Employees from a Chatham cannabis producer have teamed up with the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority to plant trees and clean up a property.
AgMedica Bioscience and the authority worked together on April 30 to plant two sycamore trees and add more green space near the company’s Riverview Drive property.
The trees will grow as tall as 100-feet tall as they mature, producing carbon-rich leaves, seeds and bark that will benefit the surrounding green space, according to a news release from AgMedica.
“AgMedica has strong roots in agriculture and horticulture, and we use that background every day at work,” said Jessie Bodnar, event co-organizer and AgMedica forecasting lead.
“When discussing ideas for a community initiative, it only made sense to find a way to contribute back to the environment.”
The release said about 30 employees and their families came out to the event.
“We chose Sycamore trees because they start spreading seeds six or seven years after they are planted, and optimum seed production occurs between 50 and 200 years old,” said Mike Shore, event co-organizer and ALUS Chatham-Kent co-ordinator and lands tech.
“These trees are fast-growing; if they have sufficient moisture when they’re young, they have the potential to grow two feet or more annually.”