Peter Dugré has navigated the introduction of cannabis farming as a legitimate industry on the Santa Barbara Coast since the creation of CARP Growers, the farmers group with 9 members in Carpinteria Valley, in 2018. Keeping fingers on the pulse of the industry, the community, and government regulators, Dugré has led CARP Growers' successful community outreach and education programs to build an understanding about the new commercial crop, who grows it, and how to build lasting partnerships through transparency and mutual respect. He serves on the boards of Girls Inc. of Carpinteria and Carpinteria Family School and is co-founder of Two Trumpets Communications, an outreach and strategic communications agency in Carpinteria, Calif.

Kalon Baird is the co-founder and Chief technology officer for Green Rush Alliances, a contract cannabis manufacturer and owns a brand SplashNano, a liquid, Rosin forward drink additive. Kalon Specializes in cannabis formulations, prototyping product innovations, and fast acting nanotechnology, used for infused products and trademarked under InfusedBySplash™.

Kalon has spent over a decade in the cannabis industry and has been licensed since 2018.

His passion continues to evolve merging plant science and consumer packaged goods. His specific lens, blends methods of analytical chemistry to standardize precision molecules, in functional form factors. Accuracy and integrity are two values that shape his ongoing creative direction of products with a purpose.

About Autumn: 

As CFO, Autumn oversees strategic planning, marketing, compliance, legal, human resources, and finance.  Autumn has been successfully navigating the unchartered waters of California’s Prop 215 and the Regulated California Cannabis industry (Prop 64) since 2015 and is a sought-after panelist and public speaker on the nuts and bolts of operating a licensed California cannabis cultivation business. In 2021, under Autumn Shelton’s leadership as President of CARP Growers, the Cannabis Association for Responsible Producers concluded a year-long negotiation and reached a historic agreement between the CARP Growers and the Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis on a cooperative agreement for odor abatement. Before moving to the agriculture sector, Shelton was focused on a career in commercial property development and management utilizing her CA Brokers License.  Autumn lives with her husband, Abe, son, Lennox and daughter, Jade, in Santa Barbara, California, and enjoys hiking and camping in her free time. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, with a minor in Italian.

About Hanna: 

As CSO, Hanna oversees strategic planning, marketing, product development, packaging and sales.  She led a team of 20 in the harvesting and packaging departments and has transitioned into a deeper focus of product development and sales.  Hanna grew up on the family farm and learned best agricultural practices and sales from her Dad, Hans.  Only a few years after graduating from Cal Poly with a degree in Environmental Horticultural Science, Hanna has proven herself to be a force in the cannabis industry.  She is a sought after public speaker on cannabis cultivation and sales.  Under her leadership, the company continues to focus on quality control, higher post-production yields, develop new pre-roll blends and increase revenue.

She is a proud Rotarian and a member of the local Sunset Rotary Club.  Hanna lives in Carpinteria, California with her boyfriend, Elias and enjoys skiing, wake surfing and traveling in her free time.

A podcast hosted from our Santa Barbara Coast family cannabis farm to help keep your feet on the ground and your head in the sky. 

Autumn Brands and our female founders have a message that goes beyond just flowers. Learn about how these two families created a booming cannabis company that is leading the industry towards cleaner and more sustainable cannabis production. We aspire to move beyond strictly cannabis to help plant medicine lose the stoner stigma as we talk about all things holistic health.