An Ottawa company wants to build a cannabis production facility in Carp that would cultivate pot in stacked containers instead of soil.
In planning documents recently filed with the city, CannaGenetics says the proposed 43,000-square-foot plant in the WestKan Business Park on Russ Bradley Road near Highway 417 would use “precision aeroponics” to grow what it refers to as “premium, pesticide-free” pot.
According to its website, the company is awaiting Health Canada approval for cultivation, processing and sales licences. In an email to OBJ on Wednesday, CannaGenetics founder and CEO Geoff Graham said he wants to wait until the city rezoning process is completed before providing further details on the proposal.
The facility would not use soil or pesticides and would require 90 per cent less water and 70 per cent fewer nutrients than traditional production plants to produce an equivalent amount of pot, according to planning documents. It would also operate with high-efficiency LED lights rather than high-pressure sodium lamps often used in cannabis greenhouses, requiring 50 per cent less power, the application says.
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