Dr. Maynard Murray first discovered the incredible power and vitality of our oceans, an agriculture technology that would ultimately be named Sea Energy Agriculture.  This amazing technology evolved from Dr. Murray’s question, “Why does man, God’s most perfect creation, fall prey to degenerative disease?” Dr. Murray searched for answers by studying centenarians to determine why they were physiologically different. Since he could not find any obvious differences, he began to examine their environment and found these cultures live in virtually isolated ecosystems. The soils of their ecosystems were preserved from erosion, cared for sustainably without the use of chemical fertilizers or poisons, and in many cases, fed by mineral rich glacial streams. Therefore, he concluded that the answer must be in the soil and the food these centenarians produced and consumed. 

Concurrently Dr. Murray also discovered that cancer or cancerous tumors were rarely found in ocean life. Knowing that the sea once covered all land masses, he directed his research to the study of sea life. Dr. Murray dissected thousands of species from the seas and did not find any traces of cancer, heart disease, or other degenerative diseases. Amazingly, his research concluded that aging on a cellular level does not occur in sea life. Dr. Murray then analyzed the mineral composition of seawater and found more than 90 water-soluble elements present in a constant proportional balance. He determined that sea life lives and feeds in an environment where shortages in the 90+ periodic table elements are virtually non-existent.

Further research from Dr. Murray uncovered that our agricultural soils, and consequently the food grown within, are seriously depleted of minerals through leaching, erosion and over cropping. Agricultural “best practices” replace six to 12 of the 40 elements considered critical for optimum plant growth and development. However, Dr. Murray knew that all 90+ minerals and trace elements were essential to thrive, as demonstrated by marine life.  Therefore, Dr. Murray deduced that the only logical explanation for the frightening increases in cancer and other forms of chronic degenerative disease is the absence of a complete and balanced chemical physiology via our food supply and soils.

Dr. Murray theorized that the most efficient method to remineralize our precious soils (and the resultant food) to their optimum mineral composition is to recycle the elements lost to the sea back into the land. Thus, the technology of Sea Energy Agriculture was discovered. Dr. Murray conducted extensive agricultural research trials during a 30 year period. In his initial greenhouse experiments, he utilized the highest quality sea water collected by the US Navy three miles off shore in the Atlantic Ocean. As Dr. Murray began planning large scale experiments and field trials, he realized that the cost of securing the amount of sea water necessary to provide the required mineral solids to adequately remineralize soil was economically cost prohibitive. Therefore, he searched the world for a natural source of pure sea mineral solids that offer the optimal mineral and trace element composition for remineralizing soil, plants, and ultimately our food supply. Fortunately, he discovered the perfect location in North America – a region on the Baja Peninsula, with water from the Sea of Cortez.  

Throughout the 2000s, SeaAgri Founder Robert Cain restored the availability of Dr. Murray’s Sea Solids to the agriculture community through the SEA-90 product line.  SEA-90 worked closely with farmers to expand the capabilities and use cases of SEA-90 beyond soil remineralization, first introducing a product designed to be applied via foliar spray, and subsequently for livestock and poultry feeding.  Robert’s first-hand knowledge of the benefits of Sea Energy Agriculture were incredibly valuable to the agriculture community, and helped to ensure that Dr. Murray’s research and discoveries continued into the modern era.

To hear more about Robert's story, please listen to his appearance on the Working Cow's podcast below, episode 261.