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Village Farms International's Cannabis Joint Venture Pure Sunfarms Begins Shipping Branded Products to Saskatchewan and Approved to Begin Shipments to Manitoba
-- Pure Sunfarms Continues to Launch New Products, Including Pre-Rolls in Ontario and Continues to Prepare for Launch of First Cannabis 2.0 Products this
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[{"type":"text","content":" -- Pure Sunfarms Continues to Launch New Products, Including Pre-Rolls in Ontario and Continues to Prepare for Launch of First Cannabis 2.0 Products this Summer --\n VANCOUVER, BC, June 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Village Farms International, Inc. (\"Village Farms\" or the \"Company\") (NASDAQ: VFF) (TSX: VFF) today announced its majority-owned joint venture for large-scale, low-cost, high-quality cannabis production, Pure Sunfarms, has begun shipping branded, packaged dried flower products to Saskatchewan following approval from the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (the \"SLGA\"), the provincial regulator responsible for permitting and monitoring the operation of local cannabis wholesalers and retailers in the Province. Pure Sunfarms expects its products to be available to Saskatchewan consumers beginning next week.\nSaskatchewan ranks as the fifth largest Canadian province by cannabis sales, comprising approximately 6% of the country's total sales1 and has the second highest per capita spend on cannabis of the five largest provinces1 (behind Alberta). Saskatchewan currently has 44 licensed retailers and with the SLGA's announcement to move towards an open market cannabis model by September of this year, there will be no cap on the number of dispensaries permitted in municipalities provincewide which is expected to give more consumers access to product.\n\"Following Pure Sunfarms' success in British Columbia, Ontario, and most recently, Alberta, we are pleased to supply another key market in Canada as we continue to expand our footprint across the country,\" said Mandesh Dosanjh, President & CEO, Pure Sunfarms. \"With Saskatchewan's strong network of retailers, we are excited to offer even more Canadians our signature strains at a great price.\"\nPure Sunfarms Approved to Begin Shipments to Manitoba\nVillage Farms also announced that Pure Sunfarms has been accepted by the Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation as an official supplier of non-medical adult-use cannabis to the Province's licensed private sector retailers and will begin shipping branded, packaged products to Manitoba as soon as possible.\nManitoba ranks as the sixth largest Canadian province by cannabis sales, comprising approximately 4.5% of the country's total sales and has a higher per capita spend on cannabis than the country average1. \n\"Expansion int...