Company Biographies
Paul Gaylon, CEO
Paul is the formulator of Mineral Max AG Prestorative™. He is focused on setting up, coordinating, and organizing Pacific Plant Nutrients’ operations. His contributions include product formulation, concept development, research (nutrition & agriculture), logistics, and outreach. His lifelong interest in restorative agriculture and organics makes him a natural fit for Pacific Plant Nutrients.
Paul is the principal investigator in field trials and grants, and works with Ron on lead development as opportunities arise to collaborate with others on focused projects. He is engaging with the regional academic community on projects that will test, analyze, and share information on algae & related subjects such as nutrient synergy and the interactions between soil and plants. He consults with farmers and growers on efficient watering methods and soil health, and has been promoting Mineral Max AG Prestorative™ Technology on podcasts and at media events.
Paul is an avid researcher and writer. Some of his articles are on this website. His writings have contributed to the knowledge base of plant-soil interaction and soil health. He also directs the website design and has contributed to its content. His research has led to a list of websites and information that is on the “Links” page of this website.
More About Paul
Paul is the founder and President of Herbal Products & Development and has been developing nutritional formulas for over 30 years. His website, herbprodarchives.com, has a wealth of information on every product and ingredient, and their benefits and uses. The website features product profile sheets, health articles, recipes, and more.
Herbal Products & Development’s foundational nutritional products include capsules, powder blends, fluid extracts, skincare, bulk nutrients, food oils, probiotics, and enzymes. Paul habitually researches each raw material from its source to find the best applications and formulates his products based on this learned knowledge. Paul revises his formulas as needed when new information becomes available. He integrates sourcing, production methods, and marketing with his product concepts.
Paul has assumed several leadership and project coordination roles in local and regional organizations with various levels of participation in events and conferences. He has been a featured speaker at health food stores, businesses, and as a guest on public television, radio shows, and podcasts. Paul is a dedicated advocate for the environmental community and the natural foods and hemp industries.
One of Paul’s major events was directing the Santa Cruz Industrial Hemp Expo in 1998. It was the largest event of its kind in the country at the time, with 6,500 people in attendance. This successful event brought together businesses and individuals on the cutting edge of the ever-expanding hemp market. Out of this event emerged a one-hour video, “Hemp Hemp Hooray — The Growing Industrial Hemp Market.”
Paul has lent a helping hand to the Ecological Farming Association at their EcoFarm conferences. In 2000, Paul organized discussion/speaker panels for their event. He helped coordinate the Gaia Song event on sustainable living and ecological building in 2002. Paul also co-founded Synergy parties in 2002. These were a series of organized and enjoyable evenings featuring community organizations and non-profit groups, where projects and visions were discussed.
In 2012, Paul assisted the Community Alliance of Family Farmers with a fundraiser, Spring into Summer. He currently works with the Santa Cruz Grange to promote family farms and sustainable agriculture. Paul also works locally with Blume Distillation/Whiskey Hill Farms, where he plays many roles, including sourcing plant seeds and seedlings and utilizing fruit pulp and molasses “waste” for organic alcohol production. He has also been focused on the farm’s turmeric crop project.
Paul’s informational website, Unified Community (unifiedcommunity.info), is a directory of knowledge and concepts. it has 2,500 links in 125 categories. Exploring Botanicals (exploringbotanicals.com), another one of Paul’s informational websites, is a catalog of worldwide plants that showcases Paul’s plant photos taken locally and worldwide. Paul’s one-page website, paulscommunity.us, provides access to all four of his websites, counting this website.
Ron Arnow, Business Development & Marketing
Ron Arnow is a visionary marketing and business development leader with a track record of creating and scaling transformative products. He launched a groundbreaking pharmaceutical segment in the global cold remedy market that netted $150 billion in 15 years. He also pioneered a consumer-packed soy-based food product line with four SKUs, playing a key role in popular flavor varieties in the early plant-based nutrition movement. His innovations include Blendavites, a revolutionary liquid vitamin additive that brought convenience and potency to daily supplementation.
Now aligned with Pacific Plant Nutrients, Ron brings decades of experience turning emerging trends into mainstream successes. His expertise lies in connecting science-backed innovation with market strategy—building trusted brands, forming strategic alliances, and accelerating growth. Under his direction in Business Development, and in close collaboration with founder Paul, Pacific Plant Nutrients is positioned to become a market leader in biostimulants and next-generation plant health solutions. Ron is coordinating media, including social media, grant opportunities, field trials, and partnerships.
His leadership continues to bridge health, sustainability, and performance. Ron is working with Paul to contact journalists in the industry, secure podcasts, trade publications, promotions, and field trials, including a USDA field trial to promote and educate farmers and others on Mineral Max AG and Prestorative™ Technology. He and Paul coordinate on his work to ensure logistical organization on each project.
CF (“Charlie”) Smith MD, Chief Science Officer (CSO)
Raised as a farmer in East Tennessee and mothered by a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project, Dr. Smith is the Chief Science Officer for Pacific Plant Nutrients, LLC. His purview extends across the elements of physical, life and earth sciences as they pertain to global evolution.
In keeping with the foundational thinking of Buckminster Fuller and the survival of spaceship Earth, we must as a people become self-sufficient and adapt. Pacific Plant Nutrients, LLC has identified the bridge between soil and man: ‘Mineral Max AG’.
At the atomic level, we must begin with the hydrogen atom. The relationships between carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen offer the keys to our current understanding of health. PPN recognizes the amazing capabilities of the brain-computer interface in education, and the necessity of human intelligence (HI) as a cornerstone for artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the complex problems of our time. This process begins and continues with you, the reader, the gardener, the farmer. One mind at a time.
In addition to his role as CSO, Dr Smith serves as the Health & Government liaison for ‘TheHarmonetiksProject’, a 501c3 based in Westport, CT. He has introduced ‘Veterans in Farming’as a community framework to engage veterans and veteran support organizations for Self-Care solutions. These begin with three essential elements of need: Oxygen, Water, and FOOD. This is a bipartisan initiative that brings together Colleges of Agriculture and Colleges of Business to address massive global data sets for innovative insights and economics. In homes and school districts, our curricula and social media are planting ‘seeds’ for healthy choices that are expected to short-circuit chronic disease processes leading to a healthier tomorrow.
Charlie is networking for association partnerships & macro-scale opportunities that can include field trials and grants, along with mutually beneficial agreements involving various parties.
Davis Cain, Operations Manager
Davis Cain is our Operations Manager. He is an Electrician, a Logistics Expert, and a Master Mechanic. He is mainly involved in Production, and helps facilitate the transportation of totes and tankers of Mineral MAX AG Prestorative™ Technology. He coordinates with Paul on logistics and equipment.
Jamie Jackson, Plant Manager
Assists Davis Cain with production and daily operations. He is from a farming community in Oregon; he knows the local market.
Dale Hinkens, Founder
- CAREER PROFILE
- President & Founder, Pacific Plant Nutrients
- Advanced Algae, Inc., CEO
- Terrafix, Inc., CEO
- American International Remediation Corporation, CEO
- Creative Glassworks International, President
- Education: B.S., MERU University, Switzerland
Mr. Hinkens has founded, built, and operated several businesses. His roles included developing intellectual property and providing creative solutions for market opportunities and revenue generation. Mr. Hinkens’ businesses have all incorporated innovative technologies, including laser and water jet cutting systems, robotic motion control cranes, CNC controls, automated air emission and water pollution scrubbing systems, soil remediation, micronization services, and the development of “next-generation” organic plant nutrient products.
Having founded Pacific Plant Nutrients in 2020, Mr. Hinkens incorporated Homogenizers, Powder Mills, Pasteurization Equipment, Mixing Tanks, Steam Generators, Blenders, and Laboratory equipment that “Micronize” a wide array of products. Applications for this equipment include pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and medicinal, and can be used for CBD products, food, gummies/candy, cosmetics, lotions, creams, and more. Mr. Hinkens has also worked as an algae fertilizer consultant on U.S. Fish and Game projects to develop algae-saturated soils on a massive scale.
Presently, Mr. Hinkens and his associates are developing a “SUPER” micronized mineral nutrient blend for plants. Micronization facilitates the absorption of nutrients. The company uses OMRI-rated ingredients to boost the efficacy of the Klamath blue-green algae base. Mr. Hinkens believes that this latest venture brings together his life’s work to enhance food production to feed the planet.
Note: Mr. Hinkens unfortunately passed away in 2024.