
Wally Daniel
Principal ConsultantGreen Garden Consulting, LLCWally Daniel’s unique experience and professional development set him apart as an interdisciplinary leader and systems thinker. A trained scientist with higher education degrees in biology and biogeochemistry, he has over fifteen years Cannabis experience across diverse commercial-scale operations – supporting cultivation, manufacturing and retail.
Wally specializes in plant health, fertility and quality assurance; commercial operations standards and practices; and business leadership, culture and organizational structure. His consulting work spans 12 states and 3 countries. He has helped clients balance costs, yields, quality, and efficiency. Primarily through empirical data-driven decision making and implementation of foundational Lean manufacturing principles.
Wally effectively combines scientific rigor with practical Lean know-how along the entire value stream from cultivation to retail.
Beyond Grams per Square Foot: The KPIs Executives Should Track
Yield alone won't tell you whether your cultivation operation is profitable. The growers winning in a compressed market are the ones reading their fa
Yield alone won't tell you whether your cultivation operation is profitable. The growers winning in a compressed market are the ones reading their facility like a manufacturing P&L, not just a grow log. This session shows you how to connect cycl
Yield alone won't tell you whether your cultivation operation is profitable. The growers winning in a compressed market are the ones reading their facility like a manufacturing P&L, not just a grow log. This session shows you how to connect cycle times, labor productivity, COGS, and throughput to the executive decisions that move margin.
You'll move past vanity metrics and learn how leading operators build dashboards that expose true cost
Yield alone won't tell you whether your cultivation operation is profitable. The growers winning in a compressed market are the ones reading their facility like a manufacturing P&L, not just a grow log. This session shows you how to connect cycle times, labor productivity, COGS, and throughput to the executive decisions that move margin.
You'll move past vanity metrics and learn how leading operators build dashboards that expose true cost per gram, flag where labor hours leak value, and reveal whether your facility is scaling efficiently or just getting bigger. Expect a practical, executive-level discussion grounded in real cultivation economics—built to translate plant-level data into boardroom-ready strategy.

