A group of Thunder Bay investors are now in the medical-grade cannabis production business with a new venture called River Green.
The goal of River Green in the city is to produce premium quality medical cannabis. It’s a challenging thing to do in the cannabis industry, which has been plagued with spoiled product by major licensed growers who can’t match their product to what is stated on their product labels.
“A lot of them (licensed producers) there is over 400 now in Canada, have had a real struggle with growing constant product,” Matt Pearson, River Green’s general manager and principal, told The Chronicle-Journal.
River Green, which received it’s official Health Canada licence in July, puts product quality control as its first priority. Pearson said many producers cannot control what they are doing, and this is where River Green has the advantage of a master grower with years of experience and a new facility with propriety hydroponic equipment.
The 100,000 square-foot facility — whose location cannot be disclosed for security reasons — will be a 24-hour-a-day venture with growers working on producing numerous strains.
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