A company that operates a hemp farm plans to add an indoor growing operation at a redeveloped building in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood.
Wisconsin Growing Co. wants to grow 20 to 30 plants within about 5,000 square feet it's leasing at 3728 N. Fratney St., said Sam Santana, who operates the company.
Wisconsin Growing has applied for a city permit to remodel space on the building's ground floor. Santana told the Journal Sentinel Thursday he hopes to begin the indoor growing operation as soon as possible.
He wants to use the indoor growing operation to test the use of various nutrients, as well as genetic techniques, to grow better plants.
Then, Wisconsin Growing would apply those lessons to its 30-acre farm near Whitewater, Santana said. The company plans to grow about 30,000 plants this spring and summer on its farm, he said.
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