As we get closer to home growing, commercial farming and production in New York, it is important that we shed light on the decades of debate about indoor farming vs outdoor. Some legalization advocates argue that indoor grows are environmentally harmful, and promote outdoor farming, which does not require the payment of high urban rents or the use of specialty lights, expensive systems for filtering water and air, and the higher energy costs accompanying those systems that indoor grows may demand. On the opposing side, many advocates recognize that city dwellers may be limited in their access to farmland. As a result, these advocates for indoor and home grow view the idea that people marginalized by cannabis prohibition should be willing to up and leave their communities to get in on the gold rush of legal marijuana is an unrealistic and perhaps privileged suggestion.
Our virtual panel discussion will feature a knowledgeable and experienced set of panelists, who will speak to the advantages and disadvantages of Indoor & Outdoor Cultivation, and how we must find a solution to climate and racial justice that include Black, Hispanic and indigenous New york residents who live in urban areas.
Join us for this conversation on Sunday, January 30th, at 7pm EDT.