news NEWS This Saskatchewan farmer actually embraces ‘weeds’ Farmer trains his focus on new cannabis micro-cultivation in a bid to help his family and others. By Angela Stelmakowich Emmel reasoned that the weed could easily be grown with a climate-controlled canopy on his land. / Photo: Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images A Saskatchewan farmer is betting on a brighter, weed-filled future by becoming what is believed to be just the second licensed cannabis micro-cultivation in the province.