The company CEO says they hope to grow 40-50 strains once the plant reaches full capacity

Business is good for the cannabis cultivation industry, including local company James E. Wagner Cultivation (JWC).

CEO Nathan Woodworth says they have made significant progress in their cultivation.

"Due to improvements in our process and a refinement of our unique technology, we have been able increase our yield and as a result, where we originally estimated that we would be able to grow about 30 thousand kilograms of cannabis every year from this location, we now believe that number to be closer to 35 thousand kilos per year."

"The extra yield is really about being able to bring more product to market. It's being able to refine a process and increase our ability to produce product on a per square foot basis. So we will still be targeting somewhere between 40 and 50 strains once we reach full production at this site."

JWC has 24,000 square feet of growing space, with another 24,000 set to come online with the next couple of months.

Woodworth says they will keep expanding until they have filled all 345,000 square feet of the old Lear plant in Kitchener where they're set up.

They also plan to grow between 40 and 50 strains by the time they reach full production capacity.

He also says they are hiring all the time, and predicts they will have another 300-400 more employees as they expand.