Ocean Spray Cranberries, the cooperative owned by more than 700 farmer families, is collaborating with Atlantic Sea Farms, a women-run, regenerative kelp aquaculture company based in Maine, for ingredient use in Atlantic Sea Farms' Cranberry Kelp Cubes.
The Cranberry Kelp Cubes offer a way to combine two superfoods that come from regenerative farming practices, giving consumers an easy way to enhance their everyday diet and enjoy the health benefits of these nutrient dense, antioxidant rich, non-GMO, family-farmed ingredients, according to Ocean Spray.
Ingredients in the product include kelp puree, cranberry puree, and cranberry seeds.
"Through this ingredient collaboration with Atlantic Sea Farms, Ocean Spray is able to align itself with a company that is living at the forefront of sustainability and innovation, prioritizing family-farmed products, and innovation all while expanding opportunities for Maine's fishing communities," said Katy Galle, senior vice president of research, development, and sustainability at Ocean Spray Cranberries, in a statement. “We're excited to bring attention to the significance of regenerative farming, mutually believing good food should do good, and we are dedicated to increasing transparency and sustainability within the food system while creating 'craveable' and innovative products.”
Atlantic Sea Farms kelp is fresh, never dyed, and sustainably grown at home in the clean cold waters of Maine. The company is dedicated to making a powerful and positive impact on the health of customers and oceans with developing products made from sustainably farmed sea greens.
"We work with Maine fishermen to grow kelp in their offseason as a climate change adaption and mitigation strategy. By making tasty, healthy, easy-to-use fresh kelp products, we are helping to create a new and climate-friendly industry in the U.S.," said Briana Warner, president and CEO of Atlantic Sea Farms, in a statement.
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