Method and apparatus for tracking one or more plants and/or plant based products and/or tracking the sale of products derived from the same, utilizing RFID technology

A tag provisioning system, comprising:

• an ordering subsystem,
• wherein the ordering subsystem is configured to receive an order for one or more RFID labels from a user;
• an EPC value generating subsystem;
• a printing subsystem,
• wherein the printing subsystem is configured to receive the order from the ordering subsystem,
• wherein the system is configured to receive a print request, such that upon receipt of the print request, the EPC value generating subsystem generates one or more EPC values corresponding to the one or more RFID labels, such that each EPC value is unique and the printing subsystem prints the one or more RFID labels incorporating the one or more EPC values;
• and
• a shipping subsystem,
• wherein the shipping subsystem is configured to provide a tracking number to the ordering subsystem upon shipment of the one or more RFID labels to the user,
• wherein the one or more EPC values of the one or more RFID labels shipped to the user provides the user a license to grow a plant and/or ship a package;
• wherein the one or more RFID labels have extended memories that can be reached only by specific RFID readers/writers;
• and
• wherein one or more of the following information is recorded in the extended memory:
• tax information;
• when a seed or stem related to the plant and/or the package related to the order was potted, moved, repotted, harvested, and/or inspected;
• a weight of the plant and/or the package related to the order;
• a weight of a harvest related to the plant and/or the package;
• and
• a date of an event relevant to tracking a life cycle of the plant.