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John Koene Muir Beach CA

  • john_koeneJ
    john_koene

    I would love to be involved with a farm or ocean garden anywhere in Northern CA

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  • carrie_wentzelC
    carrie_wentzel

    @john_koene - Hi John! I am from San Anselmo. There used to be a company that partnered with Hog Island Oyster Co. but they had to move their seaweed farm to Alaska for permitting reasons. I think current permitting does not allow for farming (there are a few other groups in Tomales and further north that forage and package seaweed). If you hear about any groups that are farming in the area I would also love to know! 

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  • lindsay_olsenL
    lindsay_olsen

    @carrie_wentzel - Hi Carrie and @john_koene, GreenWave was able to get a small farm permitted in Humboldt Bay last year, in partnership with Humboldt University. I'll let our California permitting expert @karen_gray chime in to give you more details on what ultimately led to that success, but I know it was a long and arduous bureaucratic journey. Karen wrote this guide on farm permitted in Humboldt Bay last year, in partnership with Humboldt University. I'll let our California expert @karen_gray chime in to give you more details on what ultimately led to that success, but I know it was a long and arduous permitting journey. Karen wrote this guide on Permitting an Ocean Farm in California that might be useful to you both. 

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  • karen_grayK
    karen_gray

    @john_koene - Hello John! Good to see you here. Thanks for joining the community! Looking to you to take the lead on setting up a seaweed farm in Marin. Right now (as you already know) Tomales Bay is the hotspot for oyster farming so there's certainly room for improvement.

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  • karen_grayK
    karen_gray

    @carrie_wentzel Hello Carrie and John (and thank you for the shout out @lindsay_olsen) by now hopefully you've had the chance to flick through the guide. Do let me know if you have questions at all! ~Karen

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