CAMBRIDGE, Maryland — An enormous industrial site in Cambridge, Maryland, has been permeated by a rotating cast of scents over the past century – first fruits and vegetables, then seafood, and now thousands of cannabis plants.
Once one of the largest canneries in the United States, the site had fallen into disrepair in recent decades and many of the warehouses were torn down.
But today the remaining buildings are humming again, after a Maryland cannabis firm spent tens of millions of dollars refurbishing them for its operations, bringing about 125 new jobs to the area.
“These old structures are nearly 100 years old, so they’re extremely sturdy, and all we have to do is make su…
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