Maximizing cannabis: Scientists shift from the lab to the legal marijuana industry

For decades and until recently the science behind marijuana took place in the dark; as growers, agricultural researchers, scientists and others experimented with ways to create the heartiest and most potent strains of cannabis.

A lot of that work was, or course, kept quiet due to marijuana’s outlaw stance as well as the growers’ competitive natures.

But over the past several years there’s been a shifting of scientific research from the university lab toward legal cannabis businesses. And in one particular case that shift might bring benefits to not only the legal cannabis industry but to the broader agriculture sector as well.

The Fort Collins-based company Growcentia was founded last year by three PhDs in soil microbiology and ecology who met at Colorado State University, and who all share a passion for enhancing soil health.

“Everything that we did scientifically was driven to improve agriculture sustainability, to understand soil microbes;...

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