Amazon, Marijuana and Trump - A Perfect Storm for Industrial Investment
[{"id": "dctm20f", "text": "Who is hosting this webinar?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dctmdt2", "text": "Marijuana is gay ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dd29dil", "text": "Why would a business pay urban rents to grow marijuana? It's no different from any other crop", "replies": [{"id": "dd3mk7m", "text": "&gt; It's no different from any other crop\n\nI think there are special growing methods that require an indoor industrial facility as opposed to open farm land. The goal of growers is higher potency, which from my understanding can only be achieved in controlled environments.", "replies": [{"id": "dd3s6ga", "text": "Sure but if you're doing that en masse you're still not gonna be competing with logistics companies for prime industrial space. You'll be operating on agricultural land with far cheaper rent, the same way an industrial poultry farm or whatever would", "replies": [{"id": "dd3t4h2", "text": "Right, I didn't watch the webinar but I think the point is that it's a new player in the industrial market. I think growers need much more climate control/utilities than your standard poultry farm or green room. On top of that, I would imagine they have to be placed within state lines for wherever they are distributing to. Both factors would drive up costs a bit.", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]