Move over, medical marijuana and industrial hemp. Lettuce is the new product a prospective cultivator hopes to grow off Adamston Road.
Anne Davis, co-owner of Jersey Shore Therapeutic Health Care, which earlier this year scrapped plans to build a medical marijuana dispensary on the site of a former bank, said indoor lettuce cultivation makes sense.
"There’s a huge market for indoor leafy greens and lettuces," said Davis. "It’s become so much more in demand."
Indoor lettuce cultivation practices are similar to that of marijuana, with grow lights and vertical planting wracks, she said. The new plan would also preserve much of the company's expenses for designing a prospective 48,000-square-foot facility, Davis added.