WholesomeCo is about to harvest its first outdoor grow.The cannabis plants, spread out over two acres in remote Tooele County, are looking healthy and hearty. 'It allows us to reduce prices, increase the product selection and as a cannabis program here in Utah? We are growing up,' said Alex Iorg, one of WholesomeCo's founders.Utah's medical cannabis program is settling in nearly five years since it launched after voters approved Proposition 2, which legalized it in the state.
But WholesomeCo's Iorg argues that can also be a reason to choose it because the testing requirements ensure a safer product. Utah-based medical cannabis companies offer delivery and convenience, he said.'We try to match on quality, we try to match on selection and as we grow as a company and as an industry we’ll get closer,' Iorg told FOX 13 News. 'We'll never match on illicit prices and even recreational prices of our neighbors around us.