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An Edmonton-area cannabis company is hoping its 126,000-square-foot production facility will help evaporate the current supply shortage wafting over the country.

Newly-licensed Freedom Cannabis Inc. plans to produce more than 3,000 kilograms of marijuana in its first phase of planting, with the first crops expected to be ready in four months.

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The Acheson-based producer received its cultivation and medicinal sales licences from Health Canada and the first batch of plants will be in the ground in the coming weeks, co-founder Troy Dezwart said Wednesday following the company’s announcement.

“We’re going to be able to be a part of the solution to service the demand for high-quality cannabis products, not only domestically but also internationally,” he said.

But the company’s first portion of development using 65,000 square feet of a former modular home factory is not the end of the road.