What is SB SILVA?
SB SILVA is an industry expert that focuses primarily on cultivation and manufacturing facility design and engineering-assist. We design the facility, specify the right equipment, produce plans and assist the engineering process, and support the equipment through procurement, installation, and startup/commissioning. Throughout the development, we are educating and transparent with our clients so the entire foundation of the business is solid. Our clients learn a lot along the way, about the cannabis industry networks and the reasoning behind each and every decision that goes into the facility design.
We learned the process and have refined it over the past 10 years working on commercial cultivation developments all over North America. New construction, expansion, or an existing facility looking to retrofit, our team will be your competitive advantage.
Our extensive knowledge in the nascent industry bridges the communication gap within the development team with specific design details and considerations to ensure that the goals of the owner’s business and the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) are met.
Over a decade of cannabis development experience as a multi-faceted expert in high-value crop production, facility design and programming, and equipment selections for controlled environment agriculture (CEA), cultivation, processing and manufacturing industries.
Experience in a Snapshot:
Cultivation and extraction equipment and process knowledge
Tenant improvement (TI) programming and facility design
Equipment Selections with competitive landscape
Site plan development
Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Engineering-Assist
Cannabis License Application development
Odor mitigation Plan & Report
Controls and Automation Retrofits
Fertigation Design
Water usage, Water Treatment & Reclaim Plan
Air Circulation & Humidification Plan
Hazardous Materials
Standard Operating Procedures
Integrated Pest Management protocols
Project Management
Equipment Procurement
And more…
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April 2021: Monster Gardens and SB SILVA join forces.
Planning an INDOOR or GREENHOUSE Cultivation Development Project? Choose your Consulting Team Wisely
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SB SILVA will be tackling the commercial consultation and design work as Monster Gardens continues to expand its National and International cannabis industry reach. This is huge news for the industry! Monster Gardens has always been known as a go-to resource and vendor for cutting edge technical support and the latest innovations with equipment. SB SILVA will be able to expand their value-added services to the booming cannabis and hemp market. Monster Gardens is a market leader in the hydroponic industry and retains over 82,000 subscribers on its educational YouTube channel. With SB SILVA handing the front-end, and Monster Gardens dominating the back-end, we have you covered end-to-end on your cannabis development.
April 2022: Blunt Business podcast with SB SILVA, LLC
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Learn about our services and how we approach various cannabis business models. We discuss the competitive advantage SB SILVA brings to their clients as one of the most valuable turn-key cultivation development consultants in the industry.
April 2023: Greenhouse Design Interview with Koolfog & SB SILVA, “Talking All Things Greenhouse.”
August 2021: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Biotherm Solutions
Join host Steven Silva & Filmmaker Matt Grimshaw as they hit the road to visit relevant companies & entities in the cannabis eco-system in Northern California and beyond. First up - come visit Biotherm Solutions based in Cotati, California. Learn more about greenhouse heating systems like the Roll'N Grow root zone heating system.
September 10, 2021: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Cutting Edge Solutions - Part 1
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September 12, 2021: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Cutting Edge Solutions - Part 2
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Come visit Cutting Edge Solutions based in Santa Rosa. Watch the bottling in action as Cutting Edge shows us the manufacturing process of their nutrients.
October 2021: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits MicroClone to talk Plant Tissue Culture with Founder Bill Graham - Part 1
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October 2021: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits MicroClone to talk Plant Tissue Culture with Founder Bill Graham - Part 2
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In this visit - we meet plant tissue culture legend Bill Graham, founder of MicroClone Tissue Culture.
December 2021: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Kind Farms with AgraTech Part 1
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December 2021: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Kind Farms with AgraTech Part 2
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For our first visit to a working farm, we were invited by our friends at AGRA TECH Greenhouse Manufacturers to visit a project they developed with Kind Farms in Winters. California
April 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits AirROS by SAGE Industrial Part 1
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April 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits AirROS by SAGE Industrial Part 2
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Airborne pathogens are the bane of large scale controlled environment cannabis farms, with the potential to ruin entire harvests and in extreme cases force facility closures for decontamination. Whilst working on new facility designs, Steven keep bumping into a name in the environmental contamination space - AirROS by SAGE Industrial - who were not only producing a game changing line of air purifiers, but who were also based in his home town of Fresno, California. So he reached out to set up a visit to find out more about their air & surface purifier technology using Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) & how it will change the HVAC landscape, which became an invite to tour their manufacturing facility.
April 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER revisits Kind Farms with Shale Peak Horticulture Bio Pest Controls - Part 1
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April 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER revisits Kind Farms with Shale Peak Horticulture Bio Pest Controls - Part 2
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Every cannabis farm has it's own localized battle with pests & mother nature, no matter indoor or outdoor, sooner or later some kind of pest pressure will enter and disrupt harvest cycles, often with devastating consequences. The trick is to keep pest populations under control and in cannabis that can be tricky as the very safe attributes that make great bud, make a delicious feast for any number of tiny grazers that want to steal the plant's nutrients - and there are not many safe options available to eradicate infestations. We were introduced to Kind Farms Winters, California, via our friends at Agra Tech in late '21 and after the shoot we got chatting with our host; Kind Farms COO Robert Starnes about the Integrated Pest Management program at the 50,000sq ft facility. It turned out that he's also the CEO of a company called Shale Peak Horticulture and he's an expert in all kinds of cannabis pests...and the predatory bio-controls that can keep them in check.
May 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Current Culture H2O - Part 1
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May 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Current Culture H2O - Part 2
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In the world of Deep Water Culture Hydroponics one name has been synonymous with continuous innovation: Current Culture H20. For over a decade they've continually developed their proprietary DWC technology until today, they're at the very cutting edge of indoor cannabis farming with aeroponics, nutrients and veg-in-place techniques all featuring in their impressive fully functional demonstration set up that takes up nearly a quarter of their entire HQ. Come see the full set up and witness Steven get slightly excited about a few things, especially as it's his home town.
May 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Ethylene Control Inc.
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What the hell do you do about an odorless, colorless invisible gas with the same weight as air that can travel through concrete walls and can accelerate the decay of plants? We ask Dave Biswell, a central valley agriculture legend who's company - Ethylene Control - has built a knowledge base second to none across three decades. Then a few years ago they started getting some calls from an entirely different group of farmers... In a cannabis industry first we visit the company that can solve your ethylene issues before you even know what the hell the gas is... come see for yourself & hear what every other fruit & veg farmer has known about for 30+ years.
July 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Oregon's Only home of Nectar for the Gods - Part 1
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July 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Oregon's Only home of Nectar for the Gods - Part 2
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On this episode the GSI team visits Springfield, Oregon to get a behind the scenes look at how Nectar for the Gods produces these amazing and sustainable organic nutrients. The level of detail they go through to ensure you have the highest quality of organic nutrients for your garden and a tour led by the man, the myth, the legend, Scott "The Beard" Ostrander. Stay tuned for Part 2 of our look at Oregon's Only when we visit their soil manufacturing location.
August 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Luna Technologies - Part 1
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On this episode the GSI team visits Portland, Oregon to get a behind the scenes look at Hydrocarbon Extractor Luna Technologies and their amazing fully automated BHO Extractor the IO with company founders Kyler Buck and Jack Naito in their amazing new facility built in an old metal works.
August 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Luna Technologies - Part 2
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On this episode the GSI team was invited by Luna Technologies to visit a customer using their technology - Emerald Valley Processing - who make concentrates for numerous brands and companies in their immaculately clean facility in Oregon.
August 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER - SPECIAL: Bobsled Premium Extracts with Kyler Buck (Luna Technologies - Part 3)
November 2022: Grow Stuff INSIDER visits Synergy AG PRO
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On this episode the GSI team visits Santa Rosa, California to get a behind the scenes look at THE compost tea brewer company - Synergy Agricultural Products - who don't just make tea brewers, but also compost teas and electric agriculture vehicles...yes, that's right, electric agriculture vehicles - there's even a prototype brewer on wheels!
