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. Algae are full of important nutrients,
2. can be grown in an environmentally friendly way and
3. are a real enrichment for the kitchen!
Find out lots of interesting facts about native seaweed species. Learn how to prepare them simply and flavourfully and try out our delicious recipes!
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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.
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.
On 16-17 September, all partners of the AlgaeFood project came together for the annual meeting at the ALTE MU in Kiel. The results and experiences of the past year were presented and the [...]
Karrebæksminde Havhave organised a day by the sea. The 20 participants were given an introduction to the seaweed species that grow around the Great Belt and learnt how they [...]
The local branch of the Danish Association of Engineers took part in an algae safari/day-at-the-seaside organised by Karrebæksminde Havhave in collaboration with AlgaeFood. It was an educational day where knowledge [...]
AlgaeFood attended the climate conference Klimafolkemøde Middelfart, where the University of Southern Denmark educated visitors about biodiversity, climate and the dilemmas we face in the face of climate change and our way of farming.
In connection with the start of school at Kold College in August, AlgaeFood organised a collective trip to Kerteminde beach for the new students. The aim of the trip was to show the students both [...]
AlgaeFood played an important role at Kulinarisk Sydfyn's large food market in Svendborg on 28-29 June 2025. Algae was the recurring theme at the market, which was dedicated to a [...]
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