Meghan Markle's new Netflix show is filming on cannabis farm at center of feud over intense stench in Carpinteria neighborhood

Meghan Markle volition nary uncertainty ooze a glossy representation of groomed elegance for the camera portion filming her much-anticipated cooking amusement for Netflix.

But the Duchess of Sussex, accompanied by a 50-strong movie crew, whitethorn beryllium struck by much than conscionable the aroma of caller baked goodies arsenic she showcases her room skills.

That's due to the fact that 1 of the 2 shooting locations chosen for Meghan's amusement is simply a 14-acre cannabis farm.

As precocious revealed by DailyMail.com, accumulation is already nether way.

Meghan, 42, has truthful acold eschewed filming astatine the couple's expansive $14million Montecito mansion, contempt having a nonrecreational chef's room and instead  borrowed a smaller yet inactive imposing 4,500 quadrate ft location conscionable 2 miles distant for her archetypal filming location.

The owners of the $5 cardinal location are philanthropists Tom and Sherrie Cipolla.

But the workplace chosen arsenic the 2nd shooting determination is mired successful controversy, arsenic its owners person created a stink with neighbors implicit their precise fragrant currency crop.

The Van Wingerden household is connected 1 broadside of what has been dubbed a 'cannabis war' that has affluent residents, schools, and section businesses successful the coastal California municipality of Carpinteria fuming.

The local cannabis cultivators sprung up during the roar successful cookware accumulation and are present liable for an aggravated skunk-like stench that permanently hangs implicit Carpinteria – a ten-minute thrust from Chateau Sussex.

Carpinteria's personage royalty includes Meghan's friends Kevin Costner – who owns a waterfront property worthy $145million – and Ellen DeGeneres arsenic good arsenic George Lucas who purchased a formation spot for $28million successful 2019.

The smelly seaside municipality abuts uber-luxe Montecito wherever Meghan lives with hubby Prince Harry, 39, and their 2 children Archie, four, and two-year-old Lilibet.

California's legalization of recreational cannabis turned the Carpinteria Valley and parts of confederate Santa Barbara County into 1 of the biggest cookware increasing regions successful the world.

Local politicians person been accused of being excessively affable with cookware farms and the workplace owners are accused of harming the surrounding vineyards and avocado fields.

In 2019, Santa Barbara County was location to 35% of California's legally grown cannabis. Today, the country is known arsenic the 'Cannabis Capital of California.'

And the Van Wingerdens – who are hosting Meghan and her brand-building movie sprout – are 1 of the area's biggest purveyors of legally produced cannabis.

One of the farming clan's cannabis properties is called Farmlane, owned and tally by David and Cindy Van Wingerden.

David's begetter Jerry, primitively from the Netherlands, established Westland Floral, producing chopped flowers, successful Carpinteria successful 1971. They diversified into increasing marijuana plants successful 2015.

The institution sells cannabis flowers and pre-rolled cannabis joints.

According to the Farmlane website: 'We judge cannabis is meant to beryllium enjoyed and shared.

'We're committed to utilizing resources efficiently, controlling cannabis odors and emissions, and mounting the modular for responsibly-grown premium cannabis angiosperm successful Carpinteria.'

In caller years, however, section authorities person been swamped with complaints astir the pungent odor from cannabis farms wafting done the town.

Fed up section residents filed 2,340 odor complaints from mid-2018 to 2022.

This has led to lawsuits against the cannabis farmers. Residents accidental the odor brings connected headaches, nausea, and breathing problems.

The Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis is starring the complaint to restrict and show the industrial-scale cannabis farming that has transformed the section scenery with acre upon acre of marijuana plants.

In September, the conjugation and a radical of residents filed a class-action suit against 2 cookware farms - not Farmlane -  alleging their spot values person been severely damaged.

They kick that the farms are emitting a 'sewer-like' odor of cannabis.

'The vicinity surrounding their spot has a thick, heavy, beardown stench of cannabis connected a adjacent regular basis,' the suit states.

It alleges that 2 farms person failed to instal effectual odor warring state-of-the-art clean-air technology. 

The suit adds that the plaintiffs 'want alleviation from the atrocious smells and noxious odors and chemicals that they are being assaulted with connected a regular ground successful their homes.'

'Odor abatement' technologies specified arsenic 'vapor misting' – pumping neutralizing fragrant scents into the aerial that odor similar Febreze – are criticized arsenic woefully ineffective astatine removing the cannabis smell.

There is much enactment for 'carbon scrubbing' machines which tin beryllium installed successful greenhouses wherever the cannabis crops turn and are much effective.

'It's pugnacious surviving adjacent a cannabis farm' Jules Nau, Carpinteria nonmigratory and Coalition committee member, tells DailyMail.com.

'There are days erstwhile I aftermath up and my full location stinks similar weed.

'It's arsenic if they're increasing the worldly wrong my house. It gets connected your clothes, your belongings, everything. And erstwhile you locomotion out, past you odor similar it, too.

'My kids person had issues with their allergies that they ne'er had before. No 1 should person to woody with that. Particularly erstwhile determination are solutions retired determination to cleanable this up.'

Coalition committee subordinate Lionel Neff wrote an Op-Ed past twelvemonth successful the Santa Barbara Independent, saying: 'The flagrant dismissal of superior odor abatement technologies makes it wide that decision-makers astatine the County are simply ignoring the science.

'We anticipation to spot c scrubbers required for each Carpinteria cannabis. Anything little is our section government's nonaccomplishment to halt a precise preventable nuisance.'

Meghan volition service arsenic enforcement shaper of her caller amusement which is intended to 'celebrate the joys of cooking and gardening, entertaining and friendship.'

The bid volition beryllium directed by Michael Steed, who worked connected Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 

The showrunner is Leah Hariton, who was a shaper connected Selena Gomez's Selena + Chef cooking amusement connected HBO.

DailyMail.com was the archetypal to study past period that Meghan intends to sell an unthinkable array of household products with her American Riviera Orchard company. 

The endless database of products includes tegument care, make-up, gardening equipment, scented candles and adjacent canine food.

Meanwhile, however volition Meghan header with the pervasive stink portion successful Carpinteria?

And Prince Harry has his own  imaginable problems brought connected by his past cause use., which helium admitted successful his 2023 memoir Spare.

He said cannabis helped heal the trauma brought connected by the decease of his parent Princess Diana and helium besides admitted utilizing cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms.

The blimpish Heritage Foundation filed a suit demanding that the Prince's visa exertion to beryllium made nationalist to spot if helium was truthful erstwhile helium answered questions astir cause use.

There is nary connection yet connected whether Meghan volition beryllium offering cannabis infused products to her database of location essentials for sale.

According to cannabis concern website MJBizDaily, a slew of celebrities person already lent their sanction to assorted cannabis products, including Megan's Montecito neighbour Gwyneth Paltrow.

Others see Seth Rogan, Mike Tyson, Jay-Z, Bella Thorne, and Justin Bieber.