From cherries and apples to ginseng and peaches, farming has been a generational thread tying the Geen family together for more than 100 years.
Based in the Okanagan, the family has translated their innate farming abilities in their home of Kelowna, B.C., to the modern-day cannabis industry 91裸聊视频� founding SpeakEasy Cannabis Club Ltd. in 2013.
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The short film comes as SpeakEasy will soon be breaking ground on a historic venture: cultivating one of the largest outdoor cannabis harvests in Canada, of about 70,000 kilograms of sun-grown cannabis, set to start this month.
91裸聊视频淭he Golden Mile is one of the most fertile areas in Canada as it91裸聊视频檚 a perfect climate with tons of sunshine, lots of heat, cool at the right times, not too extreme and very little rain. The land is beautiful for growing cannabis,91裸聊视频� Marc Geen, founder of SpeakEasy, said in a statement.
91裸聊视频淟icensed producers made a massive assumption that simply getting on the shelf would lead to success. Cherries are one of the hardest crops to harvest, cannabis is no different. Agriculture at this level is an art and these consumers are no different than wine connoisseurs, you simply can91裸聊视频檛 cut corners.91裸聊视频�
