A large-scale East Ladner greenhouse that’s making the switch to cannabis has moved a step closer opening for business.
AgraFlora Organics International Inc. has a partnership with the huge Houweling Nurseries complex on 64th Street, a 2.2-million-square-foot facility called the Delta Greenhouse Complex.
Last week the company announced the Delta venture, called Propagation Services Canada, has “completed additional steps in the process to obtain a license to cultivate cannabis from Health Canada and confirms its commitment to deliver the cultivation license at the Delta Facility prior to the end of Q2 2020, barring any material change in Health Canada’s service standards as a result of prevailing socioeconomic conditions.”
The company says the Delta facility submitted responses to an additional request for more information from Health Canada with respect to the cultivation application.
The information is to clarify information previously submitted to Health Canada this February.
“AgraFlora believes that the Company has taken the last major step towards licensing, having submitted robust responses to Health Canada’s requests in February and now again in March. Preparations have commenced to start cultivating once the license is obtained, including completing our genetics transaction to pursue our high-potency, low-cost product strategy,” the company states.
While there is no guarantee as to the timing of the licence grant, or if there will not be any further requests for additional information, based on available information the company said it believes it has submitted all required information.
Earlier this year the huge Canopy Growth marijuana greenhouse on Hornby Drive in East Ladner abruptly ceased operating.
Delta, however, has other greenhouse operations that are ramping things up including Pure Sunfarms and the smaller Rubicon Organics Inc., both also in East Ladner.
