Going back around 6 years ago I worked and lived in the hash region of Morocco, I was hired as a head grower and thought after working in Northern California there wasn’t much I hadn’t seen… I couldn’t have been more wrong.
Going from 2000 to 100,000 plants is a fair indication of the difference and magnitude of the average Moroccan farm compared to a typical NorCal set-up.
Trying to introduce things like IPM and mildew prevention wasn’t really what the locals wanted to hear and to be honest I don’t blame them, there are many generations of farming families who have passed down knowledge so why should they listen to a white boy from Australia… but saying that at least they took a few things on board, for example we built drying rooms(in empty houses) instead of the normal drying on rooves in the sun. Also we built a walk-in deep freezer room so production could start in September instead of January(when the weather is around freezing point). The advantage of this is firstly to start the hash production immediately but the main reason was to try to get the product in to the Spanish market(then in to Europe) first before it got flooded by the competition and in turn getting a better price.
All of my photos except one I found yesterday on an old phone are on a crashed laptop which I’m planning on getting all the data removed(closest computer shop is about 500km away) asap.
Who else has visited or lived in the Rif Mountains? I would love to see your pics and hear your stories.
This was about a 1/20th of the farm in early veg
:view from my bedroom window
More pics to come