The Seaweed Hunters for TOPIC
“Northern California’s coast is at the heart of a billion-dollar seaweed industry. Poachers and foragers have plundered the landscape, leaving Indigenous harvesters to contend with a ravaged ecosystem.“
Story by Jenni Monet, here.
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