Here is what Mr. Foran had to say on the matter.
Post# of 56323
In the context of 20 North Rear Road where the proposed medical mj facility is seeking a zoning amendment.
If I was growing tomatoes on that land, harvested them and put them in baskets or other containers to ship to a store or a factory as tomaotoes (not sauce, not stewed or diced, just tomatoes maybe minus the leaves) would that be value added?
If I was growing medical marijuana, harvested it, dried it, labelled it, packaged it, shipped it (taking it from its leaf form to dried buds as the final product) would that be value added?
HIs response AND PUBLIC STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE to this effect when the town has mentioned limiting production space which falls under value added.
Obviously a little more complex than we are discussing but your tomato example is closer to the value added. You would not see the Heinz tomato factory where they make sauces, baby foods, package, label, ship, etc. in the value added AG zone. To continue with your example, I would suggest the marijuana operation is akin to the tomato factory.
Kirk
So I asked him if all they were doing was basic would that constitute value added and he said yes. So that is what I am basing my opinion on.