Dug In: Big Island Grown’s Deep Cannabis Roots March 27, 2024 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Hawaii, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Big Island Grown (BIG) is a vertically integrated cannabis company based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii County, on the Big Island of Hawaii, whose reach now extends to several islands in the archipelago, with plans to develop more wholesale trade as the… Read More→
Root & Bloom’s House of Startups March 18, 2024 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Massachusetts, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Salisbury, Massachusetts-based Root & Bloom is a locally and independently owned producer of quality cannabis products whose relatively recent entrance into a quickly maturing Massachusetts market has resulted in a string of achievements that include a steady increase in the… Read More→
A Conversation with Canna Provisions’ Meg Sanders March 12, 2024 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Massachusetts, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Meg Sanders is co-founder and CEO of Massachusetts-based Canna Provisions, which currently boasts two popular retail outlets, one in the Berkshire/Western Mass. town of Lee, the other in the small nearby city of Holyoke. The company also produces products under… Read More→
Cannabist CEO David Hart on ‘Sweating the Assets’ February 20, 2024 Tom Hymes Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights, Spotlight 1 Comment Cannabis Business Executive has covered New York-based Columbia Care (NEO: CBST) (OTCQX: CBSTF) (FSE: 3LP) many times over the years, including lengthy profiles in late 2021 with co-founder Nicholas Vita, and in September of last year with then Chief Commercial… Read More→
BDSA Augurs Cautious Optimism for 2024 December 27, 2023 Tom Hymes News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments As 2023 ends, the focus of the cannabis industry shifts to 2024 and the trends that will determine the health of individual markets, specific market sectors, and the overall industry, which could possibly see movement at the federal level in… Read More→
Where the Cannabis C-Suite is Missing The Mark on Automation November 2, 2023 Nohtal Partansky News & Insights 0 Comments By Nohtal Partansky, Co-Founder, CEO of Sorting Robotics Throughout the cannabis industry, automation has become a critical driving force for business growth, efficiency, and sustainability. Yet, as the green rush continues to expand, the cannabis C-Suite often finds itself facing… Read More→
Three Tips for Improving the Resource Use Efficiency of Your Cultivation Business April 17, 2023 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 0 Comments A recent survey among flower and vegetable growers revealed that cost of production is among the top four most pressing concerns for commercial greenhouse operators. Why does this matter? Because these growers aren’t cultivating quasi-illegal crops subject to sky-high excise… Read More→
Timeline to the Finish Line: How Long Before a New Grower Should Have Sellable Product? March 16, 2023 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 0 Comments When launching a cultivation business, time is of the essence. The sooner a new licensee has product to sell, the sooner they can start enjoying attractive wholesale prices in limited markets. Even in mature states, if demand is strong, a… Read More→
Maryland’s New Cannabis Regulations Are Problematic for Stakeholders, Investors February 16, 2023 Tom Hymes Maryland, Policy & Legal 1 Comment There are murmurs of serious discontent regarding Maryland’s proposed cannabis regulations – HB0556/SB0516 – which had their first readings earlier this month, kicking off a legislative process that has a long way to go and contains myriad opportunities for the… Read More→
Buying a Cultivation Site? Don’t Get Burned on a Fire Sale February 15, 2023 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, News & Insights, Uncategorized 0 Comments Industry experts anticipate that 2023 will be a year marked by extensive mergers and acquisitions. Cannabis companies that need to sell their cultivation assets could pose an excellent buying opportunity for competitors looking to expand their cultivation capacity for pennies… Read More→
Supply Chain Pain: How Growers Can Find Relief, Part One December 4, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation 0 Comments Commercial cannabis growers can decrease their susceptibility to supply chain disruptions by making strategic changes to how they operate their cultivation business. These modifications don't need to be drastic, expensive, or risky. In fact, they should be the opposite. By… Read More→
Balancing Act: Why Both Art and Science Are Vital to the Success of Your Cultivation Business November 2, 2022 Ryan Douglas Cultivation, Spotlight 0 Comments By Ryan Douglas How do growers balance the art of cultivation with the science of plant production to create the best cannabis possible? Why is this important? Because both are vital to the success of a profitable cultivation business. An… Read More→
Save the Cannabis Industry: Topple The Pyramids! September 28, 2022 Steve DeAngelo Op-Ed, Opinions 2 Comments by Steve DeAngelo In early October of 2006, I founded Harborside Health Center in Oakland CA; which had just received one of the first six licenses granted anywhere in the United States for commercial cannabis activity. Like every other new… Read More→
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 2 Comments 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→