Sustainable Seagreens.
We’re all about them. By focusing on meat-alt products, we replace factory farming -- the most destructive form of food agriculture on the planet -- with regenerative ocean farming.
THE JOURNEY SO FAR
AKUA’s co-founder Courtney Boyd Myers (aka CBM) first learned about regenerative ocean-farming through the Connecticut based non-profit Green Wave. She had long been hip to the health benefits of eating seaweeds and when she learned about the environmental and economic benefits too, she was hooked on getting more people to eat this virteous sea vegetable.
On a mission to make kelp mainstream, we launched our first product “Kelp Jerky” in 2019. Kelp Jerky is sold today direct-to-consumer, in specialty grocers, and on Amazon.
With the pandemic underway and Kelp Jerky no longer new to the market, we rolled up our sleeves and got to work creating the Kelp Burger! The world's first plant-based burger made from KELP!
As May 2021 rolled around, we finally released our beloved Kelp Burgers to the world. They quickly became our top selling product, and from there we knew we were ready to start venturing into retail!
The Kelp Burgers started being available in retail stores and restaurants all over the US. And by July 2022 our newest product, the Krab Cake, was birthed!
THE AKUA FAMILY
We’re a Brooklyn based company with a team of mermaids, mermen, and ocean lovers that each have a combined mission to replace the most unsustainable form of food agriculture (factory farming) with the most sustainable form of food agriculture (ocean farming).
Fun facts: We launched our first product on Earth Day in 2019 / not all of us are strictly vegan but we all believe that plant-based is the future
An avid kitesurfer, swimmer, & rebel mermaid at heart, CBM is happiest in flippers or bare feet. She is "mostly vegan" but being married to a Frenchman means every once in a while, she sneaks in some fine cheese!
When not behind a computer Matt can usually be found getting his clothes dirty outside -- anywhere from the garden to the back of a motorcycle. He eats a plant forward diet, but mixes in a bit of everything - your classic "reducitarian".
While Marketing is Eve's greatest passion, she's also a strong environmentalist and advocate for the plant-based movement. On the weekends, she loves running around Brooklyn trying all of the interesting vegan food NYC has to offer. On weekdays she eats mostly Kelp Burgers. 🙂
