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Exclusive: Video Tour Of The High-Tech
Cannabis Factory of Tomorrow
OAKLAND, California -- It's no secret that weed is a big agricultural business,
so it's
only natural that it's made it to the next stop on its way to a full
capitalist makeover:
mass production. The video below is an exclusive look at
what could be the country's
first official cannabis factory,
The video below is an exclusive look at what could be the country's first
official cannabis factory, a 60,000 sq. ft. facility in Oakland that would house
30,000 plants and could produce $50 million of cannabis per year. Part of a
proposal by Gropech, a non-profit that promises to create hundreds of union jobs
and reinvest profits in the Bay Area if given a permit by the Oakland City
Council, the facility would supply medical dispensaries across the state in an
attempt to bring transparency to the growing process. "The laws in
California were sort of backward because they addressed retail sales before
wholesale production," said Derek Peterson, co-founder of Gropech. "It
would be like if you built a bunch of liquor stores, and only afterward built
distilleries."
The result, he says, is that much of the cannabis sold in medical dispensaries
is produced in unregulated and often unsanitary environments -- the cannabis
equivalent of moonshine. "A lot of cannabis sold by medical dispensaries is
grown by farmers -- and I hesitate to use the term farmers -- in basements and
garages."
The company brought in electrical and mechanical engineers, as well as
horticulturalists, to advise how to build laboratory-quality growing facilities
that are also environmentally friendly. Their proposal aims for LEED
certification, a measure of environmental impact. It will use solar energy and
generate zero wastewater. All these efforts are geared toward mitigating the
problems that often plague cannabis cultivation.
"Indoor growing is very challenging," Peterson said, citing mold and
bugs as two of the largest issues that have to be addressed by any indoor
grower. Pesticides or other products used to combat mold and bugs can be to
harmful to medical marijuana users, and there is currently no regulatory body to
monitor the presence of such contaminants. Peterson also pointed out that cancer
patients often have weakened immune systems as a result of chemotherapy and
other treatments, making them more susceptible to carcinogens like mold and
pesticides. And safety isn't just an issue at the consumption end.
"Water, high energy, and plant material are just a perfect recipe for
fires," Peterson said, which growers in California have known no shortage
of in their attempt to meet the demand of medical dispensaries.
Security will be an issue for any pot factory; cannabis sells at about the same
price per ounce as gold, making this facility something of a horticultural Fort
Knox.
"We're in talks with serious security contractors -- ex-military, ex-Navy
SEALs, people with extensive experience guarding high-value properties," he
said. "We've got one shot. If something happens -- if there's a break-in,
or a worker is hurt, or something happens to the plants -- then every naysayer
is going to come out of the woodwork and say, 'I told you it couldn't be
done.'"
Oct 4 2010, 8:02 AM ET
by Kyle Berlin
Watch The Video Tour (1:10) -
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid42950271001?bctid=624233815001
Photo - http://assets.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/Grow_Op_53%27_Interior%5B1%5D.jpg
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/10/exclusive-tour-the-high-tech-cannabis-factory-of-tomorrow/63974/
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