Arizona Roadrunner: Fife Symington Takes Copperstate Farms into the Fast Lane

<p><span data-contrast="auto">Fife Symington IV is the CEO and Managing Director of Copperstate Farms, a vertically integrated cannabis operation he launched in 2016. This year,  Copperstate Farms was named to the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S.<br /> <br /> Copperstate started as a 40-acre greenhouse; today it's a 1.7 million square foot canopy colossus.<br /> <br /> In 2019, Copperstate launched dispensary brand, Sol Flower, which now has five locations, including one that features a café and wellness classroom open to the public.<br /> <br /> In this episode of Seed to CEO, Symington will share:</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Expertise from commercial agriculture that can be applied in cannabis</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Developing a long-term business vision</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">How to upgrade, update, and expand your greenhouse grow</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Keys to low cost production</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">The importance of community involvement, especially when you are getting your business started</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Who is Fife Symington?</strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Fife Symington IV is the CEO and Managing Director of Copperstate Farms, a vertically integrated cannabis operation he co-founded in 2016. In the 1990s, Symington co-founded and developed several commercial scale greenhouse operations in Mexico, including International Greenhouse Produce in Culiacan, Sinaloa; Nueva Agronomia d