New Arcata Bottom solar project proceeding madriverunion.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from madriverunion.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Existing greenhouses at Sun Valley Floral Farms in Arcata. | Photo by Andrew Goff.
###
After more than 50 years growing irises, tulips and lilies in the fertile farmland of the Arcata Bottoms, the owners of Sun Valley Floral Farms are preparing to leap headlong into the commercial cannabis industry with the construction of a 23-acre hoop house operation that would rank among the largest legal weed grows in North America.
The plans laid out in a 95-page initial study, published in December, call for 193 temperature-controlled hoop house-style greenhouses spread over 1 million square feet (22.96 acres), plus office/administration buildings, a propagation facility, stormwater detention basins, a new wastewater treatment system and a 66-space asphalt/concrete parking lot.