KASLO — A local group of workers, farmers and investors is pressing the federal government to keep the door open for co-operative outdoor cannabis production in the Central Kootenay region of B.C.
There is a new market coming for legal recreational marijuana in Canada, and the Kootenay Outdoor Producer Co-operative is organizing a co-op that will keep the profits and high-paying industry jobs local.
Organizers from across the region need your help now to let the government in Ottawa know that Canadians want to see other business models flourish besides the big corporate warehouse grow shows. Regulations being drawn up this summer will determine the future of the industry, and could shut the door on the potential for community-based outdoor organic marijuana co-operatives.
Growing marijuana outdoors organically on small Kootenay farms, and bringing workers together to process and package the product in a single central Kootenay location, will create a better product with lower environmental impacts.
This model is superior in every way to the big-box corporate warehouse weed industry, and it can be replicated in other communities across the country. But right now we need to convince Ottawa that this business model is in the best interests of Canadians, and make sure their upcoming regulations allow it.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Momentum is building among big players in the corporate weed business, and we don’t want to see the Kootenays, or rural Canada, left behind. We urgently need your help.
Contact your Member of Parliament today, and let them know that you support a local, sustainable and community-based industry for legal recreational cannabis.
Let your local politicians know that you support outdoor, organic cannabis co-operatives that will keeps jobs and profits in the community. For further details, and to lend a hand, contact: Kootenay Outdoor Producer Co-op
Todd Veri, President – todd.veri@gmail.com
Kevin Megale, Compliance Manager – kevin.megale@gmail.com
