VENTURA, Calif. — The nation’s largest kelp farm is set to be built off the Ventura coast.
Ocean Rainforest, a seaweed cultivation company, is looking to build a 2,000-acre commercial-scale kelp farm in federal waters about six miles from the Ventura Harbor.
“Ventura Harbor will be the home base where all of the seaweed harvested will be landed, hopefully processed very close by and then applied to our local agricultural fields in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties,” said Kaira Wallace, regulatory and engagement lead at Ocean Rainforest…