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Ernest Small, Ph. D.
Dr. Ernest Small received a doctorate in plant evolution from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1969, and has since been employed with the Research Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, where he presently holds the status of Principal Research Scientist. Dr. Small's expertise is in taxonomy (theory and practice of classification of living things), evolution, plant identification, pollination biology, crop plants (especially forages, vegetables, culinary herbs, and medicinal plants), and biodiversity. He is the author of over 150 scientific publications on economic plants, including more than 20 on the topic of hemp. Dr. Small is widely regarded as the world's leading authority on the botany of hemp.
Gordon Scheifele, M.Sc.
Gordon Scheifele has an MSc in Plant Pathology and Genetics at Penn State University, Pennsylvania. Until 1990 he was a Pathologist/Breeder, Agronomist and Manager of Product Development in the private seed corn industry. From 1990-1997 he focused on corn production and alternative crop research as Research Scientist and Instructor at Ridgetown College, Ontario. Since 1995 Scheifele has been actively growing and researching hemp and he is currently the Northwestern Ontario Research Coordinator at the University of Guelph, Ontario.
David Marcus, M.B.A.
David Marcus is co-founder of Natural Hemphasis, a hemp research and consulting business and importer and distributor of fine hemp paper products. He has an MBA from the University of Western Ontario focusing on entrepreneurial studies. He co-authored two hemp-related case studies while at UWO (now part of the core curriculum) and completed an indpendent research project on the economics of commercial hemp production in Canada.
Meredith Cudney
Meredith Cudney is the founder of Chautauqua Designs, a Toronto-based natural fibre clothing company. She attended Toronto's Academy of Merchandising and Design, and has been designing and producing hemp clothing since 1994. Her company, Chautauqua, is also an importer of hemp fabric and has been active in promoting the ecological benefits of hemp since its inception.
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