Another Riverhead nursery grower has been granted a conditional adult-use cannabis cultivator license from the State Cannabis Control Board. Van de Wetering Greenhouses on Sound Avenue in Jamesport was among 20 growers across the state to be granted conditional cultivator licenses by the state board at its meeting today. The new licenses bring to 223 the number of conditional cultivator licenses issued by the state to date. The application period closed on June 30.
Van de Wetering Greenhouses is a nursery grower of flowering plants and ornamental grasses that specializes in young plants that the company sells to other growers.
Walter Gravagna, who owns and runs the greenhouse operation with his wife Karin, whose family founded the company in 1989, said in an interview today Van de Wetering will dedicate a small portion of its greenhouses to cannabis plants. The state has strict regulations governing the cultivation of adult-use cannabis, and the regulations limit the cultivation area to not more than 20,000 square feet.
This is not the company’s first experience with cannabis. It began cultivating hemp two years ago, and when the opportunity arose to apply for an adult-use cultivator license, Gravagna said they decided to apply.
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