Seaweed

Sustainably Harvested Sonoma Coast Seaweeds

Seaweeds are an incredible nutrition source on the Sonoma Coast.  An abundance of deliciously edible varieties flourish in the icy-waters of this rough and ragged coastline.  Collections occur early in the mornings on May and June low tides.  The bags of collected algae are then dried on screens in the sun.

Heidi is available to give lectures/talks about seaweeds within the San Francisco Bay Area.

Seaweed Facts

Want to learn more about Seaweed?  Download this seaweed fact sheet.

Recipes

Since seaweeds are relatively new to our modern California cuisine, here are some seaweed recipes that may spur your interest.

Strong Arm Farm’s Seaweed In the News

Strong Arm Farm natural seaweed harvesting was recently featured in the article “Forget Wine. Sonoma is the Place for Tasty Seaweed.” Bay Citizen, By Maria Finn, June 10, 2010 and in “The Forage: Sonoma Seaweed” City Dirt, June 2, 2010.

In May 2010 Heidi led a Daily Acts sustainability workshop consisting of  a 2 hour lecture and food sampling, followed by an early morning foray to a Sonoma coast beach for identification and collection.  View workshop description.