Our Company
We are a crop science company committed to unlocking the potential of hemp and cannabis, dedicated to supporting our environment and our communities.
We bring science and sustainability together with the unique versatility of this amazing plant to positively impact the economy, society, and the environment. Since 2014 we’ve worked to build the infrastructure necessary to support growers success in the hemp and cannabis markets. Hemp and cannabis will soon be the third largest US agricultural crop. We support our growers with high quality seeds backed by our team of breeders, data scientists, and agronomists who are on the ground supporting farmers in planting, cultivation, and harvest resources to further mitigate risk in entering a new, frequently changing industry. Learn more about our work in genetic testing products and plant varieties for the hemp and cannabis industry.
Our Mission
Cannabis is transforming our economy, our environment and our society. We are a cannabis science company with a triple bottom line: We’re measuring our success based on our impact in each of those three areas.
We're also an agriculture company. Our responsibilities include the sustainability of farms and farmland. We know that sustainability needs to be driven by science. And we know that science needs to serve the greater good.
Our planet is in danger as a direct result of companies operating with only profit as their goal. Today more than ever companies have to strive to balance their negative impacts and to harness their goals to the goals of their communities.
These are our economic, environmental, and social goals and our commitments to each of them:
Prosperity
Economic sustainability supports all the rest. We can't accomplish all of these goals if we don't make sure that the farms we work with are healthy and strong. We succeed when our growers are successful.
Environmental Sustainability
We are structuring our research, facilities, plants and outreach around sustainable cultivation methods. Agriculture has been hurting the environment in some ways, but agriculture could be what saves the planet.
Social Justice & Diversity
We are fighting for justice and equity across all the areas we work in, and for the genetic diversity that will keep the cannabis industry sustainable and inclusive.
We are a trusted team of over 85 scientists, technicians, and business professionals dedicated to improving hemp and cannabis through data-driven science.
Diversity & Inclusion Statement
We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity, and perspective are stronger and more innovative companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.
Leadership
Scott Bowman is an experienced financial executive with experience in high-growth organizations as CFO and with 15 years as an investment banker focused on assisting companies with M&A, capital raises, and general financial advisory. Scott has an MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
Alisha Holloway is a data scientist with expertise in genomics and statistical analysis of big data. She was an Assistant Professor at UC San Francisco School of Medicine, and was the founding director of the Gladstone Institutes Bioinformatics Core Facility. She earned a PhD focused on molecular evolution at the University of Texas in Austin.
Kenichi Nakamura brings over two decades of experience developing software in fields from security to marketing, from servers to mobile. He has led teams architecting location analytics platforms, developing secure wireless processes, scaling campaigns for top brands, and maintaining popular open source projects.
John McFerson is an accomplished senior management and scientific leader with over 20+ years of experience and comprehensive background in overseeing and directing commercial seed, business intelligence, and product development functions to drive research & development programs for leading global agricultural organizations. He has a PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Iowa State University.
Advisory Board
Legendary NYC Venture Capitalist, and now a central figure in cannabis startup funding. Co-founder of StarVest Partners, member of the Women’s Leadership Board of the Harvard Kennedy School, and an Athena Entrepreneur Fellow for Barnard College. Currently General Partner in the ArcView Venture Fund.
