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Paxia: Outdoor greenhouses are the most viable route for California cannabis

Emily Paxia · 757: She Launched a $20m Cannabis VC Firm After Her Parents Passed Away · Aug 20, 2017 · at 11:10

Emily Paxia, co-founder of cannabis VC fund Poseidon Asset Management, discusses cultivation technologies and operational strategies with Nathan Latka.

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“The greenhouses that are going to be going crazy in California, and just because that is a more viable route for these massive grows to go in the future, outdoor greenhouse, I really think, is the way”

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