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We are excited to announce CannMed 2020’s Keynote Presenter in the Cultivation Focus Area, and our guest on the latest Coffee Talk Podcast, is Seth Crawford, PhD.
Dr. Crawford is the owner and co-founder of Oregon CBD, along with his brother, Eric. Together (and with the help of some 41 scientists, geneticists and breeders) they specialize in turning out new, exciting and unique strains of industrial hemp varieties designed for maximum yield in large-scale production. Their early adoption of disruptive testing technology allowed Oregon CBD to produce a number of industry firsts—the first high cannabinoid content auto-flowering CBD plant, and the first pure CBG,CBC, CBDV, CBGV and CBCV field-ready varieties. Their growing library is now full of novel phenotype, chemotypes and genotypes and they lead the country in the production and purity of feminized seed.
Even though he’s been growing cannabis since 2003 and hemp since 2015, Dr. Crawford also found time to earn advanced degrees from Oregon State University (MPP, public policy) and the University of Oregon (MS, Ph.D., sociology) and enjoyed a decade-long teaching career at OSU. His published work on the political economy of cannabis provided the first structural analysis of Oregon’s decentralized, pre-legalization production and distribution networks. In 2015, he grew his hobby-level breeding operation into industrial-scale field production of novel, non-psychoactive cannabis.
His company’s most recent invention is 100:1 CBD to THC ratio varieties. And their ultimate goal is to develop a library of unique varieties that will allow farmers to succeed in any environment and produce any cannabinoid. In addition to their private projects, Dr. Crawford’s Oregon CBD is engaged in public research programs on feminized seed, flowering sensitivity, ratio inheritance, and non-destructive testing.
Needless to say, we delighted to have Seth Crawford with us on our Coffee Talk Podcast, and heading up the vitally important Cultivation Focus Area at CannMed 2020.
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