Kelp availability?

[finchandlovebird]

I stopped at my local health food store today & asked for kelp. The owner said they are no longer able to get it because of the nuclear disaster in Japan (was that 1 or 2 yrs ago?).
Wonder if others have not been able to locate kelp.

[debbie276]

The only thing I've been able to find regarding kelp and a nuclear reactor accident was here
http://kelpwatch.berkeley.edu/Home
Kelp Watch 2015 is a scientific campaign, based on collaboration between Dr. Steven L. Manley (Department of Biological Sciences, California State University- Long Beach) and Dr. Kai Vetter (UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and designed to determine the extent of possible radionuclide contamination (primarily Cesium-137 & -134) of our kelp forest ecosystem from seawater arriving from [Japan] in 2014. Initiated by Dr. Manley in early November 2013, the project relies on sampling canopy blades of the Giant Kelp (Macrocystis) and Bull Kelp (Nereocystis) several times during 2014.

There's also a article, "Arrival of [Japan] radioactivity plume in N. American continental waters" http://www.pnas.org/content/112/5/1310.long

*Note this site forbid me to put the area were this happened because the text is "forbidden" so I replaced the word with [Japan]

[MiaCarter]

Hmm... That's pretty curious!
I've never heard of this. As fetching mentioned, it's odd since kelp grows at an astounding rate that's on par with bamboo (perhaps even faster.) And I know it can be grown worldwide in many locations. So if you had a contaminated area, it would be simple enough to just harvest elsewhere or even farm it in a safe location.

Thanks for those links, debbie276! Very interesting.

I just ordered some from Laraine at LadyGouldian.com perhaps 2 weeks ago? No problems.

[finchandlovebird]

Thanks; I'll check at another health store in a larger city nearby

[cindy]

AviTech males AviKelp... you can find it on Glamorousgouldians.com, she also has organic kelp

http://www.glamgouldians.com/product-kelp.php
http://glamgouldians.com/product-avikelp.php

[Sally]

debbie276 Just as an aside, this site has a list of forbidden words, along with a number of variations of those words, so sometimes even perfectly innocent listings are censored by the computer. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Colt]

I just ordered a pound of Organic Kelp Powder from a health food store here in our small town. With tax it was less than $10. I was thrilled.

[finchandlovebird]

Stopped at another "large" health food store yesterday & they were out of Kelp.
They did have about a quart of diamateous (sp?) earth for $17.99 which I did not buy. I have seen it for $3 something for a pound on the net.
My search will go on

[Leo519]

Hi Dolly,

I just now read this post, but in case you're still having trouble finding powdered kelp another reliable supplier is TheFinchFarm.com

They have a 3-ounce pouch for $5.95 or 1 pound for around $20 (I forget the exact price for the 1 lb).
It is a bit pricey, but worthwhile I think since it can be hard to come by.