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Rural Ottawa Farmer Wants To Swap Veggies For Marijuana
Plans up for debate at city committee Thursday. An Ottawa farmer and his business partners want to turn a vegetable farm in rural Ottawa into a million square feet of cannabis production. In the first...
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Pot Replaces Peppers at World’s Largest Cannabis Farm in Langley, B.C.
Canopy Growth operation will span 275,000 square meters. A massive piece of farmland in Langley, B.C., has been converted from a produce greenhouse into Canada's largest licensed cannabis facility. The...
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Colombia Looks to Become the World’s Supplier of Legal Pot
Tens of thousands of Colombians died in the U.S.-backed war on drugs. But after an official about-face on marijuana, Colombia is looking to exchange gun-toting traffickers for corporate backers in a...
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Treat Marijuana Like Any Other Farm Crop, Group Tells City
'A greenhouse is a greenhouse whether you're growing cannabis or flowers or tomatoes'. It's a philosophical question that's circulated through Hamilton city hall for months: when it comes to city...
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Former Tomato Farm in This Montreal Suburb Will Grow Cannabis for Canada’s...
Mirabel is on the cusp of a cannabis empire. One of the largest growers of pink tomatoes in North America is converting its greenhouses in a Montreal suburb to grow upwards of 60,000 kilograms of...
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Home Depot Now Selling American Cannabis Company Products Online
The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) has planted a partnership seed with the cannabis industry. The Atlanta-based retail giant joined Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Amazon Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) in securing...
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Cannabis Cultivation Will Be a Race to the Bottom
The current “green rush” has brought with it an intense focus on large-scale cannabis cultivation. Across the United States and around the globe, we routinely hear stories of companies building larger...
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Health Canada Requires That Marijuana Waste Be Destroyed — but Is It a Missed...
Licensed marijuana producers in Canada are throwing out thousands of kilograms of plant waste each year in what some of them say is a missed opportunity to find other uses for the byproduct. Health...
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Seven Ways to Boost Your Cannabis Flower’s Power
Whether you’re a medical or recreational cannabis user, things are getting pricey out there. A recent survey by Statistics Canada found Canadians on average pay less than $7 a gram for cannabis, but...
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From Pork to Pot: Cannabis Cultivation in Former Winnipeg Maple Leaf Meat Plant
A Toronto-based pot producer is taking over the former Maple Leaf Foods meat plant in Winnipeg. GrowForce Holdings has announced it will open its flagship cannabis cultivation facility in the city’s...
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Cannabis Used to Grow Wild in Europe but Went Extinct Before First Farmers...
Scientists now believe plant was commonplace on continent in prehistoric period. The growth of wild cannabis was rife in Europe during the Stone Age, but the plant disappeared from the continent before...
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P.E.I. Marijuana Company to Grow Expansion to $35 Million
Facility plans to produce 25 to 30 times more cannabis, create up to 200 jobs. Canada's Island Garden in Charlottetown is growing its business by more than it originally planned. The P.E.I. marijuana...
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This Pumpkin Farmer Now Sees Salvation in Pot
"Farmer John" Muller didn't vote for the California law that legalized recreational marijuana. But now he hopes it will help him weather an economic downturn. Muller is best known for growing some of...
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Why Light Deprivation is the Future of Cannabis Cultivation
As more and more states legalize the growing of marijuana, cannabis farmers are looking for ways to maximize their yield, increase profits, and stay competitive in this booming market. Commercial...
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London-Area Pot Producer Signs Supply Deal With Shoppers
A Southwestern Ontario pot producer has signed a contract to supply Shoppers Drug Mart, becoming the smallest cannabis company to strike a partnership with the pharmacy chain. WeedMD, an Aylmer-based...
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David Staples: New Lamp That Mimics the Sun Has Major Impact on Cannabis Growing
The power of simulated sunlight is showing remarkable results in growing cannabis. A high-tech lighting system that mimics the huge variety of sunlight — manufactured by Edmonton company G2V and...
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‘Trifecta of Opportunity Within One Plant’: Prairie Hemp Farmers Could Win...
Allowing cannabidiol harvest could generate $10 billion in economic activity over the next 10 years, government estimates. While the federal government is legalizing marijuana to regulate and tax the...
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Germany Relaunches Cannabis Tender After Scuttling First Bid
At least three companies will be selected to grow 10,400 kilograms of medical cannabis in Germany over the next four years. A week after cancelling its first cannabis tender, the German government is...
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From Hydroponics to Robotics, a Medical Cannabis Grower Took Starmetro...
Hydroponics, robotics, high-powered lights — growing weed on an industrial level is a serious business. But according to one local independent grower, getting cannabis to flower is as simple as tending...
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Nova Scotia Orders 3,750 Kilograms of Cannabis Ahead of Legalization
Nova Scotia’s cannabis retailer has placed its first orders for recreational weed – 3.75 million grams' worth. Bret Mitchell, president of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation, says 78 strains have been...
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