Hawaii Weed with the Notorious BIG: Big Island Grown

Hawaii Weed with the Notorious BIG: Big Island Grown

Hawaii Weed with the Notorious BIG: Big Island Grown

In this episode of the Canna Cribs Podcast, Nick talks with Dylan Shropshire of Big Island Grown to talk about cannabis culture in Hawaii, grow strategy, breeding, building a business, the challenges of working in a remote island and much more!

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Table of Contents:
00:00 Opening
00:53 Shout out to Treez, Grodan, GreenBroz, HLG, and Athena Nutrients
02:40 Dylan’s story and background
12:24 Dylan’s start in cannabis
13:35 Getting a license in Hawaii
17:27 BIG’s early days
23:30 The miracle of cannabis and first business location
30:18 Hawaii’s current cannabis market
42:46 The challenge to operate in the big island
49:55 HLG real efficiency, real yields.
50:40 BIG vertical integration
56:58 What exotics is BIG growing?
01:02:11 What concentrates does BIG have?
01:08:00 Fully sustainable operation
01:14:00 Irrigation, lightning, IPM, microbial lab
01:27:05 HLG Hi efficiency lightning
01:27:50 Politics and cannabis in Hawaii
01:39:52 Shout out to Cultivating art, bringing the local artist to the cannabis industry
01:42:10 Words of wisdom from Dylan
01:43:43 Dylan’s thoughts on the future of cannabis for the US
01:47:56 #1 Challenge for worldwide cannabis
01:49:17 Nick’s thoughts on educating the public about cannabis
01:53:02 What’s on the horizon for BIG?
01:57:23 Cannacribs outro
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What’s in the interview?

Thanks for joining me. Care to introduce yourself to the audience?

How long have you been growing?
You lived in Alaska prior to Hawaii?

Any opinions on Alaskan Cannabis?
When/Why did you relocate to Hawaii?
How did you transition from houseplants in Alaska to cannabis in Hawaii?
Did you plan to enter the cannabis space?
Tell us about your facility build-out
Old banana farm?
Why indoor?
In a place with a year round growing season?

Challenges
Any bureaucratic hurdles?

Hawaii is understandably concerned about invasive species and has very strict rules on products coming in and out –
Does this affect your ability to get the supplies and equipment you need?
Will these requirements present any potential roadblocks to Hawaii based growers expanding into other states in the future?

Big Island Grown is a vertically integrated company – how many licenses?
What strains are you growing?

I understand you are a nearly 100% sustainable indoor grow –
Tell us more about the sustainability components of Big Island Grown
Is this something other growers are trying to implement?

You also have an in-house microbial test lab – pretty rare for a cannabis company:
What made you decide to set up your own lab?
What are the biggest microbial issues for Hawaii growers?
How do you deal with the microbial & pest issues that come with cultivating in the sub-tropics?

History of Hawaii cannabis culture; what’s the reasoning for this?
Is there a lot of public interest in the recreational market?

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