.25 gram and lower production VanderMarel also voiced confidence that her company’s yields will come in roughly at 25 cents per g, while information on Canada Compliance Inc.’s website notes “production costs for a very efficient, large-scale indoor operation range from $1/g to $3/g, whereas outdoor farming, in theory, could bring commercial production costs below 25 cents per g based on our modelling.”)
LeBlanc further cites recent figures from Statistics Canada that indicate about 80 percent of cannabis consumers are still buying from the black market despite legalization. “That means it’s either the cost, or consumers are rejecting the products that are already in the cannabis stores,” he says.
Overall, indoor growing isn’t going away any time soon—48North, for example, will keep its two licensed indoor facilities for premium dried products—but as consumers look to purchase more extraction products once edibles and other products become legal, hoped this fall, licensed producers hope to lead the way with large-scale farms.
“I often use the analogy that you don’t see us growing canola oil or corn for ethanol in indoor facilities. They are outdoor productions and that is where any extractive product is grown,” comments VanderMarel.
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