Welcome to the Cannabis Cautilance Podcast. I'm your host, Tad Hussey of Kiss Organics.

This is the podcast where we discuss the cutting edge of growing from a science-based perspective

and drawn top experts from around the industry to share their wisdom and knowledge.

Before starting the podcast, I wanted to share about an exciting new conference that we are hosting

in conjunction with Collective Elevation in Bozeman, Montana. I've been talking to Suzanne

Wainwright Evans, the Bug Lady, about hosting a conference for years, and Adam at Collective

graciously offered to open up his doors and let us host it on his property. The event is

happening September 5th through the 7th,

2025, and I'm super excited. We are kicking it off with workshops from the Bug Lady Suzanne

and Dr. Nadia Saba, also known as Dr. Greenhouse, followed by a facility tour and then a bunch

of excellent speakers and networking events over the next three days.

Then on the seventh, the Montana Living Soil Alliance is hosting event that will be included in the price of the conference ticket.

The tasting event will be a private event with cannabis donated by the Living Soil Alliance as a way to have an amazing sensory experience and see what premium quality

Montana living soil has to offer. Tickets are limited to 200 spots, so be sure to grab a

ticket if you're interested. The tickets are now on sale at kisorganics.com and the conference

is called the Cannabis Cultivation and Science Conference.

In honor of the conference, I wanted to do an interview series with some of the amazing folks at collective elevation to give a growers perspective and share some of what they've been able to accomplish. I've already had Adam Arnold on the podcast and you can also view a tour of their facility at the Kiss Organics YouTube page.

My guest this week is Jared Ferguson, the greenhouse manager at Collective Elevation.

He's been at Collective for over four years now, but prior to that, he studied environmental

horticulture at Montana State University in Bozeman, during which he worked for the university's

greenhouse facility and research farm, where he got his first experiences in mixing soil,

amending plants, managing irrigation, and conducting IPM processes. Now on to the show.

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