New York-based Acreage Holdings, a medical cannabis cultivator, processor and dispensary, chose Baker County for its first production facility in Florida.
Acreage broke ground on the facility Oct. 29.
Acreage will repurpose the former Hanson Roof Tile manufacturing facility for cannabis cultivation. The facility is on 15.4 acres at 13907 Arnold Rhoden Road in Sanderson.
The cannabis will be grown indoors in the automated, climate-controlled facility to support Acreage’s dispensaries throughout the state.
Acreage will employ 80 to 100 people. Job openings include grow specialists, extraction personnel, maintenance and security.
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