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EDMONTON — Canadian marijuana company Aurora Cannabis Inc on Thursday decided to partner with Danish tomato and pepper producer Alfred Pedersen & Son to produce and sell cannabis in Europe.

Under the deal, Aurora will own a 51 per cent interest in Aurora Nordic Cannabis A/S, based in Odense, Denmark.

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APS received its license to grow cannabis from Denmark’s Medicines Agency effective Jan. 1.

Tomato and pepper — often grown in greenhouses — are the most common choices to convert to weed as they have similar growth requirements. The joint venture, which is majority owned by Aurora Cannabis, will focus on selling cannabis in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland, through Aurora’s German unit.

Aurora Nordic plans to build a 93,000-square-metre automated cannabis production facility, which can produce up to 120,000 kg of cannabis per year, Aurora said.

Under the terms of the joint venture, the companies intend to fund construction through a combination of conventional, non-dilutive financing and direct investment by Aurora and APS.

With files from Reuters