DEA raids used to be the norm in the pre-legalization era, and Preferred Gardens was born out of the vision of a man who was no strangers to the cops knocking on his door. (The mid-oughts were an odd time in the California craft cultivation scene.) But the odyssey of craft cultivation was just beginning, and now they’re not just above board, but above the fray and a cut above their competition.
A team of five at a 20,000 square-foot facility isn’t that large at all. Everyone must perform multiple functions and work long hours to grow the best cannabis they possibly can. Before AROYA, there was much more labor: physical runoff testing, handheld testing, guessing, and math.
What METER Horticulture and AROYA help Preferred Gardens do is know immediately how the quality will test out, and be able to repeat that recipe for success easily. Preferred Gardens has been able to automate the parts of their business that required it, so they can do what’s required to grow how they want: creatively and scalably.
A team of five at a 20,000 square-foot facility isn’t that large at all. Everyone must perform multiple functions and work long hours to grow the best cannabis they possibly can. Before AROYA, there was much more labor: physical runoff testing, handheld testing, guessing, and math.
What METER Horticulture and AROYA help Preferred Gardens do is know immediately how the quality will test out, and be able to repeat that recipe for success easily. Preferred Gardens has been able to automate the parts of their business that required it, so they can do what’s required to grow how they want: creatively and scalably
“AROYA has changed my approach to cultivation. Seeing what’s going on. Seeing what’s in the substrate. Seeing what’s going on in my cultivation facility. It’s been really valuable.”
- David, Owner | Preferred Gardens