Our products are mainly manufactured from the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum. This specie grows in the cold waters of the littoral coasts of Quebec (Canada). ORGANICOCEAN holds a seaweed harvest permit on the south shore of the lower St-Lawrence Estuary, from Kamouraska to Cap-à-l’Aigle.
The harvest is made at low tide from June to October in compliance with environmental and resource conservation guidelines. Seaweeds are manually cut at a minimum of 15 cm from the foot. We follow a three-year cycle for harvest area rotation. As soon as harvested, seaweeds are dried on-site in greenhouses to ensure optimal preservation of the fertilizing properties. The biochemical and microbiological quality of the lower St-Lawrence River’s cold water is a guarantee of ORGANICOCEAN seaweed purity.
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