Matt Obee is the Vice President of Operations at Cascadia Seaweed Corp., overseeing all mariculture, product manufacturing, kelp procurement, and R&D.
Cascadia Seaweed — a Canadian company founded in 2019 — is an innovator in AgTech, transforming one of the planet’s most sustainable ocean crops into premium agricultural solutions.
Vertically integrated and propelled by the urgency of climate change, Cascadia Seaweed is on a mission to build a climate-resilient food system.
By producing high-quality biostimulants derived from cultivated seaweed, Cascadia empowers farmers to increase yields and reduce emissions, delivering benefits that extend from the sea to the soil to our sustenance.
Beyond agriculture, Cascadia leverages the team’s expertise to advance seaweed as a nature-based solution, supporting restoration initiatives, developing and deploying AI-powered biodiversity monitoring to validate ecosystem services, driving innovative engineering, and fostering equitable seaweed supply chains under the Cascadia Nature-based Solutions (CNbS) business line.
As a certified B Corp and registered Benefit Company in British Columbia, Cascadia Seaweed is committed to creating lasting value for First Nations partners, shareholders, and the planet. With every step forward, the Company strengthens the case that innovation can power a new economy, one where profitability, community well-being, and environmental conservation are shared outcomes.