Business

How Autumn Brands Found Success by Abandoning Pesticides

By Willis Jacobson
Oct 19, 2020
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Photo by Willis Jacobson The four owners of Autumn Brands pose in one of their greenhouses in Carpinteria, California. They are, from left, Hans Brand, Hanna Brand, Autumn Shelton and Johnny Brand.
Three years ago, Hans Brand had his “eyes opened” to an issue that would change his family and his company.Brand is a co-owner of Autumn Brands, a cannabis grower in Santa Barbara County Calif. As Autumn Brands transitioned from a...

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