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Ultimately, this is an ordinary agriculture problem. The media will be all "WOOO POT!" about it because it's new and controversial, but the odor problem is the

by beat 8y ago

Ultimately, this is an ordinary agriculture problem. The media will be all "WOOO POT!" about it because it's new and controversial, but the odor problem is the same problem you get from all sorts of farming practices, some of which smell considerably worse than even a big pot farm (which is pretty stinky). It'll get solved the way all such problems get solved - zoning. Same thing that keeps you from having a hog farm or a chicken slaughtering operation near people's houses. I don't expect grow operations will ever hit the scale of other agriculture, either - there's just not enough demand, and legalization isn't going to make some order-of-magnitude change in that. When I was in Colorado this spring, in a small town way up in the mountains, my host pointed out multiple well-known growing operations in various buildings in town. All hydroponic, indoor farming, so the light and temperature and water can all be controlled. Easy to air filter that.

olyjohn 8y ago
Not to mention, one of the people in the article who is complaining about the pot lives right next to a stinky dairy farm: "But she says she made the choice to live next to a dairy farm and prefers that smell to the odor that drifted over from the marijuana farm next door to her house." So it's okay to make a smell if it's one you prefer. If you're some whacko anti-pot person who thinks that it's going to destroy society, you'll find any reason to not like the pot.
- HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
  Well, did she move there before or after the pot farm? I live out in the country and this issue comes up over and over. People from the suburbs/city decide they want what they think is a peaceful, bucolic country life and move to a rural area without learning enough about the area they're moving to. And then they find out the farm next door has constant loud machinery noise when planting or harvest time comes. Or when the wind shifts, you're gagging because of the smell from the hog lagoon or dairy farm down the road. The farmers have been there, doing their thing for decades, and they're not about to stop just because someone moved in and can't deal with the reality of living near a farm. Hell, we used to have a neighbor who complained about horses pooping on the road. Still don't know if she expected us to put diapers on them.
classichasclass 8y ago
Zoning has been the most controversial part of the pot ordinance the jurisdiction I work for is trying to build. The residents resent the smell, but the home medical cannabis growers object to the limitations of the proposed ordinance, and the large growers are trying to reduce their transport costs by insinuating themselves closer to the retail outlets. There are tons of moving parts and many players are part of multiple groups, which means they may have conflicting motivations, and our governing body is certainly not of one mind on the issue either.
RickJWagner 8y ago
I've lived in several rural states. Nothing smells worse than a turkey farm. They are the absolute worst!

by beat 8y ago

olyjohn 8y ago

Not to mention, one of the people in the article who is complaining about the pot lives right next to a stinky dairy farm: "But she says she made the choice to live next to a dairy farm and prefers that smell to the odor that drifted over from the marijuana farm next door to her house." So it's okay to make a smell if it's one you prefer. If you're some whacko anti-pot person who thinks that it's going to destroy society, you'll find any reason to not like the pot.

HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
Well, did she move there before or after the pot farm? I live out in the country and this issue comes up over and over. People from the suburbs/city decide they want what they think is a peaceful, bucolic country life and move to a rural area without learning enough about the area they're moving to. And then they find out the farm next door has constant loud machinery noise when planting or harvest time comes. Or when the wind shifts, you're gagging because of the smell from the hog lagoon or dairy farm down the road. The farmers have been there, doing their thing for decades, and they're not about to stop just because someone moved in and can't deal with the reality of living near a farm. Hell, we used to have a neighbor who complained about horses pooping on the road. Still don't know if she expected us to put diapers on them.

classichasclass 8y ago

Zoning has been the most controversial part of the pot ordinance the jurisdiction I work for is trying to build. The residents resent the smell, but the home medical cannabis growers object to the limitations of the proposed ordinance, and the large growers are trying to reduce their transport costs by insinuating themselves closer to the retail outlets. There are tons of moving parts and many players are part of multiple groups, which means they may have conflicting motivations, and our governing body is certainly not of one mind on the issue either.

RickJWagner 8y ago

I've lived in several rural states. Nothing smells worse than a turkey farm. They are the absolute worst!