seaweed as the regional food of the future
The AlgaeFood project is a three-year project with the aim of putting more regional seaweed on our plates. Through training courses, cooking events and vocational training, people young and old are taught to recognise seaweed as their daily bread.
1. Algen stecken voller wichtiger Inhaltstoffe,
2. können umweltschonend angebaut werden und
3. sind eine echte Bereicherung für die Küche!
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Seagardens are similar to the basic idea of community gardens on land, but are oriented towards cultivation in water. In Denmark, several gardens of this type already exist; in Germany, there is currently only one.
AlgaeFood organises cooking workshops in Germany and Denmark for school children, trainees and adults, and takes part in various events to integrate seaweed into the German-Danish cooking culture.
The coordinator of the AlgaeFood project was part of the delegation at an event in the European Parliament, helping to position the project within the broader discussion on a sustainable future for the Arctic […]
On 7 April, we had the pleasure of hosting an inspiring workshop together with Havhøst for culinary arts teachers from Hansenberg, as well as specialist teachers for the training of chefs, bakers and nutrition assistants at Syddansk Erhvervsskole […]
AlgaeFood is co-organising the Baltic Blue print Expo on 10 March 2026 in Kiel. The Baltic Sea is under extreme pressure due to pollution, overfishing and climate change. For this reason, [...]
Can fish merchants develop a taste for seaweed? We believe: YES! On March 2nd and 3rd, we had the pleasure of visiting the Fishery School in Thyborøn (North Sea College), where we [...]
On 26.02, we reached one of the year's major milestones in the AlgaeFood project, bringing together stakeholders from the algae and food industries at the Bæredygtighedshuset in Kolding Library. The day offered inspiring […]
A key part of the AlgaeFood project involves developing and testing educational materials about algae and seaweed. Throughout 2025, biologists from Fjord&Bælt have developed a number of exciting and educational […]
AlgaeFood took part in the annual Christmas market at the historic Andresens Købmandsgård in Kerteminde. We handed out samples, and the four different types of pickled bladderwrack were particularly popular. The event once again showed [...]
30 people from Karrebæksminde Havhave and several environmental organisations in the municipality of Næstved took part in a cooking course at Vesterhave Vingård. They cooked seaweed salad with vegetables, French onion soup with [...]
The 14th Nordic Seaweed Conference took place on 8 and 9 October - organised by Aarhus University. Two days full of exciting presentations, inspiring talks and lots of new knowledge about [...]
AlgaeFood was represented at the climate conference in Middelfart from 28 to 30 September 2025. Together with Lillebælt Nature Park and Bælthaven Middelfart, we provided information about seaweed and its benefits as a [...]
AlgaeFood took part in the festival „Sønderjyske mesterskaber i Fællesskaber” (South Jutland Championships in the Municipalities) on Kalvø. There, samples of seaweed were served and the positive properties and effects of seaweed were [...]
The participants of the EU Presidency Conference „Mission Ocean and Waters“ visited AlgaeFood in Kerteminde, where they received a seaweed snack and discussed the possibilities of seaweed as a new food.
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