Why Isn’t Our Cannabis Sustainable Yet? It’s Complicated.
Even as they shed old stoner stereotypes, cannabis growers are already being labeled with a new stigma: resource hogs.
In Oregon, where many consumers want everything to be sustainable, there's a retail-side push for growers to use different methods. But varying climates throughout the states, as well as an uncertain regulatory environment, can make things hard for growers who want to use more eco-friendly methods.
(Jake Southard)
SUNNY SIDE-UP
Outdoor grows are the most obvious way to reduce the carbon footprint. Although some outdoor cultivators do so because they can't afford to do it any other way—lights are expensive—some farms have taken this route with Mother Nature in mind.
"We shouldn't be generating coal-fired power plants to grow pot in warehouses, when the sun has been around for millennia," says Kevin Coffman, a grower at Rosebud Farms in Douglas County...
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