Welcome to the Cannabis

and Science podcast. I'm your host, Tad Hussey of Kiss Organics.

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

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

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as well as any discounts or coupon codes. This week's podcast is especially important to anyone

making a living off of farming or cannabis cultivation. To many people today, using the words

factory and farm in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. To many people today, using the words factory and farm in the same sentence is nothing

short of sacrilege.

In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply whether you're producing

cars or cannabis.

Ben Hartman has found that incorporating the best new ideas from business into his farming

can drastically cut out waste and increase profits,

making the farms more environmentally and economically sustainable. Working smarter, not harder,

also prevents the kind of burnout that startup farmers or growers often encounter in the face of

long, hard, backbreaking labor. Ben and his wife, Rachel, own and operate Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana, back-breaking labor. Ben and his wife Rachel own and operate clay bottom farm in

Goshen, Indiana, where they make their living growing and selling specialty crops on less

than one acre. Their food is sold locally to restaurants and cafeterias, at a farmer's market,

and through a CSA program. In 2017, Ben was named one of the 50 emerging green leaders in the United States by

Grist. I took a long shot reaching out to Ben. I know that cannabis cultivation can be off-putting

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