A New York company is preparing to harvest its first crop of medical marijuana some two months before the state’s new medical cannabis program is set to begin.

Vireo Health says the event planned for Thursday afternoon in Perth, N.Y. will be the first legal harvest of marijuana in New York in more than a century. Vireo is one of five companies picked by the state to grow and dispense medical marijuana.

Under the state’s new law, patients with a qualifying condition can get permission from their doctor to obtain non-smokable forms of cannabis.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday the program is still on track to begin in January.

(AP)