Growing the American Dream: The Family Marijuana Business

Some immigrant families are finding the pathway to achieve that dream is lined with rows of cannabis.

Even on the grayest Northwest day, Surjit Singh and his son, Sandip Saini, often put on sunglasses to go to work.

It’s always bright and 70 degrees in the grow room of their 10,000-square-foot cannabis greenhouse, an unassuming building that towers behind Singh’s Indian grocery and convenience store, Intercontinental Foods, in central Bellingham.

An onlooker may guess it’s a storage facility, except for the curious fact that the large compost bin parked outside is always locked and under video surveillance. Inside, dozens of rows of marijuana plants, some standing more than 5 feet tall, soak in light from ultraviolet lamps.

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