CHA - Key Persons
Eric Brandstad is a Greenhouse and Cannabis Industry Expert that has been in the Cannabis Industry for over 25 years. Eric has helped pioneer light deprivation techniques that are used today throughout the industry. He has written articles & blogs, recorded videos, given interviews and recorded podcasts. He has been asked to speak and judge at many industry events, has been invited to host and moderate panels, and has been a keynote speaker.
Matthew Gates is a crop consultant focusing primarily on the field of phytopathology, pest-plant relationships, and Integrated Pest Management. As a labor of passion, he has worked in this capacity since 2010, building a personal database of best practices and pest references. You can find him on Instagram as @synchangel and on YouTube as Zenthanol.
Job Titles:
- Founder and President of the Cannabis Horticultural Association
Russell Pace is the founder and president of the Cannabis Horticultural Association (CHA). He formed the CHA to study the horticultural science of cannabis and to help teach people how to grow clean high-grade organic cannabis around the world. He first fell in love with cannabis when he visited Tibet at the age of 12. He has been cultivating cannabis medicinally for over 20 years now and he has spent the last 10 years of his life in Humboldt County, CA studying Botany, Plant Physiology, Soil Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology. He is highly proficient at organic cultivation practices and has networked himself with many business leaders and a strong Advisory Board to provide a solid framework for expanding his platform of Integrated Plant Management through ecological methodologies. On a side note, he has also served as the President of the Willow Creek Fire Protection in a volunteer capacity for the last 7 years.