EPISODE · Feb 17, 2026 · 44 MIN
Growing Cannabis on Mars - Inside Karoo Bioscience’s Greenhouse
from Wellford Podcast · host Wellford Podcast
Wellford Co-founder Joshua Roberts sits down with Anton Huysamer, Head Grower at Karoo Bioscience, for a deep-dive into their 6,600-square-meter medical cannabis facility in South Africa’s remote Klein Karoo.Set in a landscape Anton describes as “a bit like Mars,” the state-of-the-art greenhouse stands like a spaceship in the desert, built to produce pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis.Anton shares his journey from entomology into large-scale cultivation, the challenges of building the facility from the ground up, and the greenhouse strategies behind consistent, high-quality production. This episode offers a look at innovation and precision agriculture in one of the world’s most unique growing environments.
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Wellford Co-founder Joshua Roberts sits down with Anton Huysamer, Head Grower at Karoo Bioscience, for a deep-dive into their 6,600-square-meter medical cannabis facility in South Africa’s remote Klein Karoo.Set in a landscape Anton describes as “a bit like Mars,” the state-of-the-art greenhouse stands like a spaceship in the desert, built to produce pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis.Anton shares his journey from entomology into large-scale cultivation, the challenges of building the facility from the ground up, and the greenhouse strategies behind consistent, high-quality production. This episode offers a look at innovation and precision agriculture in one of the world’s most unique growing environments.
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