Category Archives: Richard’s corner.jpg) During the first week in March 2014, while sailing a small catamaran (Prindle 18-2) in the southern end of San Diego Bay near Imperial Beach, the boat got stuck on a muddy shallow bank. While trying to free it, a sudden wind coming off the Pacific flipped the boat over, landing it on its side. […] .jpg) A customer named Joyce living along the Hudson Valley north of New York City recently wrote this email below to Seagate concerned about our company’s processing and use use of shark liver oil and whether it was affecting the “balance of Nature”– Comments: I am hesitant to purchase products from a company that uses shark […] .jpg) The olives in the photo above have just been transferred by plastic tote boxes from our farm to our factory in Ensenada. At this point, they will be visually inspected, selected, separated and washed prior to loading into the vacuum tank shown below. Although we call this season #2 for Seagate’s olive oil production, this […] I have been overwhelmed by emails from people around the world that have been following my progress dealing with Grover’s Disease. To recap- Grover’s is a rash or skin disease which is really not even properly classified because there have been so few studies performed, since it is not life-threatening . Some doctors call it […] .jpg) Xylitol has become widely used as a substitute sweetener for cane sugar in foods, desserts, toothpaste, and gum. While it is harmless to humans and has several excellent benefits compared to raw sugar, it can be deadly to dogs. Benefits for humans: Many people categorize Xylitol as an artificial sweetnener. However, it is a naturally-occurring […] .jpg) On a recent dive trip to film underwater critters in Lembeh Straits, Indonesia I had another bout with itching skin, as a result of numerous bites. It seems that my poor skin is under attack no matter how hard I try to take precautions. This area of Indonesia has malaria, dengue fever, and a host […] .jpg) It has been exactly one year since my last posting regarding this ongoing skin rash called Grover’s. The rash began to bother me in around October, 2011. So it has been almost 2 years that I have been coping, or more accurately, fighting with it. The good news is that it has now been one […] .jpg) Once in a while a customer emails us a question that really goes to the heart of who Seagate is and why we are different from the other 100 or 200 labels selling grape seed extract and other assorted raw materials imported from China. Earlier this month, a customer named Gina wrote this email: Name: […] .jpg) Nopal Cactus is one of 20 raw materials that Seagate produces on their farms and from their fishing operations. The cactus farm is located inland from their factory in Ensenada, Baja California in one of the most arid regions of the world. Typical annual rainfalls average less than 6 inches per year in these inland […] |
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