Licence to Sell Medical Marijuana Coming Soon to PEI Plant
Edwin Jewell, president of Canada's Island Garden Inc. in Charlottetown has a grow underway to be shipped to regulators
P.E.I.’s first medical marijuana growing facility is ready to start harvesting a much sought-after product.
Edwin Jewell, president of Canada’s Island Garden Inc., is “extremely confident’’ the first batch of pot at the 2,160-square-metre facility located in the BioCommons Research Park in Charlottetown will make the federal grade.
“I guess it’s reassuring to know that the harvest is going to be a good crop,’’ says Jewell.
“It’s not the best we’ll ever grow, but it’s a good one for the first time.’’
The secure facility has about 300 plants ready for harvesting, a process that will include a couple weeks of drying the leaves.
The final product must pass stringent testing at a lab in Fredericton, N.B., followed by Health Canada conducting an on-site inspection of the Charlottetown facility.
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