Copperstate Farms expansion pays off with first harvest

The 435,600 square-foot construction project, designated "Greenhouse 3," encompassed best-of-industry technologies and cutting-edge ventilation and climate control systems to support high-quality cultivation needs without compromising scalability.

"I want to thank our leadership and engineering teams at the facility for their dedication and perseverance for the successful $10 million capital build-out of Greenhouse 3," says Pankaj Talwar, CEO of Copperstate Farms, which was featured on the cover of Greenhouse Grower magazine's June 2020 issue. "COVID-19 created multiple issues and barriers to success which the team has knocked down one-by-one."

The enhanced production capabilities of Greenhouse 3 will ultimately triple the amount of flower produced and has created the need to hire approximately 100 new team members to support cultivation, harvest, and processing functions.

"With the potential legalization of adult use in Arizona this November through the Smart and Safe Proposition 207 Act, Copperstate Farms has been preparing our facilities for an increase in market demands. Our 10-acre renovation and subsequent harvest puts us in an optimal position to provide high-quality, sun grown flower to support the demands of an expanded customer base," Talwar says.

Copperstate Farms is the largest indoor cannabis facility in the U.S. with 40 acres under glass and is the top employer in Snowflake. The company is the largest producer of bulk distillate in the state, supplying a third of the Arizona market, and currently has more than 50 medical cannabis strains in development and 50 in production.

Source and Photo Courtesy of Greenhouse Grower

Source: Greenhouse Grower