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Stephen Schroeder
Lumby’s True Leaf Medicine Inc. has hired a pair of experts who will lead the development of its medicinal cannabis products.
Stephen Schroeder will join the company as its chief cannabis industry advisor, while Christian Zofchak will start as True Leaf’s director of horticulture operations.
Darcy Bomford, the company’s founder and CEO, says the pair are the latest pieces of the “world-class’ team he is putting together.
“Our mission is to be Canada’s leading purpose-driven cannabis company, so we are proud to announce today Stephen and Christian will be creating high-quality medical products for people and their pets here at True Leaf Campus,” Bomford said.
According to Bomford, Schroeder has overseen “millions of square feet” of cannabis cultivation and consulted on cannabis operations across the world. He has also worked as the master cultivator at Vida Cannabis.
Zofchak, meanwhile, draws on more than 20 years of experience providing environmental controls for cannabis growth.
Bomford says Schroeder and Zofchak are Canadian leaders in selective cannabis plant development.
They will identify the best cannabis plant genetics worldwide, and develop unique strains capable of producing the active ingredients needed to develop a medicinal product line that will address neurological, musculoskeletal, gynaecological, and gastrointestinal conditions.
True Leaf has been manufacturing cannabis pet chews for years and recently received permission from Health Canada to build its True Leaf Campus cannabis cultivation facility, which it broke ground for on March 2.
The 25,000 square foot facility is expected to be completed in late summer 2018.
True Leaf is also in the final stages of Health Canada’s Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations process.
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