reporter: all throughout california towns with struggling economies are hoping to turn things around by getting into the canibus business. looking at the remains of buildings. now this is kind of what s happened. this was once a thriving cut flower area. now most of those greenhouses are vacant. reporter: in the 90s the u.s. signed a trade pact with columbia that devastated monterey s cut flower industry. he intends to renovate this area and convert to a canabus growing operation. he s not the only one. this is called fuji lane. it was the powerhouse of the cut flower industry. as you look down you ll see fancy fencing with bashed wire on top. wherever you see that on that road is a new canabus operation come into being. we ll end up with close to a couple hundred greenhouse operations here. 400 miles to the south the