Sakata Seed America, Morgan Hill, Calif., is donating respiratory masks and gloves used in its seed production to healthcare agencies.
A Sakata seed facility in Skagit County, Wash., uses the personal protective equipment in producing and treating seeds, according to a news release. The company has donated three cases of the equipment to Skagit Valley Hospital.
“We are in this together and are dedicated to doing our part to help fight this any way we can,” Tye Anderson, director of production and logistics for Sakata Seed American, said in the release. “As an ‘essential business,’ Sakata continues to operate as part of the country’s food chain, supplying nourishment to our nation; however, any other way we can find to contribute, big or small – we will do so.”
The company is assessing its needs for masks and gloves, but plans to continue the donations in other parts of the country where it operates, including Yuma, Ariz., Lee County Fla., and California’s Santa Clara, Monterey and Yolo counties, according to the release.
“Words cannot express how meaningful this gift is, especially to those that are on the front lines of this battle,” Jay Cocheba, doctor of podiatric medicine at the Skagit Wound Healing Center, wrote in a letter to Sakata Seed, according to the release.
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