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Monday, October 26, 2020

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Oregon was one of the very first states in the US that legalized medical cannabis. Initially, the regulations allowed growers to have only a specific number of plants, thus…

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US (CO): Initial testing of solar-powered cannabis cultivation light fixture

Pure Harvest Corporate is conducting research and development of its solar-powered cannabis cultivation light fixture at a licensed marijuana cultivation facility located in…

NL: Dutch cannabis grower allowed to grow cannabis without opium dispensation

Startup cannabis grower Fyta Company is allowed, after a judge intervened, to grow cannabis in the Netherlands. The Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport…

US (IN): USDA approves Indiana state hemp plan

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the Indiana State Hemp Plan for commercially growing and processing hemp. In Indiana, hemp processing and production are…

US (OR): Hawthorne Hydroponics leases 378,000 sq.ft. industrial facility

Hawthorne Hydroponics has signed a long-term lease to occupy a newly constructed 378,000-square-foot industrial building at Blue Lake Corporate Park in…

US (DE): Delaware prepares to expand MMJ industry

With fewer than a million residents, federal law prohibiting sales between states and a continued prohibition on recreational use, Delaware may not seem like a hot market for…

CAN (SK): Retrofitted sea cans to house Regina’s first micro cannabis cultivator

A Saskatchewan company is preparing to grow cannabis in sea cans at an undisclosed location. Rick Turchet, president and CEO of VIGR Life Cannabis Inc. (VIGR), said they were…


Edwin Vanlaerhoven, Certhon, on autonomous food systems: "Robots are at the beginning of their potential, while greenhouse workers are at their zenith" Robotization has been a key development in the greenhouse industry in recent years. With the recent investment by Japanese car part giant DENSO, Dutch agtech company Certhon is well-positioned to play a big part in this development. At the GreenTech, Edwin Vanlaerhoven, head of business development at Certhon, and his colleague…