racine.

Watch the talks from the 2021 festival in Santa Barbara!

0:01:42 Seaweed Cultivation Demonstration Led by Ocean Rainforest with Eliza Harrison
0:16:58 Seaweed, Ocean’s Healer: How Seaweed Nourishes and Cleanses Both the Planet and People with Amanda Swinimer
0:28:53 Culturing Red Seaweed at HSU with Erika Thalman
0:48:58 Seaweed Photography: From Cyanotypes to Satellites with Melody Jue
1:03:19 Reef Check California: Citizen Science Reef Monitoring with Dillon Dolinar
1:17:30 Microbes and Seaweed: Go Small to Grow Big with Laís Lima
1:36:24 Farming Sea Lettuce for Bioremediation and Sustainable Food Production in San Diego, CA with Emily Bews
1:55:39 Seaweed Bioplastics and Regenerative Design with Julia Marsh of Sway
2:10:49 Tropical Seaweed Cultivation at Ocean Era with Simona Augyte

Watch the virtual talks from this year’s festival.

FEATURING
Seaweed ID and Sustainable Harvest Methods with Naturespirit Herbs, live class with Q&A.

Cyanotyping Seaweed with Oriano Poindexter.

Tribal Panel from Grace Hudson Museum, introduced by Alyssa Boge. Moderated by Corinne Pearce (Redwood Valley Pomo). Panelists include:
Lori Laiwa-Thomas (Hopland Band of Pomo)
Eric Wilder (Kashia Band of Pomo)
Anthony Steele (Lytton Band of Pomo)
Jewelina Acosta (Yokayo Rancheria).

Remarks from the Festival team.