TAMPA, Fla. — A local entrepreneur is at it again, with yet another cutting edge product set to make waves in the health and wellness industry — this time using artificial intelligence. 

Garyn Angel, the Port Richey native who founded the now international company Magical Butter, has created the Magical Grow Cabinet, which uses AI technology to grow fruits, vegetables, even marijuana where it’s legal.

Similar in size to a refrigerator, the device monitors plants grown inside of it using censors and a camera, allowing for the automatic adjustment of things like temperature, water and nutrients.

“Using our tech, you can adjust the grow recipe, and make these sweeter or more acidic. You can change the thickness of the skin to make it thicker or thinner, and these completely change the flavor profile,” said Angel, as he showed ripe tomatoes grown in one of the cabinets. 

Angel calls it the future of food, grown in a totally controlled environment, free of pesticides and pollutants.

It’s not Angel’s first time introducing an industry changing product. His signature invention, the Magical Butter, is a device that infuses butter and oils with cannabis. Angel introduced the product at the same time as the first states in the country began to legalize marijuana.

Called a Magical Grow Cabinet, the device uses artificial intelligence to grow produce. Company founder Garyn Angel says you can set it and forget it with the press of a button. (Cait McVey/Spectrum Bay News 9)

Angel said he had cannabis in mind with this latest venture. The AI technology helps ensure consistency with each plant, an important factor when it comes to medicinal use.

But along the way, Angel said his team began to recognize potential for food and nutrition. 

“We realized, let food be thy medicine,” Angel said. “The nutritional value of food would probably prevent a lot of people from needing medicine.”