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Cannabis plants pictured during a tour of the Three Cord Ranch where cannabis is grown on Thursday, July 14, 2022.
The list of local Western New York farmers licensed to grow the first batches of legal recreational cannabis in New York is growing.
On Thursday, the state Cannabis Control Board approved a cultivator license for Java Sprouts. The Wyoming County grower joins more than 200 licensed growers across the state. About two dozen of those growers are in the eight counties of Western New York.
The state awarded the first cultivator licenses to New York hemp growers in April. The licenses are good for two years and limit how much cannabis farmers can grow. With their licenses, farmers can grow an acre of flowering cannabis outdoors or 25,000 square feet in a greenhouse with up to 20 artificial lights, according to state regulations.
Here are the Western New York farmers licensed to grow cannabis:
A view of cannabis growing in a greenhouse during a tour of the Three Cord Ranch in Derby on Thursday, July 14, 2022.
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Todd Giolando – at Three Cord Ranch, his small family farm in Derby – is among the first 200 New York farmers growing recreational marijuana.
New York is gearing up to start the application process for the first recreational cannabis dispensary licenses, which will be awarded to residents who have been impacted by a marijuana-related criminal conviction.
As retailers and new entrepreneurs make the move toward the sale of recreational marijuana and products with higher THC levels, they are in limbo – awaiting regulations from the state and preparing for the application process expected to begin sometime this summer.
The licenses allow them to cultivate marijuana and sell it to processors or dispensaries that will then sell to the public for recreational use.
Cannabis plants pictured during a tour of the Three Cord Ranch where cannabis is grown on Thursday, July 14, 2022.
A view of cannabis growing in a greenhouse during a tour of the Three Cord Ranch in Derby on Thursday, July 14, 2022.
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