The harvest of 60,000 cannabis plants is underway in Rock Creek, B.C., in what is expected to be one of the largest legal outdoor marijuana crops in North America. In 1995, his family purchased agricultural land in Rock Creek where Geen first grew commercial ginseng and then cherries. farmer says this is Canada's largest legal marijuana harvest 0:50 The 24 hectares of marijuana at the SpeakEasy Cannabis Company's farm are kept secure behind a large chain-link fence. "It really comes down to the climate," Geen says speaking about the growing conditions on the Rock Creek farm. Founder Marc Geen has farmed commercial gensing and cherries on his Rock Creek farm before applying for a licence to produce cannabis seven years ago.

Source: CBC News September 29, 2020 22:25 UTC