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.

My guest this week is Dr. Darren Kaplan. Darren is a senior consultant with Kanda Cribs Consulting,

where he's designed more than 50 cannabis

facilities over the past decade and supported many more cultivators already in operation.

Here, North America's first PhD focused on indoor cannabis production before leading operations

at the Colonna Research Station, the world's first facility dedicated to advancing cannabis

cultivation techniques

and systems. He later served as Director of Research and Development at the Flower Corporation,

managing a team of scientists and operators. Darren has been cited more than 500 times in scientific

literature, has provided expert commentary on cannabis production to major media outlets, and the

government of Canada Canada and also serves

as an expert witness in cannabis related court cases. And just a friendly reminder that if you like

the podcast, we are hosting our second annual cannabis cultivation and science conference at

Collective Elevation in Bozeman, Montana on August 28th through the 30th. This year, we have a

bunch of amazing speakers lined up, as well as a full facility tour of the largest living soil grow in Montana and possibly the United States.

We've rented out a local 1,200-person concert hall in downtown for a five-hour networking and sensory event where you'll be able to sample and appreciate some of the best cannabis flour and cannabis products that Montana has to offer.

And that's all included in the conference ticket.

You can still purchase tickets and learn more at kisorgatics.com.

Now on to the show.

Hey, Dr. Kaplan, thanks for coming back on the show today.

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