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In this session, Tom Forrest, the Co-Founder and Cultivation Director at Puro New Zealand, will deliver a presentation on how the company is growing organically outdoors at scale while meeting pharmaceutical standards for New Zealand-made prescription medicine. The largest medical cannabis operator in the country, Puro NZ has multiple cultivation sites, including a 25-acre, Good Agricultural and Collection Practice (GACP)-certified farm. This multimedia presentation will cover Puro’s site selection and integrated pest and disease management processes, as well as how the company germinates seeds and produces clones organically; fertigates and manages crops; and harvest, processes and packages 40,000 plants at GACP-accredited standards.
The lessons learned from this cultivation approach—which embodies a unique crossover of sustainable agriculture, permaculture, biodynamics and modern production horticultural science—will provide the knowledge needed for growers interested in going this route, and whether it holds an economically viable future.
