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Low Low Tides Harvest Workshops
Starting Mar 30, Time: contact Greenhorns
Location: Smithereen Farm, 12 Little Falls Rd, Pembroke
These public educational events are held in conjunction with our Low Low Tides seaweed harvest workshops, happening monthly in spring 2025, March through June. Stay tuned for our next email newsletter, which will share the programming we have planned for April, May, and June: panel discussions, artist presentations, hands-on workshops, chef dinners, and more!
Greenhorns and Smithereen Farm partner to offer educational seaweed harvest events. This is our seventh year of offering Low Low Tides Seaweed Programming.
These events are multi-day educational and social experiences; at dawn we teach you to harvest responsibly and process wild algae for culinary use. In the afternoon we host teachers for lectures, and there are delightful shared group meals for those who stay on. Our purpose with this programming is to share our love of the seaweed and wild ecology of the inter-tide, to keep learning and to learn and work in an embodied community of practice.
For more information on our theory of change, please read the Seaweed Commons position paper and articles seaweedcommons.org. Our goal is to grow a vibrant community of care to protect our access, our coastal ecology and our beloved ocean.
If you'd like to join us for a workshop this spring, register here: Low Low Tides 2025 — Registration Form. All harvesters must obtain proper licensing. (We'll help!)
2025 Harvest Dates
March 30-April 3
April 27-May 1
May 26-30
June 25-27
We hand-harvest from Cobscook Bay and the nearby Bold Coast. We dry in our greenhouses, for Smithereen Farm to process in for commercial, value-added products like seaweed sprinkle, salt, broth mix, bath soak, and newly added this year... kelp soap! We think that the beautiful and intense physical practice of seaweed wild harvest is a great time for those who are passionate and/or curious on this subject to come, in person, and expose their thinking to the cold water and extreme tides. We offer simple indoor lodging for those interested in joining, and for committed harvesters who can join for the duration, we guide you in obtaining the appropriate licensing and pay for your harvest.
For more information:
https://greenhorns.org/greenhorns-summer-workshops-at-smithereen-farm/