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KRISTINA ETTER Before becoming a freelance cannabis journalist, Kristina Etter spent 20 years in corporate IT with a niche in mobile technology. Today, she combines her love of technology with a passion for the cannabis industry as the Editorial Content…
Similar to any industry, innovation and technology are driving the cannabis industry to new heights. However, breaking into the cannabis industry with untested, unproven technology can be difficult for many ancillary entities. Unfortunately, some innovators, both foreign and domestic, are challenged by the legality of cannabis and limited in their research efforts.
Creating technology in a vacuum also has its drawbacks. While many technologies are built with improving a particular aspect of the cultivation process, rarely are the various technologies actually tested together, as a system, in a full production setting.
To solve this problem and seek out the future of cannabis cultivation, Sente Foundry, LLC, a Chicago-based startup investment, scouting, and innovation platform, is teaming up with GrowRay Lighting Technologies, out of Boulder, Colorado to seek the best of the best in Indoor Agriculture Innovation with their AgTech Investment Program.
Cannabis Tech spoke with Ash Ganley, CEO of GrowRay, and Gerod Carfantan, COO of Sente Foundry, LLC, about the mission behind this partnership and innovation incubator program.
THE PROBLEM WITH TECHNOLOGY
Everyone loves technology… when it works. Today, in a world…