Harborside Inc. announced the appointment of Travis Higginbotham Jr. as Vice President of Production, overseeing the company's Salinas, California cultivation, post-harvest, processing and packaging facilities. In this role, Higginbotham will spearhead production and product distribution to expand access to Harborside products and better serve customers as demand for high-quality cannabis continues to rise. Higginbotham is a commercial cultivation specialist and business owner in the hemp and cannabis space with more than eight years of experience in the global and American markets. Most recently, Higginbotham was co-owner and VP of Sales and Business Development at The Hemp Mine, a vertically integrated producer of hemp genetics and hemp-derived products managing 70 acres of field cultivation and CPG products in all categories. The Hemp Mine doubled in revenue from 2019 into 2020 despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, successfully expanded business throughout the Southeast U.S. and secured sales of the company's hemp clones in more than 20 states.