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ODEN-K to rehab Cannabis operations in Dahriel
Dormant farms are reoccupied by Growers Union
Dahriel, Ananto
August 19, 5216


Jacobs' Greens opens in Dahriel as ODEN seeks to expand Cannabis production in Kalistan

Farmers in the All Kalistani Growers Union praised the news of new ODEN initiatives to encourage the production of cannabis, coca and opium in Kalistan last week. ODEN-K wants to put several millions Rubles into rehabilitating land that has long been left fallow by nearly 200 years of Institutionalist Rule.

"Under the Institutionalist Period, drug production was not a high priority," said new ODEN-K Director Jerome Jimenez. "As a result, much of the land we had under regular cultivation in previous eras had gone fallow. While it did help in allowing the land to regain some of its productive capabilities, we would like to kick production back up to former levels to begin exporting once more."

Recreational drug use has long been legal in Kalistan, but at no time in recent memory has usage been so low in the Republic. "We have noticed that short supplies, imports from other nations and just a general attitude of sobriety has driven up prices in Kalistan. Our goal is not specifically to get Kalistanis to return to the drug fueled hedonism of past days, but we cannot deny that supplying drugs internationally is a fabulous source of income for Kalistan. It has traditionally been one of the pillars of our export led strategy, and can be the cornerstone of a new effort to revitalize the Republic."

To put this plan into action, ODEN-K has begun working with the Growers Unions across the Republic to offer those who want to start up farms grants for supplies, machinery and land. "Additionally, we are organizing soil drives for farmers who want to attempt to rehabilitate their soil," said Jimenez". "We are working with municipalities and Districts to encourage composting and then to provide that composted material to local farmers who seek to begin growing organic drugs."

ODEN-K's director admitted that the effort would be fairly massive. "We had a rhythm before that was thousands of years old. Abandoning those crops in favor or either foodstuff production for export or just abandonment means we have to not only start many of our farms from scratch, chopping trees that have grown in former fields, and more or less reclearing the land, but also we need to retrain our farmers to grow these crops. That knowledge was, in many senses lost, and needs to be re-inculcated once more."

Ananto will serve as the testing ground for new ODEN operations, and following success on the Island, the programs will be expanded throughout the Republic. Director Jimenez thinks ODEN will be fully operational once more within 10 years. "With enough local investment and participation," he clarified. "It could all go south. But we are hoping it doesn't."