It looks like there will be another Delta greenhouse growing pot.
A company called PUF Ventures this week announced it and a privately-held, Toronto-based cannabis investment company called Delta Organic Cannabis Corp. will develop a large-scale medical cannabis cultivation operation in Delta. The Delta facility will consist of 2.2 million square feet of illuminated greenhouse space.
The news release has a company official saying, "PUF has secured one of the largest existing greenhouses in Canada. With over $75 million already invested into the Delta facility, advanced growing technologies, access to power, and incredible personnel, the retrofit to cannabis production and licensing is anticipated to be swift."
The Delta greenhouse to be converted was not revealed and a message left at the Vancouver offices of PUF Ventures for Derek Ivany, president and CEO, wasn’t returned.
At a public hearing this week, Delta council approved changes to the zoning bylaw to regulate the growing of cannabis to the extent possible under revised provincial legislation.
The provincial government has amended the Agricultural Land Reserve regulations to change how cannabis production facilities in the ALR can set up shop. The amendment specifies that the growing of cannabis in the reserve is a farm use that cannot be prohibited if grown lawfully in an open field, in a structure that has a soil base, in a pre-existing structure or structure that was under construction as of July 13, 2018, or in an existing licensed production facility.
Three other Delta greenhouses are currently growing marijuana.
