Cannabis and wine don’t mix in the field and some farmers in California are now butting heads over the budding industry.
California’s great experiment with legal cannabis is running into unintended consequences, especially in Santa Barbara County where avocado groves butt up against cannabis growing in old flower greenhouses or near vineyards.
John De Friel with Raw Garden Cannabis said, “We have 80 years of stigma that we need to work against to normalize this industry as another crop.”
John De Friel is building a 44-acre cannabis empire in prime wine country in a county that has handed out more than a third of the state’s total growing permits, surprising some traditional farmers.
Blair Pence with Pence Vineyard and Winery said, “There is like, one two three four projects right there then there’s to more just right over that hill, another one over there.”
Avocado and lemon grower Scott Van Der Kar said, “Follow the money. I mean, that’s the only explanation.”
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