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.

Now before starting the podcast, I wanted to catch you up on a few things going on with Kiss Organics.

We've been working on a seed starter mix that is

now available on the website that is affordable and works great with both cannabis and veggies.

I've also been working for the past two years on a soil mix collaboration with black swallow

living soils in Canada, and that mix is now available for folks in Canada as well as a version

of our nutrient pack for

reamending soils. And since many of us are stuck at home during this global pandemic,

I thought it would be a good time to do some virtual tours of some commercial grow facilities

and field live questions while we talk to the head grower about some of their biggest successes

and failures. We'll be hosting these on Instagram and I'll be

announcing the date soon, so be sure to give us a follow at K-I-S Organics if you want to join

in the conversation and check it out. Getting on with the podcast, this week's podcast is all

about pest management and is a two-part interview with Kelly Vance. Kelly came to beneficial insectory in 2016 after a 17-year

career in greenhouse ornamental and landscape pest management with a strong focus on biological controls and soft chemistry.

Since joining the team in Reading, he's worked in a wide variety of ornamental food and hemp cannabis crops

developing bio-control programs for a myriad of crop

pests. He has written company literature and is developing a series of release videos for the

beneficial website as well. Kelly moved to Reading from Salem, Oregon in November 2018 and

covered the Western United States for beneficial insectary before moving into the IPM technical lead position, coordinating

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