Cannabis cultivation has a dirty secret, but the future is sun-grown | Dan Sutton | TEDxVancouver
Cannabis cultivation has a dirty secret, but the future is sun-grown | Dan Sutton | TEDxVancouver
Dan shines a light on the dark and dirty traditions of cannabis cultivation and argues that a sun-grown future is the only sustainable pathway for a burgeoning new industry. Recorded at TEDxVancouver at Rogers Arena on November 14, 2015.
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Dan Sutton believes that natural, sun-grown cultivation methods can enable a brighter future. In 2012, he took notice of the changing Canadian legislation around regulated cannabis, and began building a team of leading agricultural scientists. Together, they designed, built, and now operate a facility that produces the plant legally, distributing it through a subscription service for medicinal purposes. The entire operation is subject to intense regulation, and it is Dan’s business to know a lot about his product.
The massive scope of cannabis cultivation today is a reality, legal or not. The world’s most profitable cash crop is being grown en masse in every state, province, and metropolitan city in North America. It is a decentralized, cellular, and multi-billion dollar black-market economy. A legal cannabis-cultivation industry with the potential to displace the dark market is emerging, and Dan believes it needs to leave the archaic bunker grow-op behind.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
Pot heads love weed, not all people. It didn’t became non drugs all of a sudden. It still kill canaboids receptors in the brain, so you potheads need more weed.
Sounds more like a renewable energy solution than legalization of growing issue. Granted I am more than 6 years late to this discussion, we are in a much better position today to solve the energy crisis and this becomes a discussion of the past. Solar energy alone would cure this and this discussion is pointless. The argument made is valid, but really? When you look at the carbon footprint from a grow op compared to the meat and dairy industry, I can’t even believe this was a topic of discussion. Anything to distract from the real problems though I guess.
Okay usually I don’t argue with math but on this one I’m calling b*******. To grow 2.2 lb of pot could not possibly take the same energy of driving a car 11 ×3000=33000 miles! That would be twice around the planet at the equator. From Sprout to harvest indoor grow three to four months. Somebody would have to show me the actual equation before I bought this b*******.
In Asia …almost 100% of pot grows outdoors naturally…..everybody should have the right to plant his own stuff …..we don’t need more companies telling us what to do …..this guy is trying to regulate it as well , just in another form , so that he can make money …..
What about states with less daylight hours ? They would still require supplemental lighting so you could never actually be fully sun-grown especially on the East Coast of the US. Also I didn’t hear you speak one thing about nutrient inputs and there tolls in the industry as well I heard you talk about tomatoes well let’s talk about tomatoes and how much of a carbon footprint it takes to produce the fertilizers needed to feed these plants.
Gee, I wonder why people choose to
grow cannabis indoors?
Pharmaceutical & Government prohibition?
U can’t grow in the winter with 9 hrs of daylight
Never liked weed from under lights,skunk as such.Outside grown local one is always the best.Grow outdors,under SUN,barefooted,Your brain & heart will be better.
This guy has a very narrow view on cannabis
8 min just for saying the sun is the answer , wtf Ted?? Lol
Sunlight? Like out of the sky???
Nahh, I just downloaded a new app for that.
It’s called led’s ..
sure sun grown is good if youre in an area that has a good growing season. even if youre in a greenhouse its not viable to grow in without lights in the majority of canada. Not to mention now all the hemp crops being grown again is great for seeding any out door cannabis farm…
ehhh. There are a plethora VERY good reasons to grow indoors. Control. Pests. Mold. I could give you a SCROLL of reasons not the LEAST of which is STATE Regs that would never pass if grown "outdoors"
Out door should be made legal , while indoor should be made illegal !!!!! ?????? problem solvered !!!! ????
Cannabis is bigger than all alcohols together. Legalization is a must.
Many want to grow outside under the sun. The problem is state regulations.
This guy is a tool.
the immediate future of cannabis is distillation, the far future of cannabis is sun grow.
This guy is a sellout! In the end if the cost of a non addictive product goes down it only means one of two things…..
(a) the quality is lowered
(b) the market is flooded
Either way, the companies that produce cannabis hire guys like this big $$$$$ to help them sell products to the public.
Carbon footprint is a myth, petrol runs the show.
I want a greenhouse!!! I just lost 3 of my 4 legally ALLOWED plants to slugs
Not one example in this talk?
Natural is better than genetics the sinsemilla of the 1980s Thai stick beautiful hash nothing today can compare .. people are fooled by thc percentage and what they call new strains. New strains are only crossbreeds of land race plants from around the world. Nature has a way of balance. Unfortunately in the uk near all of the ganja is genetic. None of today’s ganja has the strength of yesteryear. I get high from today’s ganja…not stoned
Vertical permaculture
“Background in business” is the last place I want my cannabis coming from. This guy is a money hungry virtue signaller.
Wow there are a lot of dope fiends in Canada. This explains why so many Canadians are so nice.
“Why don’t we grow tomatoes in factories” awfully bold you assume we don’t
Not gonna happen buddy.
Nuclear fuel is not cool!!
Federal Legalization will allow everything to be done right by the right people.
I noticed you didn’t mention the reason we grow indoors is that the quality is much higher than outdoors.
Had enough? If you want to see some real changes and the nationwide legalization of medical marijuana, vote LIBERTARIAN!
I have long preferred my Marijuana sun grown. However to keep up with demand, I must be able to grow in the winter also. In my state, that means indoor.
It has been my experience that sungrown is better product with a better yeild.
The greenhouse is great. Outdoor is a little tougher to care for, more pests and you must keep the buds dry, which means a constant eye out for rain and heavy dew.
And I just wrote far more than I intended….smh.
Kamala Harris is stopping the legalization of Marijuana. Why? I just want my medicine. Works better than anti-seizure meds.
Decriminalisation would solve many problems…prison industrial complex, global warming from heatloss, energy consumption resources being reduced drastically and everyone having free access to the world’s greatest plant for consumption
It’s super funny that only old rich white men are getting super rich off of cannabis!!! Not my words! These are the words of Ben & Jerry’s!
Not enough comparisons.
Growing HEMP will restore the ‘soil’, will restore the ‘atmosphere’.
Will create BIO-DEGRADABLE plastics.
RESTORE EARTH
This is the only way I can get this message out; HEMP plastics is the future for earth.
LET IT BE KNOWN;
I wrecked my Harley not wearing my helmet that stopped my heart 3 times, put me into an 87 day coma waking with a 5.5 brain injury requiring relearning life. Once returning home I tried having my doctor do an MRI of my brain to compare to my wreck. He refused telling me that BIG PHARMA will financially destroy any doctor that proves THC restores brain injuries.
This upset me so much that I taught myself MOLECULAR SCIENCE and went to the gold shop in KALISPELL MONTANA showing JB how copper transitioned into gold. This got me kicked out and he told ‘city council’ that I am making FOOLS GOLD from copper pass tests
Boiling water proves that ‘heat’ excites MOLECULES allowing ATOMS to escape.
This is how copper transitions into GOLD and nickel into PLATINUM.
Earth must be restored by growing HEMP world wide.
ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM
420
If we need laws to correct this situation what have we got PELOSI?
HOUSTON WE’VE HAVE A F’N PROBLEM
Time to get. Real with it.
You really need a de – S’er for your microphone, i can’t even listen to this on my system, it’s too much.
Outdoor is mids 🤷♂️. Sungrown is a word to polish a turd and make it sound better but indoor herb is higher quality 99% of the time. Led and other things have saved the carbon footprint and 3lb a light the yield is high enough to make up for the cost to run it. Outdoor will never demand the prices indoor does. You can drink Budweiser or you can drink dom perignon. 🤷♂️
Lol this was 5yrs ago. LED’s are waaaaay more efficient now.
Hope everyone doesn’t think that this plant isn’t only use to cure human sickness. Think about animals and how they can be affected in curing certain disease. We are all just mammals.
if I’m not mistaken mushrooms are grown indoors too
Weed gets you high, tomatoes don’t. Advocating an unregulated weed economy is like saying orange juice and tequila are the same. Even orange juice is regulated. Products that we consume, that get us high, should be regulated. If you want government out of weed, you shouldn’t have advocated its legalization.
Yes, you’ll save carbon footprint, what you lose is the control the individual has over their medicine.
Commercial pot is not as regulated as it should be. Edibles are not regulated and customers aren’t allowed to ask medical questions in regard to marijuana. Home growing is the best way, at this time, to get total quality control over your product. Once big business or big Pharma gets involved, quality goes down, prices go up. The human factor gets lost in exchange for the almighty profits.
Cannabis is a medical necessity for all those of us who have been consuming metabolically poisonous Vegetable oils in our diets and getting one or more of many more modern diseases. The solution is to go vegan and take cannabis supplementation until you are better while getting all vegetable oils out of your diet. You can use some polysaturated animal food-based oil, that in all animal products if you are not quite so worried about living as long as reasonably possible while remaining perfectly healthy.
OUTSIDE CANNABIS IS THE BEST NO CONTEST BIG PHARMA WILL BE THE BIG BOSS AGAIN AND WILL DESTORY IT