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Growing marijuana outdoors ‘can be 50 times less carbon-emitting’ than indoor cultivation, new agricultural study finds


Newly published research on marijuana cultivation finds that growing plants outside can drastically reduce environmental impacts compared to indoor production—lessening greenhouse gas emissions, soil acidification and the pollution of local waterways. “Results show that outdoor cannabis agriculture can be 50 times less carbon-emitting than indoor production,” says the study, published last month by the journal […]

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