Omar Sacirbey

In early 2018, about six months into the multimillion-dollar renovation and build-out of his planned cultivation, manufacturing and retail space in Somerset, Massachusetts, Ed Dow, CEO of Solar Therapeutics, hit a major problem. The utility circuit that Dow planned to rely on for 5,000 amps of power was old and couldn’t handle the projected energy […]

Marijuana businesses looking to reduce their carbon footprints can get help from a growing number of diverse energy companies that range from consultancies to publicly traded utilities. Consider Terrapin Care Station, one of Colorado’s largest vertically integrated cannabis companies. It has struck carbon-cutting partnerships with Jack’s Solar Garden, a community farm that combines solar installations […]

There’s no better way to cut carbon emissions in the cannabis industry than cultivating outdoors and relying on Mother Nature for essentials such as sunlight and water. But even outdoor growers can do more to cut carbon emissions. In “regenerative farming,” cultivators actually take carbon out of the atmosphere and put it into the soil. […]

Conserving water has become increasingly important for cannabis farmers, particularly those in regions facing drought, water shortages and/or municipal restrictions. Many farmers have succeeded in reducing their water usage with rainwater-catchment programs and water-recapture and recycling systems. But a small number of cannabis farmers are going a step further by not watering their plants at […]