Cultivation

New York lawmakers passed a bill to let hemp cultivators and processors obtain early conditional licenses for the state’s adult-use cannabis program.

Hoping to avoid product shortages when the state’s adult-use market comes online, New Mexico passed an emergency rule change to double the number of cannabis plants that licensed producers can grow.

Chef Anna is a Michigan-based autoflowering cannabis seed breeder and social media marketing expert who has become known for giving generous cannabis gifts to strangers.

Colorado’s combined medical and adult-use cannabis sales reached $2.19 billion in 2020, marking a new record for the state.

Officials in British Columbia, Canada are helping unlicensed cannabis producers to obtain licenses and participate in the legal marketplace.

UK-based Glass Pharms has announced plans to build the world’s first carbon-negative medical cannabis cultivation facility using artificial intelligence-influenced growing methods.

Florida is set to begin accepting applications in March next year for the single cannabis cultivation license set aside by the state for a Black farmer. The license fee will be more than double the original cost of a cannabis license.

Scott Campbell is the CEO of AROYA, a cannabis cultivation and processing technology firm that helps grow facilities optimize and scale up their operations.

Indigenous and Native American tribes have stewarded the land in North America for countless generations. Today, Indigenous-owned cannabis and hemp brands are thriving in the industry despite regulatory obstacles including licensing issues, local restrictions, and more.

Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Melissa Shusterman is planning to introduce a bill that would open up 75 medical cannabis cultivation licenses for small businesses and farmers in the state.

Washington regulators forced three licensed cannabis producers to destroy about 13,000 pounds of plants after they were accused of growing more than their licenses allow.

Cara Wietstock, host of Fresh Cut by Ganjapreneur, meets with Reginald Stanfield, CEO & Head Horticulturist at JustinCredible Cultivation. Cara and Reginald dive deeper into Reginald’s entrepreneurial spirit, the challenges that the team faced while building out the farm, and how community involvement is a core principle for the brand.

Michigan lawmakers are set to vote on a package of bills containing sweeping changes to the state’s 2008 voter-approved medical cannabis law.

The Black CannaConference, the first expo for Black cannabis entrepreneurs, is coming to New Orleans, Louisiana through November 18-20.

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission last week licensed 14 new minority- or women-owned medical cannabis businesses. The licenses were part of a 2019 application round that was delayed by a lawsuit.

Colorado cultivators grew 1.8 million pounds of cannabis last year, a 24% increase from 2019.

Nick Denney is the Regional Cultivation Manager for Holistic Industries, a multi-state and vertically integrated cannabis company.

“Women have historically been the rulers of home and hearth, have developed an innate sense of the world around them, and seem to sense things a little faster and more deeply.” — Wendy Kornberg, Humboldt cannabis grower

The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is asking state lawmakers to revise the medical cannabis law passed earlier this year to let cultivators get licensed sooner with the goal of having products for patients by the fall of 2022.

A program by Ohio cannabis firm Riviera Creek and social justice advocacy group United Returning Citizens is teaching formerly incarcerated individuals how to grow cannabis for commercial purposes.

TerrAscend Corp. is set to acquire Michigan-based Gage Growth Corp. in a $545 million all-stock deal. The combined business will have operations in five states and Canada.