05-15-2016, 03:01 PM
I did not flunk out of high school I flunked out of UH and immediately got drafted. I applied for officers candidate school and volunteered for Viet Nam. The unspoken rule was; "we all come back, or no one comes back." We all came back, some did not come back alive. After serving in the army, I returned to UH Manoa where I got an accounting degrees so whatever I went into, I would be able to keep score. I spent 30 years farming. Just before we started farming tomatoes, I took courses in Controlled Environment Agriculture at the University of Arizona. That's where I learned how to grow crops in doors under artificial lights. The value of growing indoors under controlled environment is increased volume and less disease and insects. This is very important in medical marijuana growing. People do not want pesticides sprayed on the plants and that is exactly what we are trying to do. It's about safety. We were one of the first farms in Hawaii to be food safety certified. There were about 60 line items to comply with in order to pass the certification requirements. We know what it takes to put out a safe product.