Growing marijuana, an energy-intensive activity, is not easy to take “off the grid.” Yet that is what Solar Therapeutics is planning to do. This month the marijuana cultivation and retail company will turn on its microgrid, essentially giving Solar Therapeutics its own power plant, which will generate all the energy required to power its 42,000-square-foot […]
Cultivators
The East Coast’s first outdoor, commercial cannabis harvest is underway
Out in the East Coast’s first commercial marijuana field last week, hundreds of “frosted” marijuana flowers glistened, the fall light dancing off the lucrative cannabis oils. The gamble had paid off. Nearly an acre of carefully tended marijuana plants had delivered something far from guaranteed: a commercial-scale harvest cultivated outdoors in a climate ill-suited for […]
Security Master Planning in the Cannabis Industry – Part 3: The Security Management Plan
THE SECURITY MANAGEMENT PLAN PART 1in this series explained that to legally operate a cannabis business, whether medical or recreational, a license or permit to operate must be obtained. Every state has its own regulations and application process in place. They all require security measures to provide for the safety and security of the operation, […]
Aurora Cannabis Is on Pace for 780,000 Kilos a Year, With 1 Million a Real Possibility
At the moment, there’s simply no industry growing faster, or garnering more attention from Wall Street and investors, than marijuana. Following the legalization of recreational weed in Canada, and now having over 40 countries worldwide with some sort of medical cannabis legalization in place, the sky appears to be the limit for pot and marijuana […]
Aurora Cannabis Marijuana Peak Production Leaps Higher
Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB) is Canada’s second-largest marijuana company by revenue behind Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC), but expansion projects could catapult it into first place someday. Aurora Cannabis went into this week with funded expansion projects targeting over 550,000 kilograms annually and exiting this week, its plans are targeting over 630,000 kilograms of peak marijuana production per year. What’s going on […]
Anderson Valley Reserve – Premium, Sun-Grown Cannabis Brand – Launches in California
PRESS RELEASE Brand Created and Being Built By Small Independent Farmers PHILO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Anderson Valley Farms, a group of artisanal cannabis farmers in Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley, today announced the launch of its premium, sun-grown cannabis brand, Anderson Valley Reserve. The brand is one of the few being created and built by small independent farmers versus […]
Illegal marijuana growers poison forests—these people fight back
Deep inside Northern California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest, wildlife ecologist Mourad Gabriel is dressed in camouflage, waiting for the raid. He’s accompanied by more than a dozen armed officers with the U.S. Forest Service, local sheriff’s office, and other agencies on a hot August afternoon. Their plan: to seize and dismantle a nearby illegal marijuana grow site, hundreds […]
The ‘Green Dimension’: Inside the Lives of California’s Marijuana Trimmers
Tucked into the forests of Mendocino County, accessible by a two-lane road that winds through hills of golden grass abundant with rattlesnakes is the small town of Covelo, where hundreds of seasonal workers converge every year, eager to help harvest the region’s most lucrative cash crop — marijuana. These workers, known as “trimmigrants,” patiently cut […]
Considerations when Planning a New Greenhouse Facility for Cannabis Cultivation
By Paul Golden Most aspiring greenhouse cannabis producers focus their attention, when building their business plan, by first estimating profits. They assume the price of their products, flower and/or extracts, on the wholesale market. In most cases it’s easy to get a spot index price for wholesale products. Profitability of your Production Methods Both Canada and […]
Agricultural Hemp vs. Marijuana: Cultivation Techniques
When it comes to cannabis, there is a lot of information and misinformation circling the internet. With growing support for marijuana legalization (61% in 2018 vs. 57% in 2017), America is running into the desperate need for readily available information on the plant responsible for so much controversy. One of the biggest misconceptions is that all cannabis […]
Canadian Medical Cannabis Producer Expands Business To Italy
An Alberta medical marijuana company is blazing the trail on the international market, expanding its sales to a second European country. Aurora Cannabis Enterprises Inc., a medical cannabis producer with an 800,000-square-foot production facility near the Edmonton International Airport, has struck a deal to be the first and only private international pot manufacturer to sell […]
Blue Dream vs. Gorilla Glue #4? Not in Oregon
The fight for the king-of-the-strains crown in most states is fairly stable. Blue Dream usually wins. Gorilla Glue #4 is on the rise. Other biggies, like Sour Diesel, bounce around in the top 10. But not in Oregon. Beaver State consumers often place the crown on the brow of Blue Dream, but its place at […]
A Behind the Scenes Look at a Cannabis Business Startup – Genetics
(Ed. note – The following article is the second installment of a first-hand account of the progress of the development of Garden First, a cannabis startup beginning their operations with a 6,000 square foot indoor production facility in central Oregon. Every quarter an article will be published focusing on a specific topic, ranging from banking […]
In from the Shadows: Advantages of Transitioning to a Regulated Cannabis Market
As an up-and-coming cannabis entrepreneur, I often wonder: Will the local government support me until cannabis is rescheduled at the federal level? How much money will I actually make? Is this the right industry to get involved with? Questions like these are commonly discussed among my fellow cannabis entrepreneurs who are people just like me, […]
With Legal Cannabis on Its Way, California Growers Continue to Operate in the Dark
LAYTONVILLE, Calif. — From the sky they look like citrus groves, neat rows of lush emerald-colored plants set amid the hills of Northern California. But as a police reconnaissance helicopter banked for a closer look on a recent afternoon, the pungent smell of marijuana plants filled the cabin, wafting up from 800 feet below. “That’s […]
With Expansion, Top Cannabis Producer in Canada Expects to Double Production
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s biggest licensed producer of medical marijuana has bought land next to its greenhouse production site that will allow it to more than double the total volume of cannabis it can grow, its chief executive said on Thursday. Canopy Growth Corp’s (WEED.TO) Tweed Farms Inc subsidiary expects to spend at least C$25 […]
Oregon Officials Set New Grow Limit on Medical Marijuana
Oregon public health officials this week drafted new rules for how many plants medical marijuana cardholders may grow at home or at a grow site registered with the state. The regulations are the result of legislation passed this year to tackle the flow of medical marijuana into the black market. The bottom line for medical marijuana […]
A Behind the Scenes Look at a Startup Cannabis Business Development – Values and Goals
(Ed. note – The following article is a first-hand account of the progress of the development of Garden First, a cannabis startup beginning their operations with a 6,000 square foot indoor production facility in central Oregon. Every quarter an article will be published focusing on a specific topic, ranging from banking issues to cultivation tips […]
