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Partners plan to grow, process recreational marijuana in Tumalo

TUMALO —  On land where goats once grazed to make award-winning artisan cheese, a new venture is taking shape. 

The former Tumalo Farms, 84 acres off U.S. Highway 20, is now the site of a proposed marijuana growing and processing plant, a plan by  Oregrown Industries Inc., a business partnership that operates a dispensary near downtown Bend. The four partners in Oregrown, all 31 years old, envision a business they say will become a huge presence in Central Oregon. 

“Really, what I think we’re trying to do is, in three years, we see ourselves as the leading job provider in Central Oregon,” said Aviv Hadar, one of the four. “We see ourselves as providing 401(k)s to people and their families, providing real careers. A dad can say, ‘I grow cannabis for a living,’ and his kid can still go...

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