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Here, over the next 45 days, the spores will be carefully cultivated into seed for farmers and scientists to outplant in the ocean. A Market Worth Millions If kelp forests disappear, so would wild-harvested seed for farmed kelp. American farmers can expect to pay about $1 a foot for string inoculated with kelp seed.
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