AgraFlora’s Delta Greenhouse Receives Agriculture Loan
23 November 2020 - 2:30PM
AgraFlora Organics International
Inc. (“
AgraFlora” or the
“
Company”)
(
CSE: AGRA
) (Frankfurt:
PU31
) (OTCPK: AGFAF) is pleased to announce that
Propagation Services Canada Inc., the Company’s flagship
cultivation asset located in Delta, British Columbia (the “Delta
Facility” or “PSC”) has received an Agriculture Loan (the “Loan”)
to bring its cannabis cultivation to market and continue Phase 1 of
the Company’s cultivation strategy.
As part of the Loan, the Delta Facility will
receive $5,000,000 which will provide full funding to the licensed
cultivation areas and will allow the PSC team to bring their first
crop of low cost, high potency cannabis to market, on a
wholesale basis, in Q1 2021.
The curated portfolio of elite genetics at the
Delta facility has been tailored to work with PSC's Delta based
infrastructure and utilizing 422,828 sq. ft. of cultivation space
with state-of-the-art semi-pressurized, semi-open Venlo
greenhouses.
The AgraFlora Board of Directors commented that
“Having a fully funded Phase 1 cultivation strategy allows us to
deliver high potency cannabis strains in 2021. As partners at PSC,
we have full confidence in the Houwelings family's ability to
achieve this strategy, given their long history of high-quality
agricultural production in low-cost environments, as well as the
healthy condition of our award winning genetics.”
With demand for high potency product trending
upward especially within the value pricing segment, PSC is uniquely
positioned to produce a compelling value proposition for wholesale
customers: high potency cannabis with desirable strains at a
competitive price.
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About AgraFlora Organics International
Inc.
AgraFlora Organics International Inc. is a
leading cannabis company building shareholder value through the
development of revenue generating operating assets in the global
cannabis industry. AgraFlora is focused primarily on the Canadian
cannabis industry, the world’s most advanced and regulated legal
cannabis market. Flagship Canadian assets include: Edibles &
Infusions, a fully automated manufacturing facility in Winnipeg, MB
for white-label and consumer branded edible production; Propagation
Services Canada, a large-scale commercial greenhouse in Delta, BC
focused on reshaping the Canadian flower market with high-potency,
low cost cannabis flower, and AAA Heidelberg, a craft focused
cannabis producer in London, ON. In addition, AgraFlora’s wholly
owned subsidiary Farmako GmbH is scaling towards its goal of being
Europe’s leading distributor of medical cannabis. Farmako currently
has active distribution operations in Germany and expects to
commence active operations in the United Kingdom in 2020. For more
information please visit: https://agraflora.com/.
About Propagation Services
Canada
Propagation Services Canada is a joint-venture
formed between AgraFlora and the Houwelings Group, one of North
America’s leading producers and innovators in the greenhouse
vegetable production industry. For three generations, Houwelings
has been championing innovation in North American vegetable
production, holding multiple patents and developing large-scale
commercial greenhouses in British Columbia, California and Utah.
The Houwelings Group was the first in the USA to utilize combined
heat and power co-generation, and the first to develop a
proprietary sealed growing technology. Through the JV, Propagation
Services Canada will operate an automated greenhouse facility with
an expandable footprint of up to 2,200,000 sq. ft. Propagation
Services Canada is expected to commence cannabis operations and
revenue in 2020 with a focus on producing high-potency cannabis at
the lowest possible cost to drive margin growth and
profitability.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSBrandon
BoddyChairman & CEOT: (604) 398-3147
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AgraFlora Organics International Inc. |
Maricom Inc. |
Nicholas Konkin |
Remy Scalabrini |
E: ir@agraflora.com |
E: rs@maricom.ca |
T: (800) 783-6056 |
T: (888) 585-MARI |
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