John Chandler farmed more than 300 acres of certified organic produce for many years before he became a professional cannabis producer in Colorado in 2012. He has a horticulture degree from Texas A&M University and is a certified crop adviser through the American Society of Agronomy. He currently advises professional cannabis cultivators across the country as the vice president of cultivation technology for Colorado-based Urban-Gro.
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Our new cannabis cultivation columnist comes to the marijuana space with a background in large-scale organic farming, a horticulture degree from Texas A&M and experience farming over 300 acres of certified organic produce in the field and in the large hydroponic greenhouses.