California Cannabis Regulator Issues Proposed Rules for Large Cultivation Licensing, Standardized Lab Testing, and License Fee Waivers/Deferrals June 20, 2022 Tom Hymes Compliance and Regulations 0 Comments California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) on Friday issued three notices along with accompanying proposed drafts of new regulations for the cannabis industry, with public comments for each due August 2. The regulations and proposed language target three distinct areas… Read More→
How Cultivation Businesses Can Use Incentives to Reduce Labor and Increase Productivity June 15, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 1 Comment Cultivation companies should be careful when offering growers production-based incentives because even world-class cultivators can only increase production by so much. Every plant has an inherent production capacity, and once that is reached, crop output will plateau. A cultivator may… Read More→
Legal and illegal cannabis: A cause for growing environmental concern June 5, 2022 AggregatedNews Environment 0 Comments Cannabis, marijuana, pot, bud, grass or herb — no matter its nickname, this go-to drug has long been associated with the essence of “green” and connected to eco-friendly movements. Yet, as legalization for medicinal and recreational use gathers pace globally,… Read More→
Mexico Cannabis FAQ: Part 2 April 14, 2022 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments by Adrián Cisneros Aguilar, Attorney at Harris Bricken Welcome to Part 2 in this series on Mexico cannabis and frequently asked questions. If you missed us yesterday, Part 1 can be found here. What are the requirements to start producing,… Read More→
Four Tips for Becoming a First Mover in New Jersey’s Adult-Use Cannabis Market March 17, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 0 Comments New Jersey's recreational cannabis market is expected to launch soon and become one of the largest legal marijuana markets on the East Coast. Like any new cannabis program in a populous state, there's likely to be a shortage of cannabis… Read More→
Branding and the MSO’s Cultivation Conundrum February 21, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 2 Comments How can multistate operators (MSOs) develop a genuine cannabis flower brand when the interstate transport of THC is prohibited? If a brand promises uniform quality, how does an MSO guarantee that a gram of Sour Diesel sold at their California… Read More→
Should You Get Into the Cannabis Cultivation Business? December 27, 2021 Ryan Douglas Cultivation 1 Comment Any start-up has its risks and challenges, and the cannabis industry is no exception. If you’re thinking of launching a new cannabis cultivation business in 2022, consider the following ten points before you make the leap.1. Cannabis becomes illegal in… Read More→
Recipe for Success: 11 Ingredients for a Great Cannabis Cultivation Start-up December 21, 2021 Ryan Douglas Cultivation 0 Comments Launching a new cultivation business is the culmination of extensive research, planning, and due diligence. The success of most cultivation start-ups is made or lost in the planning phase, and 90% of cultivation problems are directly related to oversights committed… Read More→
Agrify Corp’s Raymond Chang on Creating Holistic Solutions for the Cannabis Industry November 17, 2021 Tom Hymes Ancillary Businesses, Spotlight 0 Comments NASDAQ-traded, Massachusetts-based Agrify Corporation (AGFY) calls itself a “vertically integrated provider of premium cultivation and extraction solutions for the cannabis and hemp industry,” but that description, apt as it may be, only tells part of the story of this multilayered… Read More→
Getting There First: Three Tips for Shortening a Cultivator’s Time to Market November 1, 2021 Ryan Douglas Cultivation 0 Comments New cultivation businesses should have saleable product within 18 months from the day they receive their license. While there is nothing that cultivators can do to make their plants grow faster, there are steps that start-ups can take to shorten… Read More→
Unrivaled Brands’ Frank Knuettel is Turning the MSO Gameplan On Its Head October 18, 2021 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight 1 Comment Watching Santa Ana, California-based Unrivaled Brands (OTCQX: UNRV) compete in this market reminds me of the movie Memento, where memoryless Guy Pearce literally experiences the action unfold along with the rest of us, even though it’s his story and he’s… Read More→
At urban-gro, the Future is Built on Turnkey and IP (Its People) September 20, 2021 Tom Hymes Ancillary Businesses, Company Stories, Spotlight 0 Comments Lafayette, Colorado-based urban-gro (Nasdaq: UGRO) has been providing ancillary services to large indoor commercial grows since 2014, when it was launched by CEO Brad Nattrass and Chief Development Officer Tavo Gutierrez. The idea for the company, as CBE reported in… Read More→
Cultivating Coachella: CEO Mike King is Committed to Kings Garden’s Desert Roots July 14, 2021 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Spotlight 0 Comments Editor's Note: This story was updated at 4:30 PM EST on 7/22/21 I tend to mistakenly assume that large-scale Riverside County cannabis operations must be in the city of Desert Hot Springs, and did so with Kings Garden, which, I… Read More→
Generation GrowGen: CEO Darren Lampert Is Building a Business for the Long Term June 23, 2021 Tom Hymes Ancillary Businesses, Company Stories, Cultivation, Retail, Supply Chain 0 Comments Denver, Colorado-based GrowGeneration Corp. (NASDAQ: GRWG), or GrowGen, is a rapidly expanding chain of national retail outlets, or specialty hydroponic and organic garden centers, that caters to the increasingly sophisticated needs of cannabis cultivators at all levels of growing. Servicing… Read More→
CEO Josh Genderson Discusses Holistic Industries’ Privately Funded Trajectory of Growth June 16, 2021 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Brands, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight 0 Comments The way CEO Josh Genderson sees it, the company he founded eleven years ago, Washington, D.C.-based Holistic Industries, is on track to become the largest privately owned and operated cannabis multistate operator (MSO) in the country. Driven by a growth… Read More→