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The tastemakers: Influencers and laboratories behind food trends

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Vegan Food News of the Week: 14,000 New Spots for Vegan Steak, AKUA's Kelp Patties, and More

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Akua’s Kelp Burgers Get the SpongeBob Treatment to Support Nickelodeon’s Operation Sea Change

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AKUA launches 2nd Republic Equity Crowdfunding Campaign. Plus, Founder Courtney Boyd Myers on Creating a Consumer Market for Kelp-Based Foods.

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In the Aisle: 6 frozen foods for snacking or entertaining

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Akua Partners with Nickelodeon to Launch Kid-Friendly SpongeBob Kelp Patties

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AKUA launches kid-friendly kelp burgers

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The seaweed superfood revolution could end world hungerβ€”and save the planet

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Could seaweed be the 'fastest and least expensive' tool to fight climate change?

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The Future Food in 2025: Catering to Climate Change

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TastingTable

AKUA's Kelp Burger patty stars in The Butcher's Daughter's best-selling menu item, The Butcher's Burger.

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The Next Big Things: Our Top 10 Food Trends for 2023 β€” Kelp made the list!

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The Washington Post

The hype over plant-based foods overlooks a key ingredient: Plants

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Healthyish loves it - The perfect frozen veggie burger doesn't exi...

AKUA’s salty-smoky kelp burgers are all I want to eat this summer.

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Vegconomist - the vegan business magazine

AKUA Launches Krab Cakes Made With Sustainable Kelp

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bon appΓ©tit

The Best Ways to Eat Your Seaweed!

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TastingTable

Why Kelp Makes Such A Great Meat Substitute

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Smithsonian Magazine

Is Seaweed the Next Big Alternative to Meat?

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green queen

Celebrating the Queens Of Alt Protein Who Are Forging The Future Of Food

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FORBES

On This Earth Day, Remember The Ocean.

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clean plates

The Best Plant-Based Meats for the Grill, According to Vegans

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Edible Manhattan

Kelp: The Other Red Meat (Alternative)

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Startup Renegades

How Brand Advocacy Builds a Business with Courtney Boyd Meyers, Co-Founder of AKUA

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Veg News

These 10 vegan burgers are barbecue-approved: Fire up the grill!

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InsideHook

If You Make One Nutritional Change This Year, Start Eating Seaweed

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vegconomist - the vegan business magazine

Courtney Boyd Myers: A Call to Clean Up the Plant-Based Food Industry

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bon appΓ©tit

Howβ€”and Whyβ€”to Incorporate More Seaweed Into Your Cooking

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Well + Good

Step Aside, Kale: In 2022, Your Favorite Form of Leafy Green Won’t Grow on Land

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Prevention

AKUA wins best veggie burger of the year in Prevention’s 2022 Healthy Food Awards

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Veg News

Vegan crab cakes make a splash!

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The Chalk Board

The 6 Best Veggie Burgers On The Planet

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Green Biz

Kelp boom hinges on supply chain and carbon market investments.

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The Food Institute

Plant-Based Snacks Enjoying Steady Growth

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Veg News

18 Vegan Jerkies that Prove Plants are the Ultimate Protein Snack

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The New York Times

How Will Americans Eat in 2022? The Food Forecasters Speak

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Freethink

The plant-based startup taking on food giants

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green Queen

The U.N.’s β€˜Blue Deal’ Aims to Replace Overfishing With Seaweed Farming: β€˜This Is the Perfect Time’

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kitchen

50 Plant-Based Brands We Think Everyone Should Try in 2022

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Matador network

This food-tech startup is rewriting the narrative of plant-based food -- with kelp

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mbg food

Found: A Versatile & Sustainable Veggie Burger That Pairs With Everything

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TAOP

The Art of Plating Podcast: AKUA

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modern farmer. Farm. Food. Life

8 Sea Vegetables You Can Cook With

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Business Insider

Here are the 25 fastest-growing direct-to-consumer brands

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The New York Times

A Veggie Burger From the Sea

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TechCrunch

AKUA lands $3.2M to turn kelp into burgers

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womans day

75 Best Gift Ideas for Dad, Because He Really Doesn't Need Another Tie

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green queen

Kelp Burger Startup Akua Eyes Vegan Crab Cakes Next After $3.2M Round

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vegconomist - the vegan business magazine

Host of Celebrity Investors See Future in Kelp as New York’s AKUA Secures $3.2M

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The Fish Site

Kelp burger startup raises $3.2 million seed funding

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Men's Health

Here Are the Winners of the 2021 Snack Awards: Best Kelp Jerky

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the guardian

β€˜It’s a miracle crop’: the pioneers pushing the powers of seaweed

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Plant based business hour

Can We Leave The Oceans Better Than We Found Them?

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Inside Hook

This Food Tech Startup Might’ve Just Made the Most Sustainable Burger Yet

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The Henry Ford Innovation Nation + with Mo Rocca

AKUA on CBS's Innovation Nation

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The Economist

Why New England is going wild for wet weeds

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Bloomberg

Kelp Farming Is Maine's New Cash Crop

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mbg food

The Type Of Seafood That Can & Should Be Part Of Your Vegan Diet (Seriously!)

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goop

Responsibly Sourced Seaweed Is Better for Youβ€”and the Planet

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Republic

Investing in Alternative Meats Podcast

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The Food Institute

How Kelp Could Shake Up the Plant-Based Market

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Well + Good

9 Protein-Packed, Plant-Based Meat Alternatives That Are Great for Grilling (RDs Agree)

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The Boston Globe

From Maine’s warming waters, kelp emerges as a potentially lucrative cash crop

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Trendhunter - Create the future

15 Kelp-Powered Innovations

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Prevention

AKUA named "Most Eco-Friendly Jerky"

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UCONN - University of Connecticut

Eating Under The Sea: UConn Researchers Find Health Benefits of Connecticut-Grown Sugar Kelp

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mbg food

Research Is Homing In On Why Red Seaweed Is Such A Great Prebiotic

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EcoWatch

Here Are Three Sustainable Seafood Brands to Know for World Oceans Day

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thrillist

Eating Seaweed Could Be the Key To Sustainable Seafood

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vegetarian times

No Road Trip Is Complete Without Vegan Jerky

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The Takeout

Everything’s coming up kelp

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Means & Matters

The Blue Economy Could Save Our Oceans - and our Species.

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The Boston Globe

"If Courtney Boyd Myers has her way, this will be the summer of the kelp burger."

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GQ

The Decadence of the New Veganism

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Bloomberg

Janet Wu interviews the Co-founder of AKUA on the launch of our Kelp Burger.

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a Sweat Life

The Best Meat Alternatives to Grill at Your Summer BBQs

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Food Business News

Three startups saving the planet

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Travel + Leisure

4 Food & Agriculture Projects Tackling Climate Change, Employment, & Biodiversity

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ingredients network.com

Akua launches burger made from regenerative kelp

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Plant Based News

β€˜World’s First’ Kelp Burger Unveiled By Plant-Based Food Brand Championing Sustainable Seaweed

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Forbes

35 Nourishing Functional Foods To Add To Your Pantry

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vegconomist - the vegan business magazine

AKUA’s β€œGame-Changing” Kelp Burger to Hit US Grocery Stores

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EconoTimes

AKUA launches the world’s first plant-based Kelp burger

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Fast Company - World Changing Ideas 2020

AKUA's Kelp Jerky named one of Fast Company's World Changing Ideas for Food in 2020

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oops vegan

Could AKUA’s New Kelp Burger Help Reverse Climate Change?

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Galore

Seaweed Jerky Snacks + 5 More Things I Obsessed Over This Month

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Real Simple

Kelp Is the Healthy, Sustainableβ€”and Delicious!β€”Food Experts Want Us to Eat More Of

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What's wrong with podcast - Courtney Boyd Myers - Co-founder and CEO of Akua

How does what we eat affect our world? ft. Courtney Boyd Myers

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Fast Company

This burger doesn’t require land or fresh water to produce: It’s made with kelp

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SPY

Seaweed Is the World’s Fastest Growing Food Source: Try These 9 Tasty Seaweed Snacks

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Vegan Women Summit

Ten Women Saving the Ocean: CEOs and Founders in Alt Seafood

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New Hope Network

AKUA launches carbon-sequestering Kelp Burger via crowdfunding campaign

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green queen

IWD 2021: Celebrating the Queens Of Alt Protein Who Are Forging The Future Of Food

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How to Save a Planet

How to Save a Planet - Kelp Farming, for the Climate (Part II)

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Impact Everywhere

Combining Sustainability, Community and Kelp

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DTC Pod - Brought to you by Trend

[DTC POD Ep. 82] – Creating sustainable products + building online communities

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The Optimist daily

This new kelp burger is even more sustainable than plant-based burgers

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TechCrunch

Ocean Solutions Accelerator’s third wave tackles a new set of aquatic challenges

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Entrepreneur

Algae Is the New Popcorn. And Pasta. And Bacon

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Time

AKUA's Kelp Jerky listed as one of Time Magazine's Best Inventions 2019

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Business Insider - Today

Kelp Is A Superfood That Could Also Fight Climate Change

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New Hope Network

5 companies innovating in 'regenerative agriculture' trend

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Candy & Snack Today - an NCA publication - news, trends and insights for decision-makers

Plant-Based Jerky: A Multibillion Dollar Industry?

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Peta

10 Vegan Food Trends You Can’t Miss in 2020

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The Eco Echo

Courtney Boyd Myers of AKUA on Regenerative Future Foods & Inventing a Category

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Bloomberg

The Key Ingredient in These Hot Sauces, Gins, and Jerky? It’s Seaweed

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The New York Times

Aimed at the vegan market, seaweed jerky is high in protein, with a chewy-crisp texture, and available in three flavors.

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Women's Health

The Top Healthy Snack Trends Of 2019

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Taste

The Vegan Jerky Industrial Complex

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mbg

Fun Fact: Beyond Being Delicious, Seaweed Can Help Us Fight Climate Change

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Foodboro.

17 Must-Watch Food and Beverage Companies in NYC

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Eat for the Planet

Tune into our podcast with Eat for the Planet

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The Washington Post

For Sweetgreen, 2020 is the year kelp becomes cool

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Musings for a better world

Sustainable, Nutritious Snacking by Susan Rockefeller

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The New York Times

The Climate-Friendly Vegetable You Ought to Eat

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Food Biz Wiz - Episode 25

Crowdsourcing 101 - How to Launch & Execute A Successful Kickstarter Campaign

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Refinery 29

The Kelp & Seaweed Snacks To Try If You're Over Kale

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Peta

These Meatless Jerky Brands Are Bringing Vegan Snacking to a New Level

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Irate

An interview on our Kickstarter challenges & letting someone know when they have something in their teeth.

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Portfolio Career Podcast

An interview with Courtney Boyd Myers including how to think about the everyday choices that you make and its impact on our planet!

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Outside

6 Beef Jerky Alternatives That Are Actually Good

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SeaTrees by Sustainable Surf

Super Seaweed Saves the Day - with a little help from YOU

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mother nature network

Who says jerky has to be beef?

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Globetrender

Does NYC's Equinox Hotel feature the world's healthiest minibar?

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New York Post

Equinox has world’s lamest minibar with kelp jerky and "moon juice"

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New Hope Network

Unboxed: 6 super seaweed products that bring the umami

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Foodboro.

Meet a Maker: Courtney Boyd Myers

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Eco-Concious diver

Eco-Conscious Diver Podcast featuring Courtney Boyd Myers

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inhabitat

Carbon-negative snack company AKUA offers kelp jerky and pasta

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Men's Health

Why Superfood Kelp Is Called The New Kale

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Entrepreneur

Algae Is the New Popcorn. And Pasta. And Bacon.

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mind body green

Eco-Friendly 'Kelp Jerky' Is A Thing & We Tried It

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SPY

There Are Many Benefits to Eating Kelp. Yes, The Stuff From the Ocean.

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edible cape code

AKUA's Kelp-Based Products in Edible Cape Cod

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Popsugar

Is Kelp the New Kale? Try This Nutritious, Sustainable Kelp Jerky and Decide For Yourself

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The Path - Fitness and Lifestyle journey

Eat Your (Sea) Greens: Q&A with Courtney Boyd Myers, Founder of AKUA Kelp Jerky

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Triple Pundit - The business of doing better

Can Kelp Help Feed the Planet and Save the Oceans?

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Sustain

AKUA is making major change in the sustainable food industry and is gaining popularity by the minute.

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Downtown

How Kelp Can Save the Ocean - Meet kelp jerky, a new sustainable snack that helps the ocean too!

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Better World

Learn more about the fascinating business of sea cucumbers and how ocean farming can save the world!

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The yellow turmeric - food notes of a curious mind

AKUA's Kelp Jerky – USA: Helping you β€œKelp Out!”

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behere

Meet the Woman Making Travel Snacks Healthy & Sustainable

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Selfmade

Listen to CBM, the co-founder of AKUA talk about her mission to bring sustainable sea greens to the consumer market through kelp jerky.

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Lava

Read about AKUA's journey and what inspired our CEO

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Now Food

A behind the scenes look at how Kelp Jerky is made

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Raise Vegan

Vegan Jerky is going to be the hottest thing since sliced bread in 2019

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Huffpost United Kingdom

Transparency In Business Advocate Jessi Baker On How It Can Empower Women

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mind body green

Kelp: The Oceanic Plant With Skin, Health & Thyroid Benefits

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Reuters

The food science behind creating a meatless jerky

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modern farmer. Farm. Food. Life

Things We Love: AKUA Kelp Jerky

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One of Fast Company's Most Creative People 2018

Courtney Boyd Myers named one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business for harvesting a sustainable new snack

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Food Future Co

Steering consumers towards a more sustainable, nourishing sea veg snack.

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New York Post

In the future, you’ll eat ketchup slices and kelp jerky

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One Green Planet

This Sustainable Kelp Jerky Is Endorsed by Richard Branson – and You Can Help Make it Reality!

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Forbes

How Courtney Boyd Myers Is Building The Next Superfood Craze With Kelp

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Eat Sip Trip

For lovers of both seaweed and jerky snacks, this is a salty revelation.

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Gear Junkie

Spice up your trail-food game by eating Kelp Jerky from AKUA

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New Atlas

Akua goes to sea for meat-free "superfood" jerky

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The Online Farmers Market

Kelp Jerky: The Sustainable Snack You Need To Hear About

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Sierra

Savor seaweed in drinks, snacks,
seasonings, and even spirits

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Today

Moringa, veggie jerky and the next Instant Pot: The hot new food trends of 2018

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Live Kindly

New vegan jerky brand to beef up 2018's plant based snack game

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Lost at E Minor

Kelp jerky is the meat-alternative snack you never knew you wanted

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Saveur

Extra-umami, high-protein kelp jerky is your new beef jerky alternative.

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VegNews

10 Vegan Jerkies that Prove Plants are the Ultimate Protein Snack

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edible Manhattan

This East Village Business Wants Kelp Jerky to Be Your New Go-To Snack

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Food Republic

This Company’s Answer To Sustainable Snacking Is Kelp Jerky

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Fast Company

Kelp Jerky Is Your Next Delicious Meat-Alternative Snack

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New Hope Network

Brands find new flavor opportunities with seaweed

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Food navigator.com

Bored of beef jerky?

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Austin Business Journal

Crickets for dinner and Kelp Jerky? Future of food on display in Austin

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FoodBytes! by Rabobank

Beyond The Shoreline wins FoodBytes! Austin

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