AP quotes Brawley in report on Maine seaweed industry
The Associated Press spoke with Susan Brawley, a professor of plant biology at the University of Maine, for a report on Maine’s growing seaweed industry. Maine is the country’s No. 1 seaweed producer, according to the article. The state now supports more than 20 companies that grow or collect seaweed, and Maine harvesters collected 17.7 million pounds of seaweed in 2014 — the most ever recorded for the state and more than four times the 2004 total, the article states. “More people are interested in sea vegetables, and a lot more Americans are a lot more savvy about eating nutritious foods,” Brawley said. “There’s no one profile a seaweed has, just like a tomato is not like a spinach.” ABC News, CBS News, Sun Journal and The Olympian carried the AP report.