VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 16, 2015 / New Age Farm Inc. (CSE:NF) (NWGFF) (FSE:ONF) (www.newagefarminc.com) ("New Age Farm" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has begun site preparation work on its wholly owned subsidiary in Washington State. Our general contractor has placed material orders for the required eight foot high security fencing for the complete facility perimeter as well as having submitted municipal permitting requests for required site elevations and infilling. We will continue to update on our progress as warranted.
About New Age Farm
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, NHS Industries Ltd. ("NHS"), New Age owns a five and a half acre greenhouse facility in the lower mainland of BC with a 48,000 ft2 greenhouse facility, capable of growing 2.4 million 4' potted plants annually. NHS is in the process of formulating innovative proposals for small scale agricultural facilities for exploring multiple avenues for cash flow processes. The facility is located minutes from three major Canada – USA border crossings and direct routes to the lower mainland west and to all points east and west along 16th Ave to Hwy 99 and to Hwy 1 make its location in South Langley an ideal hub. NHS intends to become a beta site for sustainable growing capabilities as well as minimizing all carbon footprints with regard to all its on-site operations. This facility will meet a growing demand in the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley areas to help smaller growers become more efficient, more productive, implement value added product lines, and reduce waste.
Through its Washington State subsidiary, New Age Farm owns a second property that is located in Sumas, WA, where it intends to offer fully built out turnkey service operations to licensed I-502 tenant-growers who will lease the facilities for production and processing. With two leases already in place, operations in Washington State are expected to begin as soon as the Company completes its first build out.
About the Washington I-502 Marijuana Market
In November 2012, the Washington State Liquor Control Board ("WSLCB") passed Initiative 502 ("I-502") pursuant to a vote by the people of the State of Washington. I-502 authorized the WSLCB to regulate and tax recreational marijuana products for persons over twenty-one years of age and thereby created a new industry for the growing, processing and selling of Washington State-regulated recreational marijuana products. A recent WSLCB commissioned report by the Rand organization suggests that there are currently up to 650,000 recreational marijuana users in Washington State, worth approximately $1.25 - $1.5 Billion USD in annual sales.