Cannabis Farm tour to change the narrative for local growers | Top Stories
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. — Over seven years ago, the state of Oregon legalized marijuana. Since the legalization, organizations such as Black Market growers created a stereotype for the drug that many natural growers do not believe.
On Friday at 3:30 p.m., ‘OM Extracts’ opened its doors to the community and others in the cannabis industry to tour the farm. Elise Higley is the Board Director of Our Family Farms. She says she plans to educate the community on how to consume cannabis in a more healthy way.
“Our whole goal is to just kind of inspire people in the cannabis industry to use more organic and regenerative practices,” said Higley.
Throughout the tour, people were able to take a look at how farmers plant, nurture, and sustain the drug. There was a walk-through of various greenhouses where the cannabis is before implantation and the field of plants that were already implanted into the ground.
Mitra Sticklen is the owner of OM Extracts and OM Farms, she and her partner Blake were facilitating the tour.
“I think it’s important that people understand that, you know, the impacts on our watershed, the impacts on soil, it can be pretty bad if people aren’t using good environmental practices on their farm,” said Mitra.
After the tour, residents gathered at the Ruch Library for a panel discussion with State Representative Pam Marsh, Two regional watermasters, and five local sustainable farmers.
“It was an opportunity to hear from farmers about the sustainable practices that are being used in the cannabis industry,” said Rep. Pam Marsh. “We are seeing frankly the state walk away a little bit from the cannabis industry right now because we do have some stories that have seeded doubt about the industry. The story has been lost a little bit so it’s good to focus on the good guys.”
Mariah Hill is a news producer/reporter at NewsWatch 12. You can reach Mariah at mariahhill@kdrv.com.
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