One of the fastest-advancing sectors in indoor agriculture is also one with a bit of a cloud around it: cannabis. There already are dozens of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) pot-growing facilities in the handful of states where recreational marijuana use has become legal, including Ultra Health in New Mexico, where there’s a facility of more than nine million square feet, and Copperstate Farms in Arizona, which nearly tops two million square feet.
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