About Rootless

About Rootless

About Rootless

About Rootless

About Rootless

Hope! Sachi started Rootless to transform the global food system by getting more people to eat and grow sustainable seaweed. After earning a Masters from Yale and over a decade of international work on climate solutions, she quit her job to start Rootless. Early in her discovery process, Sachi recognized that eating seaweed is not only good for people’s health, but creating consumer demand for sustainable seaweed - which is a regenerative, zero input crop - can also help the planet’s health. Through her research, Sachi learned that cultures that consume seaweed daily, such as in Japan, Okinawa and Korea, people live longer, healthier lives. As one of the most nutrient-dense and diverse foods on the planet, seaweed is rich in vitamins, trace minerals, polyphenols and bioactives that are lacking in Western diets. Seaweed is also the most natural, potent source of iodine, a mineral which our bodies require to produce thyroid hormones, and can only be obtained through food and supplements. As American diets become increasingly plant based and lack iodine sources such as iodized salt, dairy, eggs, and seafood, the US population is becoming iodine deficient. This can especially have severe health implications during times of hormonal changes like when pregnant, breastfeeding or transitioning into perimenopause and postmenopause. Rootless is harnessing the power of seaweed and is on a mission to help millions of women reclaim their hormonal health with this time-tested superfood.Read their story