Affinor Growers Appoints UBC Senator and Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics to its Advisory Board
May 30 2014 - 1:32PM
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Affinor Growers Appoints UBC Senator and Professor of Plant
Breeding and Genetics to its Advisory Board
MONTREAL, CANADA--(Marketwired - May 30, 2014) - Affinor Growers
(CSE:AFI)(FRANKFURT:1AF)(PINKSHEETS:RSSFF) ("Affinor" or the
"Corporation) Affinor is proud to announce the appointment of
Andrew Riseman, Ph.D. an influential UBC Senator and Associate
Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics to its advisory board.
Dr. Riseman is in the Applied Biology Program within the Faculty
of Land and Food Systems at UBC. His areas of expertise include
plant breeding, genetics, cultivar development, agroecology,
organic production, sustainable production systems, and
horticultural and agricultural technologies.
Dr. Riseman is also the Academic Director, Centre for
Sustainable Food Systems (CSFS) and the co-chair of the CSFS
Steering Committee. He earned his Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State
University and has strong interests in Community Based Action
Research (CBAR) and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
(SoTL).
Nick Brusatore, Chairman of Affinor, comment: "We are
honoured to have Dr. Riseman bring his expertise to expand
Affinor's mission of improving worldwide food
security".
Dr. Riseman is passionate about understanding the role of plant
genetics in the design of sustainable production systems,
identifying relevant traits useful in these systems, combining them
within superior germplasm, and integrating this germplasm into an
optimized system. He is a trusted authority on plant breeding,
intercrop interactions, nutrient use efficiency, root physiology,
biotic and abiotic stressor resistance, and edaphic selection. The
Company has granted to Dr. Riseman one hundred thousand incentive
stock options to purchase common shares. The options are
exercisable on or before May 30, 2019 at an exercise price of $0.73
per share.
About Affinor Growers
Inc.
Affinor Growers is a diversified publicly traded company on the
Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol ("AFI"). Affinor is
focused on growing high quality crops such as romaine lettuce,
spinach, strawberries and high quality medical Marijuana. Affinor
is committed to becoming a pre-eminent grower, using exclusive
vertical farming techniques.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
AFFINOR GROWERS INC.
"Sebastien
Plouffe"
President & CEO
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the adequacy or accuracy of this release
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Contact InformationSebastien PlouffePresident & CEO(514)
947-2272splouffe@affinorresources.comwww.affinorresources.comContact
InformationMomentum PR IncMax Gagne, President(514)
913-0351mgagnegodbout@momentumpr.caContact Information,
spokespersonVertical Designs Ltd Nick Brusatore, CEO(604)
356-0411nbrusatore@gmail.com
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