A chicken and cattle farm could soon add the cultivation of cannabis to its arsenal of agriculture.
Jon Piasecki, owner of Wise Acre Farm in West Stockbridge, has been granted a special permit by the town’s Planning Board for the use of a 4,200 square-foot outdoor marijuana grow operation.
Piasecki’s farm, located at 276 Great Barrington Road, sits on a 51-acre parcel of land along Route 41. Currently, nine acres are used for raising various livestock, including goats, lambs, donkeys and bees, according to Piasecki’s lawyer, Lori Robbins.
Robbins, of the Lenox-based Heller & Robbins law firm, represented Piasecki at the Monday, Feb. 17 Planning Board meeting and public hearing for the special permit application.
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