Nov 11, 2011

Around the Industry: Nov. 14, 2011Source: Various

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Natural Industries Hires Director of Product Development

Natural Industries has hired George Stallings, PhD, as director of product development. Stallings will primarily be responsible for managing Natural Industries’ commercial development program for existing and experimental biopesticides that are near registration and to provide technical support to researchers, crop consultants and growers.

Prior to joining Natural Industries, Stallings was a managing technical consultant for a variety of agribusiness firms including Sipcam Agro USA, Syngenta, Scotts and Pace International and spent four years as product development manager at Monsanto.

PARsource Adds Canadian and Strategic Accounts Rep

George Dickinson has joined PARsource as Canadian and strategic accounts Representative. He will be headquartered at Burlington, Southern Ontario, handling sales and lighting project management for all of Canada and selected U.S. markets.

Dickinson comes to PARsource with more than 20 years of industry experience managing sales and greenhouse lighting projects ranging from small research greenhouses to 100-acre commercial operations. He also spent several years as general manager/sales for the Danish company Greenex, where he sold flower cuttings from European breeders to growers in North America.