Melinda Burns
The odors from a marijuana plant are strongest after it starts to flower.
One grower makes a pact with neighbors and sets the “gold standard” for odor control. Will others follow suit?
CARPINTERIA, Calif. - For the past three years, the “skunky” stench of marijuana swirling around Carpinteria, penetrating homes, schools, parks, beaches, freeway lanes and even funerals at the cemetery has pitted neighbor against neighbor as the cannabis greenhouse industry exploded just beyond the city limits.
Now, some technological advances – combined with a groundbreaking odor control agreement between one of Carpinteria’s oldest farming families and several members of citizens’ groups that have fought for tighter regulation of the cannabis industry – are upping the ante for future projects.