GreenWave

{{short description|North American nonprofit}}

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GreenWave is a North American nonprofit focused on the development of regenerative farming techniques for aquaculture, called "3D ocean farming", to create blue carbon.{{Cite web|title=Soil and Seaweed: Farming Our Way to a Climate Solution|url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/soil-and-seaweed-farming-our-way-to-a-climate-solution/|last1=Maher-Johnson|first1=Louise Elizabeth|first2=Ayana Elizabeth|last2=Johnson|website=Scientific American Blog Network|date=2 November 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Our Model|url=https://www.greenwave.org/our-model|website=GreenWave|access-date=2020-05-07}}{{Cite web|title=Ocean farming could help feed the future|url=https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/ocean-farming-could-help-feed-the-future/|last=MacRae|first=Gavin|website=Watershed Sentinel|date=4 December 2019 |access-date=2020-05-07}} Their focus is on developing polyculture practices for farming shellfish and seaweeds and kelps.{{Cite web|title=Quarantine order in Rhode Island leads to detour of kelp crop into Stonington|url=https://www.theday.com/article/20200418/NWS01/200419486|website=The Day|date=18 April 2020}} These practices include using many layers of the water column, emulating high activity water ecosystems like reefs, to increase productivity and biomass.{{Cite web|title=Kelp Is the New Kale|url=https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/northern_edition/kelp-is-the-new-kale/article_4c5aaf7d-fe82-5b3f-afaa-cce12255cbfc.html|last=Steucek|first=Guy|website=Lancaster Farming|date=21 February 2020 |access-date=2020-05-07}}

The organization focuses on developing globally accessible techniques for this kind of farming.{{Cite web|title=This Fisherman Wants Us To Use The Oceans To Fight Climate Change|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/climate-change-warming-ocean-blue-new-deal_n_5da837f0e4b0b5c9be498bd8|last=Singh|first=Maanvi|date=2019-10-21|website=HuffPost}} As of 2019, they had a waitlist of over 4,000 farmers in 20 countries needing support in starting such farms. Starting such a farm usually costs between US$20,000–50,000. The nonprofit was created by Bren Smith to spread methods first developed on his Thimble Island Ocean Farm in Long Island Sound.{{Cite news|title=Seaweed farming and its surprising benefits|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seaweed-farming-and-its-surprising-benefits/|publisher=CBS News|date=29 April 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Vertical ocean farms that can feed us and help our seas|url=https://ideas.ted.com/vertical-ocean-farms-that-can-feed-us-and-help-our-seas/|date=2017-07-26|website=ideas.ted.com|access-date=2020-05-07}} Emily Stengal is the co-founder and deputy director of the non-profit.{{Cite web|last=Daniels|first=Raj|date=2020-12-01|title=Bigger Than Us #119 {{!}} Regenerative Ocean Farming|url=https://nexuspmg.com/119-emily-stengel-greenwave/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Nexus PMG|language=en-US}}

In 2015, the organization's 3D ocean farming method won the Buckminster Fuller Institute's Fuller Challenge. The organization also won a 2017 The Index Project prize.{{Cite web|title=The Index Project|url=https://theindexproject.org/award/winnersandfinalists/greenwave-2017-work-winner|website=theindexproject.org|access-date=2020-05-07}}