Check the link, it's people getting busted in central cali. Seems like even with a large farm, bigger than anything we grow, you can get off by having a few recommendations and cooperating, and giving up your crop.
I won't give up a crop to rippers, but you better believe I would hand it over to law enforcement to cover my ass.
Bonghits I recommend following Collective Growers advice. He has experience far far far more than we have. He was growing long before the laws changed in '96, and he'll probably keep growing for a long time still. This is not is first large scale grow either, not even close.