CROP17 Launch Event + Media Coverage
Alex Bragg of Savills opens the launch event at Savills’ headquarters in Central London.
Crop17 is a turnkey solution for planning, building and operating medical cannabis facilities within the UK’s regulatory framework.
On Monday 17th February CROP17 was launched to the public. A stream of nationwide press preceded a packed launch event at Savills’ headquarters. A crowd of investors, landowners, farmers, food businesses and agricultural technology startups met to hear more about the new venture, CROP17. The new venture was launched by Hanway Associates, a specialist cannabis sector consultancy, CambridgeHOK, an innovative controlled environment agriculture construction specialist and Savills, a global real estate services provider listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Speaking on the evening was Alex Bragg, Director of Food & Farming at Savills, George McBride, CEO of Hanway Associates and Patrick Harte, Head of Commercial at CambridgeHOK.
L-R: Alex Bragg, George McBride, and Patrick Harte at the launch of CROP17
The launch was picked up by nationwide Media, with a large focus on the opportunity for UK agricultural businesses.
The Telegraph (17.02.2020)
The Daily Mail said:
A new joint venture called Crop17 will offer advice for growers on how to find the best land for the crop, sourcing equipment and navigating the legal minefield of the Class B drug.
Although cannabis is illegal in Britain, several countries and states across the world have legalised it in recent years, leading to a boom in exports from the UK.
Bosses at Crop17 hope the new service will allow others to turn their hands to growing the crop, which is more lucrative per gram for British farmers than strawberries.