Glass House said it is continuing its collaboration with the University of California Berkeley through an ongoing hemp research partnership.
The UC-Berkeley and Glass House partnership aims to identify key development needs within the cannabis and hemp sectors, assess university research capacity, and further the development of medicinal cannabinoids. The collaboration informed the scope and methodology of a successful research proposal to the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC), resulting in an approximate $1.8 million recent award to University of California Berkeley for the project “Cannabis Crop Yields: Survey & Remote Sensing.”
The DCC-funded project will estimate cannabis crop yield variability across indoor, outdoor, and mixed-light cultivation systems. The resulting models are expected to improve crop-production estimates and support regulatory oversight and market forecasting for California’s legal cannabis sector.
University of California Berkeley will examine how growth rates and yields vary across different propagation and production scenarios, including greenhouse cultivation, supplemental lighting systems, fully indoor environments, and outdoor field-grown cannabis. The research will integrate grower survey data, field-level observations, and remote sensing techniques to generate empirically grounded yield models.
Findings from the research are expected to inform policymakers, growers, and researchers by strengthening empirical understanding of cannabis production across indoor, outdoor, and greenhouse systems, while also contributing to broader discussions around agricultural innovation and sustainability in California.
