Evan Boucher

Green Circle Growers, Oberlin, Ohio

Research & Development/IPM Coordinator

• Manages the company’s biological programs on crops such as poinsettia, Pelee mums, gerbera and peppers. Evaluates the performance of new varieties and has developed techniques to help improve company’s data collection and storage.
• Responsible for initializing and the ongoing trialing/ advising of company’s Watercolored Orchids program, which involves dying orchids new colors.

He is Always Prepared: An Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, Evan enjoys tent camping and fishing. “I can, and have started a fire with just two sticks, while it was raining.”

Favorite Flick: “Jurassic Park.” “Mostly due to me being a pretty big ‘dinosaur kid’ while I was growing up.” He’s also a fan of Steven King.