Mid-American Growers is cashing in on one of the most ancient crops known to man with its recent switch to hemp production.
In addition, the business operators gave a presentation to the Putnam County Board, requesting to get involved in growing cannabis at some point after recreational use becomes legal in Illinois on Jan. 1.
The Granville facility, formerly known as Color Point, is now the world’s largest indoor hemp production facility. The golf carts and bicycles used by workers to get around the 3.6-million-square-foot facility illustrate just how vast the operation is.
They can’t give public tours, due to security concerns, but President Anne Hyde gave the NewsTribune full access to tour the facility to better understand what’s going on with the former bedding plants grower.
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