each of these plants gets its own bar code? >> that's right. every single plant what it comes out of the cloner, gets into here, it is coded individually. we're able to trace that plant from this stage all the way to the end product. >> reporter: then the light is cut back, to simulate the shorter days of autumn, triggering the plants to flower and it is off to be trimmed and dried. the entire process is regulated by the state. after a criminal background check, employees are issued a worker i.d. card. every time a plant is moved, the employee logs it using this software, a fingerprint scanner tracks the employees at every turn. >> there is no scar face here. no ak-47s, none of that stuff. we have inspectors from the state in here all the time. >> reporter: even though gindy pays sales and income tax, marijuana is still against federal law, so expenses cannot be deducted from federal taxes and fdic-backed banks won't take their money. >> there is nothing glamorous about this business. it's a struggle trying to