North Island College here on Vancouver Island will be the home of a new seaweed innovation hub.
The federal government is investing over 880 thousand dollars to help the College to create a seaweed seed bank, secure a mobile processing unit, test new seaweed dehydration and food processing technologies and help small-scale producers improve operations and adopt innovations.
The BC Shellfish Growers’ Association, meanwhile, will recieve a quarter million to support their Industry Modernization of Practices, Accountability, and Communications Program