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CRAFT "TOP-CUT" GROW OPERATIONS
Indoor - Greenhouse - Opportunity
OHIO
SATURDAY, 2020
9AM - 5PM
Once HGI is certain we can safely set the event date, we will announce and inform everyone who signed-up on the notification list. (See Below)
In the meantime, we have been doing one (1) hour summary calls at no-charge that covers the fundamentals of developing a "Craft Top-Cut" grow operation. If interested in booking a 'Summary Call', email or text Rick...
Rick@HempGeoInstitute.com
Text 704-965-8935
Delivering HGI clients world-class CRAFT “top-cut”
organic grow facilities, education and opportunity
for the Hemp/Cannabis industry.
WELCOME!
Hi, this is Rick Rainbolt, founder of HGI. We invite you to attend; The Art & Science of CRAFT “Top-Cut” Grow Operations, Ohio event, 2020. HGI has taken the Best-of-the-Best from the Master Grow CERT™ programs and all of you are in a position to leverage this opportunity.
For the past several-years HGI has established itself as the ‘go-to’ organization for world-class Hemp and Cannabis grow facilities, education and opportunities. HGI specializes in the development of CRAFT “top-cut” organic grow facilities and operations.
As of January 2020 HGI has developed twenty-five (25) indoor/closed environment and light-dep greenhouse grow operations in multiple states, held eight (8) sold-out educational symposiums attracting attendees from 36-states, one (1) “Hands-In-Dirt” training event for top Master Grow “CERT G2” clients and have given out seventeen (17) Master Grow Facility certifications.
HGI’s facilities are hygienical environments for biologic methods and organic best practices. CERT facilities are designed for perpetual high-yield grow cycles, giving clients a year-round production schedule.
Our model from day one… “Think Big, Start Small”. HGI’s Master Grow C.E.R.T programs are about developing a specific top-cut grow model that begins with a CRAFT (small) ‘organic’ and hygienical operation. Once clients are established within the industry, their operation can be scaled.
It’s important to minimize financial exposure and accelerate ROI over a short period of time.
We're on a mission to help CRAFT operations safely approach this new and viable industry while creating new American jobs.
From our experience, starting back in 2017 here in North Carolina, the biggest point of difference to your success will be your level of knowledge. In this new industry, not having the proper education… It can be very expensive.
We look forward to seeing you.
Sincerely,
Rick Rainbolt,
FOUNDER/President,
Hemp Geo Institute, LLC.
704-965-8935
PS: Our eight (8) previous symposiums have all sold-out quickly and I expect the same with your Ohio event. The event venue can only accommodate 75 attendees, so get your tickets asap.
OHIO 2020
"We have taken the Best-of-the-Best from HGI's Master Grow C.E.R.T. programs. As of June, 2020 HGI has developed twenty-five (25) indoor/closed environment and light-dep greenhouse grow operations in multiple states."
Join us on Saturday, 2020
from 9am - 5pm to learn about developing, economics and running CRAFT
"Top-Cut" grow operations.
EARLY-BIRD DISCOUNT
Lesson Categories:
Industry Fundamentals
Implementing Advanced Perpetual Programs
Genetic Fundamentals
How to Set-Up a Light-Dep Greenhouse
Pre-Development Protocol
Lighting Fundamentals and Why so Vital
How to Build a CRAFT Indoor Facility
Vertical Integration - Pulling it all together
***You will receive a detailed workbook guide, outlining the specific topics within each lesson category.
HGI serves a specialized segment of the Hemp and Cannabis industry with a focus
on the following three fundamentals…
1. Pure Organic Integrity
2. Holistic Cultivation
3. Whole Plant Medicinal Efficacy
To accomplish those three fundamentals, the following are critical…
1. Properly developed grow facilities
2. Superlative stable phenotype genetics
3. High-level organic cultivation skills
The result is full-spectrum, whole-plant concentrates that smell,
taste, and test at the highest level of medicinal effectiveness.
This innovative process maintains the TrueOrganic Value or
“Composition” of the plants’ medicinal potential without
the added physical deterioration which distorts the
final product.
Pre-Registration
Pre-registration is open. Contact information (No CC) is all that's needed at this point. HGI will send an email with the confirmed location and how to secure your tickets.
SUCCESS is accomplished by providing students and clients with the most current and best practice information the industry has to offer. The OHIO event specializes within a narrow segment of the industry... CRAFT Operations.
You will learn the turn-key fundamentals from start-up costs, ROI and perpetual rotation cycle to generate the highest yield possible.
You will be one step closer to becoming a Master Hemp/Cannabis Grower!
Designing an indoor efficient facility to grow cannabinoid hemp must have a well-thought-out plan. Without a specific plan, the cost of the project will escalate far above the budget, in addition to the consideration all the requirements outlined in the regulations prepared by the governing body and the regulations of the municipality where the facility(s) will be constructed.
The Art and Science of CRAFT "Top-Cut" Grow Operations event is designed for those who are completely committed to achieving the very highest standards in this emerging and profitable industry. Committed to developing world-class venues that are hygienically built to produce the finest possible cannabinoids.
The Growers who will WIN big in the CRAFT sector, are the ones who simply commit to nothing less than excellence!
About Your Presenters
Rick Rainbolt
Hemp Geo Institute, LLC.
Founder/President
Rick founded Hemp Geo Institute, LLC. on January 10th, 2017. Over the past several-years, HGI has established itself as the ‘go-to’ organization for world-class education, resources and the development of CRAFT ‘Organic’ Top-Cut grow operations.
HGI’s facilities are hygienical environments for biologic methods and organic best practices and are designed for perpetual high-yield grow cycles, giving clients a year-round production schedule. HGI’s innovative process maintains the True Organic Value or “Composition” of the Hemp/Cannabis plants’ medicinal potential without the added physical deterioration which distorts the final product. The result is full-spectrum, whole-plant concentrates that smell, taste, and test at the highest level of medicinal effectiveness.
Rick has played a role in the Legislative process in helping states become legal to grow Industrial Hemp/Cannabis in addition to consulting on the development of rules and regulation packages. Helping other states become legal to grow Hemp/Cannabis, in addition to having helped dozens of individuals navigate the permit application process, is one of Rick’s way of giving back to the industry.
On the personal side… Rick’s passion is eating real farm-fresh organic whole food nutrition along with outdoor human-powered activities (Nature's Gym); Rick calls it... Human-Powered Happiness and he believes… Nothing Tastes as Good as Healthy Feels.
Justin Esquivel
Chief Genetics /
Head Master Grower
Justin Esquivel, president/founder Green Luster Phenos, LLC and Chief Genetics & Headmaster Grower for Hemp Geo Institute, LLC has been an influencer and leader in the cannabis industry for twelve (12) years.
Justin was the headmaster grower and lead the genetics division of a large 20,000 sq. ft indoor commercial-scale cultivation operation based out of Colorado. Justin also had his hands in the development of two more commercial size operations in 2012 in the medical cannabis sector.
He brings standard operating procedures to a gold standard. Justin collaborates with many other expert breeding companies based out of Spain & Amsterdam allowing his genetics company the ability to bring an entirely new genome to the states!
A genome that is one of a kind and scarce on the market. Justin specializes and with great passion, in creating superlative genetics that provides growers predictable and uniform offspring. He provides Green Luster Phenos to a highly selective group of licensed growers. His unique methodology of selective homozygous breeding and cannabis specific stratification has attracted the top thought leaders in the breeding world.
When he’s not in one of his breeding chambers or out in the field consulting, he’s at home with his lovely wife and beautiful daughter.
Erik Larson
Chief Scientist /
Vertical Integration Specialist
Erik is an entrepreneur, inventor, and product developer with a 25-year track record of bridging gaps between business developers, engineers, and production floors. In 2015, when the state of Oregon legalized recreational cannabis, Erik saw an opportunity to offer his much needed expertise to the rapidly growing industry. Combining his experience in advanced design and engineering, he has now fully invested his skills in the rapidly evolving cannabis and hemp businesses.
Erik’s list of accomplishments in the Cannabis and Hemp industry is substantial. He has co-founded a hemp processing technology company called Aqueous Technology, LLC located in Grants Pass, Oregon. Aqueous Technology's focus is providing end-to-end integrated technology solutions from harvest to wholesale. Its mission is to guarantee consistency to the customer, profitability to the farmer, and success to the network of processors. Erik and his co-founders have developed a proprietary Aqueous Water Processing technology that never uses solvents, high heats, or supercritical pressures. This first-to-market process delivers results to full-spectrum whole-plant concentrates, aqueous beverages, nutraceuticals and raw materials for the medical, edible and infusible markets.
Another expression of Erik’s creativity and talent is his love for music. He currently plays lead guitar in the Space Funk band LIQUID located in Ashland, Oregon. He is the co-inventor of the CymaScope, an instrument for making sound visible. Other studies and applications used in his design and business endeavors are Phiometry, BioGeometry, BioMimicry and Vortex Based Mathematics.
Erik has spoken at five (5) privious HGI symposiums and is a sought-after educator, speaker and consultant in the hemp/cannabis industry. HGI is excited to have Erik back again.
Pre-Registration
Pre-registration is open. Contact information (No CC) is all that's needed at this point. HGI will send an email with the confirmed location and how to secure your tickets.
Genetics
Quality Genetics IN - Quality Flower OUT!
Learn how to select the right reputable seed company to provide high-valued offspring for your operation. Discover why stable & predictable genetics are so important for the cultivator and why pairing yourself with the right breeder is the foundation of your operation!
Learn how to determine viable seed from unviable seed and to make sure the seed company you choose handles their production in a sealed environment with UV-C and Hepa Filtration. Also, why having genetics that were specifically bred and stratified for your operation is so important! Top Cut Premium CBD cannabis flower can only be as great as the potential of that specific genetic.
Subjects Covered...
Genetic Fundamentals
• Selecting specific cultivars
• Why so Important?
• Defining a Great Genetic?
• Selecting a reputable breeder
and several more vital subjects!
Lighting Fundamentals
One of the Most Important Capital Investments
In the afternoon session you will learn critical information to one of your most important aspects to developing a CRAFT “top-cut” grow operation… LIGHTING. HGI utilizes testing procedures to determine the efficacy of different lighting fixtures for multiple growing environments. Hemp Geo Institute will not make lighting recommendations to clients without proper data and testing protocols. One bad mistake in lighting decisions can cost grower’s thousands of dollars.
Subjects Covered...
Lighting Fundamentals and Why so Vital
• Light is not just light
• Know the different lighting technologies
• What are Lumes, Lux, PAR & Micromoles?
and several more vital subjects!
Light-Dep Greenhouses
Many growers are switching to auto light-dep greenhouse growing systems and Rick will cover the fundamentals and why it's a growing trend when growing cannabinoid hemp. By utilizing blackout greenhouse systems, growers are able to automate and control their growing environment for successful multiple-harvests per year.
With light deprivation and automated environmental controls, growers can yield outdoor size production with indoor quality grows, all while reducing overhead costs and power consumption. Growers need to understand the effect on their Geo-location when growing in humid climates, however, dry desert climates have their own challenges.
Any area where a greenhouse is located comes with its own special climate challenges to overcome. To overcome these challenges takes research, planning, and with a complete understanding of the type of phenotypes, you are growing.
With the correct covering and ventilation techniques, you can create a greenhouse that adjusts to the ideal temperature, diffuses light, and eliminates condensation. This type of growing system allows the 'best-practice' strategies to be employed to better control mold and pathogens caused by excess humidity, in addition to any environment you are exposed to.
With careful research, thorough planning, and the right equipment, you can have a flourishing light deprivation greenhouse even in the hottest, most humid, or driest climates!
Subjects Covered...
How to Set-Up a Light-Dep Greenhouse
• Preparing the foundation
• Setting the footers
• Determine the flooring type
• Cost for the prep work
• Construction buildout cost
and several more vital subjects!
You will receive a detailed workbook guide, outlining the specific topics within each lesson category.
CRAFT Indoor Facilities
A craft indoor facility serves many purposes. The indoor facility works in concert with the light-dep greenhouse for seedling starts and small veg plants that will be rotated into the light-dep greenhouse. This will give the grow operation more rotation cycles throughout the year.
In addition, this facility will give the operation 'indoor-flower' to sell. Some buyers only want organic indoor grown cannabinoid flower. There are many more aspects to developing craft indoor facilities that will be covered at the event.
Subjects Covered...
How to Build a CRAFT Indoor Facility
• Design operation floor plan
• Create lighting design grids for each grow room
• HVAC design, sizing and energy usage data
and several more vital subjects!
Advanced Perpetual Revenue Model
Perpetual Revenue is the practice of having all stages of your plants ready for rotation, at the exact time the schedule calls for. Simple to understand the concept but much harder to execute.
Perpetual grow operations take time and experience to master the process. Justin will take you through an advanced model he has perfected over many years of experience running large commercial grow operations.
Subjects Covered...
Implementing Advanced Perpetual Programs
• Success with growing first
• Having a great nutrient line up
• Time & Experience
• Having a grow program that's company-specific
and several more vital subjects!
Operational Vertical
Integration
Presented by... Erik Larson
To be successful in the Hemp/Cannabis industry, multiple layers of businesses above and below your core business must focuse on a common goal and serving the client’s specific needs.
What are wholesale and retail clients looking for?
CONSISTENCY – RELIABLE – TRUST – QUALITY – ORGANIC – HYGIENICAL
Individuals and organizations must see the value in understanding the many facets and steps to developing and launching the components of a complete vertically integrated, clean, compliant “Seed-to-Sale” hemp/cannabis business.
By defining a parent child structure from the top key elements of a vertical integration down to the subsets of each segment that accelerate hemp/cannabis businesses. Recognizing the importance of understanding and acquiring the complete picture or puzzle necessary for; ‘out-of-the-gate success.
Erik will teach and convey the foundational best-practices necessary to understand each aspect of the 10-steps of Vertical Integration that can dramatically affect the success of your business.
It’s not an easy task of integrating genetics, growing, processing, product development, post processing, data acquisition, market analysis, branding, marketing and distribution. Erik brings you years of experience of working within fully vertically integrated organizations in the hemp/cannabis industry and will teach you what he has learned over the years.
Only a few of the many subjects
that will be covered at the event!
Growing consistent world-class cannabinoid hemp requires both Art and Science. This approach includes an understanding of environmental controls, pest management, nutrient uptake, lighting, soil health, and water systems and so much more.
HGI's trainers and experts can prevent you from easily falling victim to costly mistakes and imbalances that will reduce your yield, quality and consistency. Small mistakes can cost you a substantial amount of money and can be avoided with proper training.
"The United States is the largest consumer
of hemp products in the world!"
HGI"s model from day one…
“Think Big, Start Small”.
HGI’s Master Grow C.E.R.T. programs are about developing a specific top-cut grow model that begins with a CRAFT (small) ‘organic’ and hygienical operation. Once clients are established within the industry, their operation can be scaled. It's important to minimize financial exposure and accelerate ROI over a short period of time.
Come to...
The Art and Science of
CRAFT "Top-Cut" Grow Operations
OHIO
2020
ECONOMICS:
There are a lot of reasons why one has a passion for being involved in the Hemp movement; One big reason is Economics. It’s one of the most common questions asked… How Much Money Can I Make?
Rick will give you the economic landscape and how to develop 'buyer-relationships' to sell what you grow.
In addition, you will learn economics in all phases including infrastructure costs to developing CRAFT top-cut grow operations.
The Art and Science of
CRAFT "Top-Cut" Grow Operations
At HGI we have worked endlessly to bring you the best possible information and resources. The OHIO event has the most complete and up-to-date agenda and will be our best HGI event to date, 2020 in Ohio.
Q&A
At the end of the day, Rick and Justin will have an open Q&A session. We encourage questions throughout the day, however, because we have to keep the event on track, questions are limited.
Any unanswered question(s) you have, write them down so they get answered at the Q&A session. Rick and Justin also will stay long after the event is over to meet and talk about this great industry.
The OHIO event will take place in...
2020
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For those needing hotel accommodations, we have arranged discounted rates
at the event site hotel. You will receive this information in your ticket confirmation eMail
LIMITED CLASSROOM SIZE
The HGI is committed to achieving the very highest standards in this emerging and profitable industry. Our dedicated team of experts will help guide each attendee through the process of being successful with CRAFT top-cut grow operations.
Those who will WIN big in the industry are the ones who simply commit to nothing less than excellence and work together as a team. HGI is proud to bring to you the top experts who have Walked-the-Talk with a successful track record in this industry.
The mission of the Master Grow CERT programs is to create the perfect plan and implementation strategy to get growers UP, GOING & GROWING and to accelerate success, collaboration and innovation.
Certification: Confirmation of Achieving High Operational Standards
Education: Achieve a high-level knowledge base of the Industry
Recitation: Applied Education that leads to action and duplication
Traction: Establishing Economic Traction for Grow Operation
Developing a CRAFT top-cut organic grow facilities and operation is a very different and challenging landscape.
It requires developing your strategic objectives and sustainable implementation, in addition to
developing economic traction. The HGI trainers,
experts and consultants come to you with years
of proven experience and can prevent CRAFT
grow operations from easily falling victim to
costly mistakes and imbalances that will reduce
yield, quality, and revenue.
Regardless of whether you are new to the Hemp/Cannabis Industry or want to enhance your existing operation, HGI’s Master Grow C.E.R.T. certification programs are designed to accelerate, advance and accelerate collaboration, innovation and ‘collective’ empowerment.
HGI's Commitment to YOU!
HGI aspires to help CRAFT growers to be successful in this amazing industry. We work hard to lead our clients through the LEARN – PLAN – EXECUTE process to substantially increase ROI and develop a successful CRAFT top-cut grow operation for years to come.
HGI is committed to organic agricultural practices with renewable energy technologies to accelerate opportunity, maintain the true organic value of the plant's medicinal potential and exemplify environmental stewardship.
Pre-Registration
Pre-registration is open. Contact information (No CC) is all that's needed at this point. HGI will send an email with the confirmed location and how to secure your tickets.
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Disclaimer: Hemp Geo Institute, LLC. does not give legal advice. The information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, events, and other material contained on this website or at our events are for informational and educational purposes only. The purpose of these events is to promote broader professional understanding and knowledge of the many ways farmers, craft growers and landowners can plant and grow legal hemp/cannabis and its potential uses in the consumer markets. Please consult with appropriate legal counsel, Departments of Agriculture, and associations on the regulations and legality of growing hemp/cannabis in your state.