Fighting Climate Change, One Sprout at a Time - thetyee.ca

Listen to this article 8 min WHY OCEAN MADE WORKS Who works: Ocean Made is a Seattle-based company founded by Emily Power and co-run with her husband, Les Hilliard. They hire others on contract. What works: Founded in 2023, Ocean Made sold 10,000 seedling pots in its first year and expects to sell 25,000 to 50,000 this year. They can go into the ground, prevent root binding and break down to provide nutrients to the surrounding soil. What works for the bioregion: The business promotes farming seaweed, an important sequesterer of carbon, and provides a biodegradable alternative to plastic po…