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NZ: Growing cannabis in Marlborough, a "melting pot of natural resources"

Marlborough's "melting pot" of natural resources, local expertise and older demographic gives it global advantages as a medicinal cannabis growing area, a researcher says. 

Medicinal cannabis company Puro plans to start commercial cultivation at two Marlborough sites as soon as the "law allows", and its crowdfunding bid has had an enthusiastic response.   

As at midday on Tuesday, more than $850,000 had been pledged Puro, surpassing its minimum target of $500,000 on Sunday. 

Puro cultivation director Tom Forrest has been advising the company for several years, and delivered a talk on cannabis cultivation at Garden Marlborough last week.  

Read more at stuff.co.nz

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