Passing the Sniff Test: Odor-Minimizing Innovation Multiplying in Cannabis Industry

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High Valley Farms has attempted several techniques to quell the odors coming from its cultivation facility that sits 20 miles north of Aspen, Colorado, amidst frequent grievances from next-door neighbors.

But doing so successfully proved hard, lengthy and expensive.

Up until now this year, it’s used a mist-vapor system and a dry-vapor system, both of which emit their own smells that some local residents discover offensive, creator and chief executive Jordan Lewis told county commissioners at a recent meeting. It likewise set up a hydroxyl system it hopes will remove smells before they get beyond the limits of its 25,000-square-foot greenhouse.

“We have not for a minute rested on our laurels,” Lewis just recently informed county commissioners, who had threatened to not renew High Valley’s cultivation licenses if it couldn’t consist of the strong smell of marijuana originating from its grow operation. “We have 10 individuals working on this full-time.”...

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