Hans Stokes
Company
Swift Greenhouses Inc.
Job Title
Head Grower/Business Manager
Accomplishments
- Updated the company’s digital database of crop culture and care for seedling perennials.
- Refreshed the website to host product information, price lists and a plant library database.
- Works with interns and new growers to help them develop their skills and find their passion, something his teachers did at Brigham Young University. “I felt lost in school until I took an intro to plant culture class and I was hooked.”
Extracurricular
On a Mission: Hans served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for two years in Arizona, where (coming from Washington) he learned to love the heat, the food and the people.
Fun Facts
Order Up: He can’t get enough grilled or smoked salmon, Ivar’s clam chowder, chicken teriyaki and chocolate desserts.
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