Warwick, MD – With Maryland voters poised to decide in November on whether recreational cannabis will be legal in the state, Capital News Service is taking a look at the state’s already legal medical cannabis market. SunMed Growers in Warwick is one of 37 growers and processors in the state that supply a finished product to Maryland cannabis dispensaries. CNS looks at what goes into growing the plant and how it is converted into various products.

With wholesale cannabis prices tanking, growers are under huge pressure to keep a lid on costs to survive in today’s hotly competitive market.

Last July, Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, a Baltimore County Democrat, announced her support for a referendum to legalize cannabis on the 2022 General Election ballot.

In 2002, Jake Van Wingerden bought 45 acres of land that included a 60,000-square-foot greenhouse in Earleville, Maryland, where he started Tidal Creek Growers.

SunMed 2.0: For the Cannabis Connoisseur. Sun. Science. Smooth.

Two families, connected by name and horticulture industry fame, share their cannabis journeys in this dual-feature cover story.

At Maryland’s SunMed Growers, third-generation U.S. greenhouse grower Jake Van Wingerden expands his family’s storied horticulture footprint into cannabis.

“As someone in the cultivation industry myself, SunMed’s agricultural technology truly took my breath away . . .”