The harvest room at Max Harvest is thick with the pungent scent of cannabis, earthy, intense and unmistakable. The buds of each plant are heavy with crystal-like resin, and their leaves are tinged a purple-brown hue. One deep breath in, and your lungs are filled with the dense, herbal scent of marijuana just days from harvest.
"After a harvest, you definitely can't go out to eat," said Jeff Lipsey, part-owner and office manager. "The smell sticks with you for hours."
Max Harvest, a 100,000-square-foot facility located on The Island, is one of five licensed, legal cannabis growers in Lowndes County.
The company imported its first 15,000 cannabis plant propagations from a California breeder in September. By February, its team of 17 employees completed the first harvest. Monday will mark the company's fourth. Still in its infancy, Max Harvest already supplies 82 of the 201 medical marijuana dispensaries across the state.
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