Cultivating Cannabis Indoors

A look at some of the latest trends in controlled environment agriculture cannabis growing.

Food Technology Magazine | Article

Dale Buss

cannabis growing in an indoor facility

One of the fastest-advancing sectors in indoor agriculture is also one with a bit of a cloud around it: cannabis. There already are dozens of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) pot-growing facilities in the handful of states where recreational marijuana use has become legal, including Ultra Health in New Mexico, where there’s a facility of more than nine million square feet, and Copperstate Farms in Arizona, which nearly tops two million square feet.

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In This Article

  1. Cannabis and Hemp
  2. Innovation & Insights
  3. Consumer and Marketplace Trends

About the Author

Dale Buss, contributing editor, is an award-winning journalist and book author whose career has included reporting for The Wall Street Journal, where he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize ([email protected]).

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