Transitioning More Than Farm Practices: Power in the Ballot Box & Building...
Daylighting the conversation as we move out of Prohibition will have profound impacts on the future of our industry. Small farms engaged in qualitative production through a system of dialogue and...
View ArticleNew Name, Renewed Direction: Why EGA is Now California Growers Association
Cannabis industry participants must be aware and active in four realms of public policy: Legislative Regulatory Electoral Local But cannabis isn’t alone in its need for engaging these areas. Industries...
View ArticleHow Centralized Processing Could Help Small Cannabis Farmers
My next proposition may seem outlandish, and I offer it for discussion: Centralized Processing. I have come to believe that it could provide the balance between a hyper-regulated California business...
View ArticleCannabis Farms Need the Agricultural Cooperative Model
What is a Co-op? “A cooperative (coop) or co-operative (co-op) is an autonomous association of people who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual social, economic and cultural benefit.” (Source:...
View ArticleNew Pathways to Legality = New Opportunities to Help Low-Income Patients
Interfacing directly with patients is a challenge currently facing the cannabis marketplace. Producer counties have higher production and fewer patients locally, making it difficult to directly help...
View ArticleHow Ag Co-ops Can Preserve California’s Small Cannabis Farms
Small farms need cannabis; patients need access to quality food and medicine. Building cooperative systems that focus on transporting quality farm products from rural areas into urban markets will...
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