By Ryan Yuenger ryany@wsjm.com Craft beer, craft spirits, and now craft cannabis. Southland Farms, a new cannabis microbusiness set to open in Niles this fall,
Craft beer, craft spirits, and now craft cannabis. Southland Farms, a new cannabis microbusiness set to open in Niles this fall, is seeking to bring a culture of craft cannabis to southwest Michigan. Co-owner Mike Noonan said because Southland Farms is a microbusiness, they will only sell products they grow, harvest and process on-site – doing so with the desire to carry on the deep-rooted craft grower and caregiver legacy in Michigan. "We grow strictly craft cannabis," said Noonan, whose company started growing their first crop about two weeks ago. "We grow in living soil with all organic inputs. So, it's totally natural and it's all done by hand. It's really given a premium feel from beginning to end. … We think that as people learn more about that, there will be more and more people who will be looking at craft cannabis the same way that they look at beer and spirits and in so many other types of industries." Noonan said he knows there is alrea
By Ryan Yuenger ryany@wsjm.com Craft beer, craft spirits, and now craft cannabis. Southland Farms, a new cannabis microbusiness set to open in Niles this fall,