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Kyle Barnett
15. Start Clean Stay Clean: How Science is Saving Coffee and Cannabis w/ Dr. Jon Vaught
16 minutes Posted Apr 23, 2019 at 5:00 am.
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Start clean. Stay clean.

It’s more than a mantra; it’s the only way to grow.

Jon Vaught, PhD, the CEO of Front Range Biosciences, is on today’s episode of CropTalk. Dr. Vaught is using his expertise in organic chemistry to rescue and strengthen orphan crops like coffee, hemp, and cannabis, from disease through clean stock technology.

By growing plants using tissue culture and greenhouse practices like integrated pest management and fertility practices, Front Range is able to create crops that are free of pathogens, pests.