Response to Lamerica's q's
3. Agreed, these next steps will decide the position phot keeps and confirm or dismiss whether it will really become 'Walmart of cannabis'. I would personally like it to keep a small shop appeal, but you can't argue with the profitability of a Titan.
5. I don't think or know if hemp itself can do this. Hemp is different than cannabis in that hemp is used to make paper, rope, clothes, etc. proponents for hemp will argue that hemp is a stronger fiber and will make better rope than conventional methods. Take into consideration companies already sell hemp based shoes, backpacks, etc - I ultimately lack the proper information on hemp to comment in full. I strongly believe hemp will be cultivated in outdoor mass scales and sold to smaller companies to process the material into marketable items. If a company came along that owned production and processing, I would be intrigued.
6. Yes, in fact if you visit a local hydro shop you will likely see aisles split up by soils, ferts, hydro equipment, lighting and environment control.
7. As far as I know, hemp itself depends less on production quality and more on quantity. IMHO hemp will be grown almost ALL outside and therefore I don't see much potential for something like GIFT to apply to the hemp industry versus the cannabis industry.