Cannabis company Grown Rogue International said that cultivation activities have begun at its affiliated licensed cultivation facility in Fridley, Minnesota.
The cultivation license supporting Grown Rogue's Fridley project was awarded through Minnesota's license lottery in June 2025, with preliminary license approval received in January 2026. The City of Fridley approved the Conditional Use Permit for the facility in November 2025, and Grown Rogue executed its lease and related project agreements in December 2025. The project then received approval to operate from Minnesota's Office of Cannabis Management on August 25, allowing cultivation operations to commence.
Phase I comprises approximately 8,000 square feet of flowering canopy across five flower rooms, together with supporting dry, cure, trim and storage infrastructure, within the approximately 109,000-square-foot facility. All five flower rooms are built, with plants being introduced one room at a time in accordance with the Company's cultivation schedule. The facility has sufficient room to ultimately support the current regulatory limit of approximately 30,000 square feet of flowering canopy. The first harvest is currently expected in late fourth quarter 2026, with products expected to reach Minnesota consumers in the first quarter of 2027.
"We're fired up to have plants in the building and to officially get growing in Minnesota," said Grown Rogue CEO Obie Strickler in a statement. "Minnesota has been a major focus for us this year, so getting to this point on schedule is a milestone worth celebrating. Mark Doherty, our VP of Construction and Facilities Management, and the broader team have done an incredible job of meeting our aggressive timelines. I hold them to a very high standard and they're delivering."
The kickoff in Minnesota comes shortly after Grown Rogue said its Illinois partner, SEA Craft, the license holder for its Dwight, Illinois facility, received approval from the state to restart cultivation operations at the facility.
SEA Craft’s initial launch plan includes four flower rooms totaling up to the initial regulatory limit of 5,000 square feet of flowering canopy, with the first harvest anticipated in September and initial sales expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2026. SEA Craft also intends to pursue imminent activation of the facility’s manufacturing and extraction space, subject to applicable regulatory approvals.
