Australia has about 50 cultivators of medicinal cannabis but only a handful are grown outdoors in the sun.
His company is one of about 50 licensed cultivators in Australia trying to grow domestic production, with about 80 per cent of the market imported.The company plans to develop a lab to support the development of new strains, and increase its outdoor plantings to 10 hectares.
After exploring the viability of several other crops, including hemp, he decided to push forward with medicinal cannabis."The latitude of 34 degrees is really what cannabis does like, there's obviously certain strains that can do a colder climate, or more humid climates," he said.Aside from the opportunities of an in-demand industry, Mr Gallard said the decision to move into plant medicine was personal.
The operation is one of only a handful in Australia where the plants are grown outdoors, rather than in a glasshouse or building, which reduced electricity costs.Beneficial insects and rigorous biosecurity processes including being a smoke-free work site were in place to protect the crop from diseases such as tobacco virus.
While Australia has the world's fastest growing medicinal cannabis market, about 80 per cent of what is consumed domestically is imported. The mother room, kept at a constant 24 degrees and 80 per cent humidity, is where the team nurtures the female cannabis plants to take cuttings and clones.With more than a dozen varieties of medicinal cannabis being cultivated on site, Ms Lange said record keeping was an important part of her role.
Mr Gallard said the next step was to develop the crop from three to ten hectares for the next year's harvest.Stories from farms and country towns across Australia, delivered each Friday.Australian medicinal cannabis growers warn of untested imports and users let down by labelling 'loophole'Coke, courts, football and finance: The wild world of Bonza's backerYou're currently suing Apple and Google, probably without knowing it.
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