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Ergothioneine - nature's secret fungus superfood.

What is ergothioniene, why is it important and how does it relate to Seaweed???In 2018 we were at the Australian Biological farming Conference on the Gold Coast and one of the guest speakers was Jeff Moyer from Rodale Institute in the US.This photo is from his powerpoint presentation.He spoke about farming and food, about the reasons for the decline in nutrition in our modern food and how this is linked to so many diseases.And he spoke about ergothionene.Although first discovered over 100 years ...

Ascophyllum nodosum for our own Dental health

We all want healthy teeth and gums but no-one enjoys visiting the dentist. Even if you just need your regular teeth clean, imagine if you could be in and out of that dreaded chair more quickly.Well the fact is you can! Once again nature provides a unique solution that can boost our oral hygiene.So what is that solution?Seaweed of course!Ascophyllum nodosum was the focus of a 2015 study to prove its potential to improve dental health by preventing plaque and calculus in humans.The Power of Ascoph...

Losing weight with seaweed

Are you one of those many Aussies who get to the end of winter and realise you've added a couple of kilos?All that hot winter comfort food and sitting around in warm, cosy houses is super enjoyable but not that great for our long-term health.Forget those awful weight loss shakes - how can they possibly be good for your health?! Shelve those strict fad diets, you want to choose what you eat.With Seagreens you can reduce your calorie intake and get a superfood boost at the same time.Seagreens® nu...

Seaweed for healthy soils

Grahame West, aka The Seaweed Man, spoke recently about the benefits of seaweed and how it can address issues that many growers are experiencing.Grahame is a seaweed veteran, having promoted the benefits of seaweed as a completely natural, organic plant growth and health activator for close to 50 years. His company, Seaweed Enterprises Australia, actively encourages regenerative and organic farming practices and their SEA Hub Farms provide a central point for farmers to meet and exchange ideas a...

Practical Farming

Practical Farming on actual farms done by real farmers is far more efficient than "pretend" farming scientifically done in big shiny laboratories by people who know nothing about real farming and survival on the land.Let’s face it, Practical Farming is actually growing stuff in the soil... getting up every morning before sunrise, watching the sun come up as your day is planned. It doesn’t matter if you’re milking the cows or sowing the seed for your crop, or putting out a few bales for the...

Best value seaweed!

When it comes to gardening and lawn care, fertilisers such as Scott’s Lawn Builder, Blood and Bone fertiliser or Osmocote are effective in getting the job done and producing results, but what about the aftermath of some of the chemicals?So, how could the cheapest seaweed be the best fertiliser? It is a premium product, 100% pure Ascophyllum nodosum, yet it is the cheapest way to buy seaweed for your plants and crops. Additionally, Ascophyllum nodosum works wonders as a lawn fertiliser and is t...

Wet weather gardening tips

So... how wet is it at your place???This year is ridiculously wet for most of southern and eastern Australia - the rain just seems to be never-ending. Probably the only part of Australia that is dry right now is the Far North, which as you know is where we live. October is the Dry season for us, but being in the wet tropics we do very much understand the challenges of growing veggies when there isn’t much sun and your soil is waterlogged. Constant wet brings many challenges for ...

6 Reasons why you need Seaweed this Spring!

How much do we LOVE Spring! The weather is starting to warm, new buds are bursting and spring flowers are blooming... baby animals and butterflies, birds and bees and outdoor barbecues! Seaweed will make your garden bloom, your animals frolic and put a spring in your step, so here we go with 6 reasons why you need Seaweed this Spring… 1. Your plants are loving this extra sunshine, so spray with Seaperia Soluble now. Seaperia boosts photosynthesis giving the plant more energy to grow. Alon...

How to store Seaperia

Seaperia Meal is easy to look after. Keep it dry and out of direct sun and it will last at least 3 years with no reduction in its health benefits or effectiveness.Seaperia Soluble has two benefits that are important factors in making it such an amazing product... It is incredibly soluble It has no sterilisers or stabilisers These two factors also mean that the way you store it is important. Following these easy guidelines will ensure your Seaperia will last for years if neces...

Cancer Management with Seagreens®

The brown seaweeds contain significant levels of active anticancer agents, of which the polysaccharides - fucoidan particularly - and the soluble mineral iodine, have been the subject of international research during the past two decades (including Jang-Su Park et al., 2002; Teas et al., 2009; Eng-Guan Chua et al., 2015) Several studies have reported that high blood counts of estradiol increase the risk of breast cancer and the recurrence of breast cancer, and that brown seaweed in the tradition...

Seaweed and the Microbiome

It’s only in the past 15 years that scientists have begun to understand the true extent and importance of microbes. Until very recently we hadn’t really heard of GUT BIOME as an important component of personal health. In fact the thought of being surrounded and inhabited by bacteria can be quite confronting, but scientists now know that microbes are The Missing Link - the key to living a life where you can almost guarantee your future wellbeing. So what is Gut Biome? In both humans and anima...

Seaweed as Brain Food

Food poverty across the globe was once always been linked to droughts and famines. Going into the 2020s though there is a new type of food poverty that is caused by depleted nutrients in our land-grown food crops. Seaweed produced for optimum human nutrition is increasingly seen as part of the solution.Fast food and convenience food with high salt, sugar and fat content are becoming the staple diet, particularly for younger people. Highly processed foods found on our supermarket shelve...

Seaweed and Radioactivity

Recently we were sent a question about radiation levels in Seaweeds around the world... "Hi Liz, thanks for the interesting read about Norwegian seaweed. I'm curious at to whether the Norwegian seaweed (and the UK one as well) is tested for radioactive readings? Post Fukishima I did a lot of research into nuclear contamination around the world, and it was my understanding that seaweed sequesters radiation. From memory, it's actually used to help 'mop it up'." This is why we are so pleased to be ...

Power your Soil with Seaweed and Sun

The ancient Egyptians knew about the power of the SUN, they worshipped it as a God, and from our seaweed perspective they were right to do so. The Sun powers the whole of Nature including Humans like you and I. Every part of nature works on electricity in one way or another, which is given free to us from our Sun twenty-four hours a day as our planet circles around it like a giant electrical generator, for it is the universal power.From the tiniest atom to the largest galaxy this universal ...

Yeomans and Keyline

Grahame, The Seaweed Man, is one of a group of people who watched the rise of chemical and industrial farming through the second half of the last century, but never let go of their dream for a better way of growing. That group includes Alex Podolinski (biodynamic), Bill Mollison (permaculture) and PA Yeomans, the father of Keyline farming. If you've been following our blog for a while you would have read this one which is about our family's epic migration from South Australia to Far No...

Seagreens – The Best Natural Supplements for Gut Health & Detox

Daily Detoxification is so important for optimal gut performance. Detox is also one of the best methods to heal your gut and ridding the body of the multiple toxins it is exposed to in our environment and our modern lifestyles. During weight loss programmes detoxification can be even more critical as the body burns fat cells and any toxins stored within those cells are released. Through the high levels of minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, vitamins, and particularly polysaccharides present, Se...

Seagreens seaweed for health and weight management

Seagreens® organic, dried and milled nutritious food seaweed is the ideal ingredient to enhance a weight management plan and at the same time it ensures a highly nutritious diet.  Seagreens can enhance weight management through:Increased satiety (feeling of fullness)Reducing the glycaemic index (GI) of other foodsProviding balanced nutritionDetoxifyingImproving gut healthTasting great!...

Tips on How to Save Water in Your Garden with Seaweed

Have you ever been at the beach and picked up some seaweed and squished it in your fingers? It feels kind of… well… not quite slimy but kind of like coarse jelly, if there is such a thing.It’s because that’s exactly what seaweed is. As a matter of fact, this jelly-like plant species is great for gardening in Australia!Seaweeds are rich in a gel called alginate. All over the world seaweed is harvested for alginate – it is widely used in food, pharmaceuticals, industry, and gardenin...

Seaweed Therapy

The use of Seaweed Spray for growing food is a therapy that assists the natural process. By improving the health of all living things Seaweed helps the soil regain its fertility and allows the soil to heal itself naturally. We all know that, given time, Nature will itself heal our battered soils and microbial life. Working with nature in a regenerative way of growing we can see our soil gradually change and come back to life. We can help that process along gently and naturally with Seaperia Seaw...

Urea and Our World

The Urea Nitrogen Story is much bigger than you may think. It is actually an extension of World War Two and the stockpiles of nitrogen for making the millions of explosive munitions used in that dreadful conflict.When peace returned there was the problem of what to do with all this now unwanted material... an Austrian scientist had the answer and very quickly big business saw an opportunity not to be missed... make it into fertilizer and make heaps of money.It did not matter that this scientist ...

The Science of Seaweed

Recently there was a comment on our online chat..."This is not evidence-based"That was it. My first thought was "you have got to be kidding! Seaweed is one of the most researched organisms on our planet. There have been thousands of studies through agriculture in Australia and all over the world over many decades specifically testing its effect on animals and grown plants, not to mention all of those who are researching seaweed as an alternative bio-fuel and plastic, different farming types...

The amazing benefits of organic minerals

Elements as minerals are the building blocks of the universe, and of life on Earth. Minerals occur in 2 basic forms... "hard" minerals that are contained in rocks, and "soft" or organic minerals that are part of living things.When you need extra minerals for your plants or your animals you either buy one or the other. Remember though, for living things to be able to easily assimilate these minerals they need to be in a soft "organic" form. In this case organic doesn't re...

Seaperia vs good old NPK

Firstly I want to say... this isn't rocket science, it is good old common sense and it works.I am simply sharing our knowledge and adding a very simple tool to your line up of effective, non-toxic products. Many farmers are already using Seaweed - most brands come in plastic drums with lots of water and other additives, and are only around 20% Seaweed.Seaperia is different because it is simply dry, pure Ascophyllum Seaweed. Firstly can I ask, do you really want to pay for water, plasti...

It works 5 times faster!

Seaperia Soluble Seaweed Spray works five times faster when sprayed onto the leaf and not the soil... this is a fact. Foliar sprays are preferred by many growers these days because they can see the response more quickly. This is because the seaweed solution passes directly into the plant and doesn't have to go the long way round... into the soil, then up through the root system and only then into the plant to do its work.Because Seaweed uses photosynthesis just like land plan...

Organic hay - a personal experience

Our mate Sharon has goats near Mackay, and she also grows hay.She sent us this photo and these were her comments..."Hi Liz,Guess which bale of hay is ours. It is 2kg heavier than the other bale and our animals leave no evidence behind!Seaperia Soluble seaweed has meant we got a great harvest after frost and are well on the way to another great crop. It is a pity that I can't include the smell in my email. It is the best smelling hay I have come across in quite a while :)Kind regardsSharon" ...