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40 Under 40, Class of 2025

Brandon White

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Applied research & development scientist

Accomplishments

What 3 to 4 professional and/or personal accomplishments are you most proud of?

  • Earning my masters degree
  • Being a father to my three kids
  • Renovating and helping create our family home

What led you to work in the horticulture industry?

  • Love for working in the yard led me to where I am today. 

What’s the best thing about your job? (Please select one)

  • The company environment

Describe to a 6-year-old what you do in life?

  • I help create and make products people use to grow plants.

Extracurricular

What are your favorite hobbies?

  • Gardening
  • Fishing
  • Traveling
  • Eating
  • Outdoor activities

When you’re not working, what are 2 to 3 things we could find you doing?

  • Spending time with my family
  • Working in the yard/garden
  • Spending time with church and friends

Fun Facts

What are you (un)secretly good at?

  • Tennis
  • Cooking

What are your top three bucket list items?

  • Snorkel on Great Barrier Reef
  • Own a 1960s Ford Bronco

What’s your favorite plant variety and why?

  • Bald cypress because of the beauty, stateliness, resiliency, the way they send up knees and, should they be cut down, will serve as great wood.

You’re buying a vacation package to anywhere in the world without a budget, where are you going?

  • Greece and Italy

Do you have any unusual talents, or can you tell us something interesting about yourself that other people may be surprised to find out?

  • I enjoy and am good at playing “travel agent” and finding the best places to eat and experience when traveling.

One thing you can’t live without?

  • Jesus