Grow with Mila
Grow members’ plants, through Rootstock.
Rootstock is the grower’s platform of the Mila network. Every plant you grow belongs to a member and is grown on their behalf, and every member of the club can share from it. You apply by your track, send your documents and pass review; once your agreements are signed you grow for members, and every batch you send is on the record.
Who can apply
Four ways in.
Choose the track that describes you today. It sets the documents Rootstock asks for.
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Track A
Growers with a SAHPRA licence
You hold a SAHPRA cultivation licence (the section 22C route) or another lawful authorisation.
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Track B
Established growers
You grow today without a licence and want to supply the club network.
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Track C
Kasi Kaltivators
You are learning to grow, with little or no harvest yet. You enter the programme first and apply to supply later.
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Track D
Processing members
You make edibles for members in a declared, certified food-safe kitchen, from the club’s own harvest, to the network’s formula.
The platform
Built for growers. Every batch on the record.
Rootstock keeps the grower’s side of the record, from the first application to the batch that leaves your gate.
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Your application
One application, by track, with the checklist that track asks for.
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The document pack
Upload each item, submit the pack, and follow it through review on your dashboard.
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The grow register
Where each batch was grown and off what: the site, the cycle (outdoor, tunnel or indoor), the inputs and the harvests. A missing record is printed as missing, never hidden.
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Batches and release
Each batch carries its lot code and waits in quarantine until a named approver releases it.
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Dispatch
Mass and seal numbers are recorded when a batch leaves you. The club checks them on arrival, and any difference is shown, never absorbed.
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Your rung
Your place on the ladder, on the record.
The ladder
What you may supply depends on your rung.
Applicant
Nothing yet. An application exists.
Club-grade grower
Supply to clubs in the network, through Rootstock. A paperwork-and-provenance bar, not a quality certificate.
GAP/GACP-aligned
Supply at preferred terms, with larger allocations.
GMP / licensed
Export lanes, and white-label work at scale.
Questions
What growers ask first.
Do I need a SAHPRA licence to apply?
No. Rootstock has a track for growers who hold one, a track for established growers who do not, and a track for people still learning. What you may supply depends on your rung, and nothing is supplied before your agreements are signed.
Whose plants do I grow?
Members’. Every plant you grow belongs to a member of a club in the network and is grown on their behalf. How many plants you grow follows how many members need one, not how much space you have.
How am I reimbursed?
Members contribute when they share from the plants you grew. The club collects those contributions, and you are reimbursed each cycle for the shares taken from your plants.
Who reviews my application?
Our legal office reviews your documents. The review cannot be skipped: no control on any screen moves an application past it.
Does approval mean I can supply?
No. Approval says your document pack is in order. You supply only once your agreements are signed and your account is active.
Who do I contract with?
The club you grow for. You join it as a cultivating member, and your agreements are with the club. Mila Innovations runs the platform you grow on.
Do I supply members directly?
No. You supply the network. Clubs receive through Rootstock, and members collect their share at their club, in person.
How is a batch released?
Every batch gets a lot code and waits in quarantine. A named approver releases it, and the record says who and when. A rejected batch never reaches a club.
I am only starting out. Can I join?
Yes. Apply on Track C as a Kasi Kaltivator. You work toward the standard first, and apply to supply later.
Ready to join?
Five steps from applying to supplying.
Apply
Choose your track and apply on Rootstock.
Send your documents
Upload the pack your track asks for. Rootstock lists every item and what is still outstanding.
Review
Our legal office reviews the pack. No control on any screen moves you past this step.
Approved
Your pack is in order. Approval says nothing more than that, and it is not yet a right to supply.
Active
You join the club you grow for as a cultivating member, and your agreements are signed. Now you may grow for members.