About the festival

Wales Festival of Seaweed has since been made possible thanks to players of the National Lottery as part of the 'unlocking the power of Seaweed' project in partnership with WWF Cymru, Car-y- mor, SAMS and PEBL.

A 3-year project, funded by  The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest community funder in the UK, to unlock the power of seaweed. Seaweed is a hidden hero for people and nature and could urgently help address the climate crisis.  

The funding will allow WWF-UK and partners to work with coastal communities in Pembrokeshire to develop a model of community-led regenerative seaweed farming and support the scale-up of a sustainable, responsible UK-wide industry that benefits local communities, nature and climate.  Wales has an abundant and largely untapped natural resource all around our coastline with immense potential to improve so many aspects of our day to day lives. Some call it the superstar of the oceans and others the gold dust of the sea.

Wales Festival of Seaweed has been made possible by this project. Is a brand new opportunity for industry experts, conservationists, politicians, investors, educators, fishers, farmers, foodies and the wider community to come together to debate and discover the financial and environmental benefits that seaweed has to offer our communities and country as a whole. Learn all about and discuss this amazing marine algae, in a very special corner of Wales where the purity of our waters and power of seaweed is already being harnessed by a range of local businesses.