Agricultural hemp company will invest $8.8 million in Clarendon County facility.

• Position: SC Canna LLC

Agricultural hemp specialist SC Canna LLC is investing $8.8 million for indoor growing operations in Clarendon County expected to create 37 jobs.

SC Canna LLC is a subsidiary of Sirius-A-Bioscience that grows and distributes medical-grade hemp products. The company, founded by S.C. natives, specializes in aeroponics, which involves growing plants in an air or mist environment with the use of soil or an aggregate medium and allows hemp to be grown indoors from seed to wholesale.

"We are very excited about growing SC Canna LLC in our own backyard," said Thomas Schipper, the company's managing partner, in a news release from the Central South Carolina Alliance. "Our high-tech grow system will be the first of its kind in South Carolina. We look forward to cultivating and strengthening our ability to provide as many therapeutic...