With cannabis tourism starting to boom in Northern California, the San Francisco Chronicle took a trip to Real Goods' home - the Solar Living Center.

The Solar Living Center was recently purchased by cannabis distribution company Flow Kana, who intends to use the beautiful 12-acre site as a cannabis history and demonstration site complete with a visitor's center.

Read the San Francisco Chronicle article featuring Real Goods and the burgeoning cannabis tourism industry.

We've got big news: Real Goods founder and former president John Schaeffer is selling the 12-acre Solar Living Center (also known as the EcoTerra Center) to Mendocino-based cannabis distribution company Flow Kana.

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