![]() We make sure all those parameters are in the right range so the plants can grow.” “I use my knowledge of controlled environments to maintain the optimum conditions for the plants at all times within the growing environment. “Just like humans, plants need nutrients, vitamins, water at the right temperature, and sunlight,” Romano says. So, what do astronauts and arugula have in common? They both need the same things to live. ![]() These days, however, he’s using his knowledge of space-habitat design to advance food systems right here on Earth. Romano’s duties included test engineering, satellite operations, ground station development and operations, control system design and data analysis-in other words, he helped develop ways to help keep humans alive and healthy in outer space. He studied Bioastronautics at the University of Colorado Boulder, and after graduating, worked for several aerospace companies in California and Colorado. On the surface, his professional background seems about as far from agriculture as you can get. ![]() Tommy Romano never thought he’d be a farmer. If you have an accurate, up-to-date list of North America’s largest cannabis growers that you can share with us, we would welcome that, as well.This article originally appeared on. If you feel you should be on this list, please email to submit a correction or information about your facility. Additionally, we would like to eventually compile a Top 100 list of cannabis growers based on square footage of environmentally controlled space. Having culled this list from various industry media reports and web-based data sources, we’d love to hear from you if you find something incorrect on this list. Many projects and expansions occur under-the-radar, and the speed at which growers are scaling up and expanding is difficult to stay apprised of. Please note that identifying and ranking the largest cannabis growers in North America proved a difficult task for a multitude of reasons. Our 24th largest operation, NUG in Oakland, CA, recently opened 6,000 square feet of greenhouse space for social equity partners in inner-city Oakland, CA. The legal cannabis giant announced the shuttering of 3 million square feet of greenhouse space in British Columbia and the layoff of 500 employees back in February. Canopy Growth, one of Canada’s largest vertically integrated cannabis operations, recently acknowledged as much. Of course, it bears noting that 2019 was a tough year in general for large, multi-site cannabis operations. 25 spot is multi-state operator Harvest Health & Recreation (Tempe, AZ), which is worth mentioning due to the group currently having active business operations in 10 U.S. The fifth -ranked grow on our list, Los Suenos Farms, which is mostly field grown with a small greenhouse (currently the largest outdoor cannabis farm in Colorado) was acquired in 2019 by Denver-based cannabis conglomerate Medicine Man Technologies.Īnother notable entrant is Village Farms up in Delta, British Columbia, where tenant growers rent commercial greenhouse space, producing vegetable and other food crops right alongside cannabis. How You Can Transition From Greenhouse Tomatoes to Cannabis with Minimal Budget and FootprintĪccording to the data, the largest North American grower producing cannabis exclusively in a greenhouse is Arizona’s Copperstate Farms at nearly 2 million square feet, while February’s cover story subject, Glass House Farms in Santa Barbara, CA, is reportedly the largest cannabis greenhouse in the Golden State currently with two structures coming in at a combined 500,000 square feet.
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