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STEVE CATHERS , an HCIcertified cryogenics technician and gasfitter living in Boulder , Colorado , is the CEO of the Colorado-based group of gasmonitoring specialists , Sensor Compliance LLC . He is also co-founder and the former chief of engineering at Multiponics LLC . Steve is a facial-hair enthusiast , truth seeker , independent thinker , and autodidact .
JOSH GEROVAC is a horticulture lighting consultant at Fluence Bioengineering . He has spent the last decade working in controlled environment agriculture , from growth chambers to commercial greenhouses . His research and practice is focused on the influence of light intensity and spectral light quality from sole-source LEDs . He has a BSc in horticulture production and marketing , and a MSc in horticulture science , both from Purdue University .
ERIC HOPPER ’ S past experiences within the indoor gardening industry include being a hydroponic retail store manager and owner . Currently , he works as a writer , consultant , and product tester for various indoor horticulture companies . His inquisitive nature keeps him busy seeking new technologies and methods that could help maximize a garden ’ s performance .
CORY HUGHES is a former police officer turned full-time commercial grower in Denver , Colorado .
DR . LYNETTE MORGAN holds a B . Hort . Tech . degree and a PhD in hydroponic greenhouse production from Massey University , New Zealand . Lynette is a partner with Suntec International Hydroponic Consultants and has authored several hydroponic technical books . Visit suntec . co . nz for more information .
DR . NATE STOREY is the CEO of Bright Agrotech , a company that manufactures vertical and high-density farming equipment . Nate and the Bright Agrotech team provide modern growers with ZipGrow technology to build a fresher , more distributed food system . He completed his PhD at the University of Wyoming in agronomy .
GARY DONALDSON is an Australian urban farmer , the author of the Urban Aquaponics Manual and the architect of microponics – the integration of fish , plants and microlivestock .
KENT GRUETZMACHER is a California-based freelance writer and the west coast director of business development at Mac & Fulton Executive Search and Consulting , an employment recruiting firm dedicated to the indoor gardening and hydroponics industries . He is interested in utilizing his Master of Arts in humanities to explore the many cultural and business facets of this emerging industry by way of his entrepreneurial projects .
MONICA MANSFIELD
After owning an indoor garden store for 5 ½ years , Monica sold the business and started a seven-acre homestead with her husband , Owen . Monica is passionate about gardening , sustainable living , and holistic health . She writes about these topics and her homestead adventures on her blog thenaturelifeproject . com .
FRANK RAUSCHER is a certified horticulturist and consultant for the hydroponic and landscape industry with a background in product development . Frank is a member of the Southern Nevada Landscape Association and active in the Southern California green industry , where his focus is drought-tolerant xeriscapes . He specializes in discovering the “ root-cause ” of plant stress .
BRYAN TRAFICANTE is one of the co-founders of gardeninminutes . com , where he and his family have one mission : making it easier for people to build and grow great gardens . They ’ re the inventors of the Garden Grid watering system , crafters of modular garden beds , and share their time-saving gardening advice on Facebook , Pinterest , and their blog , aptly named Easy Growing .
BARON WASTELAND has worked more than 20 years in traditional horticulture in the United Kingdom . He has moved to California and is now enjoying the sunshine . A natural green thumb and gardening proponent , Baron has studied plants and hydroponics extensively throughout his career .
VOLUME 19 – NUMBER 1 April 2017
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