A Haines resident is working to start a new form of commercial agriculture taking root in Alaska: kelp farming.
Alain D’Epremesnil has applied with the State of Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources for a 10-year aquatic farmsite lease. The lease would allow him to develop submerged lands near Battery Point for the kelp farm he’s calling Alaska Salty Greens.
D’Epremesnil, who’s seasonally lived in Haines since 2002, said he’s looking forward to entering a new…
