Day: June 5, 2016

New Cannabis Ventures (blog)From Poker Table to All-In Bet on…New Cannabis Ventures (blog)Taylor said that it's a very natural substitution despite the limitation that tobacco fields can't be used immediately due to prior pesticide use, though the rest of the infrastructure is in place. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture anticipatesContinue Reading

La. gears up for medical marijuana business; here's the plan so farDaily Comet"I didn't inhale," Richardson, LSU's 71-year-old vice president for agriculture and dean of the College of Agriculture, said with a smile in a recent interview. Richardson has become the unlikely leader of an effort to get LSU intoContinue Reading

La. gears up for medical marijuana business; here's the plan so farHouma Courier"I didn't inhale," Richardson, LSU's 71-year-old vice president for agriculture and dean of the College of Agriculture, said with a smile in a recent interview. Richardson has become the unlikely leader of an effort to get LSU intoContinue Reading

Growers cultivate cannabis in W.Va.The DPostMORGANTOWN — Cannabis has been legally planted in West Virginia for the first time since World War II, in an effort to bring a new industry and economic growth to the Mountain State. The hemp seeds have been planted by nine research participants, … Read More:Continue Reading

The AdvocateLouisiana gearing up for marijuana business: How much might LSU, Southern, companies profit? How will it be …The AdvocateThe so-called medical marijuana legislation authorizes LSU and Southern University to grow and produce cannabis to be consumed in a liquid form. (Hold the “Cheech and Chong” jokes — it cannotContinue Reading

The New Orleans AdvocateLouisiana gearing up for marijuana business: How much might LSU, Southern, companies profit? How will it be …The New Orleans AdvocateThe boards of both universities appear likely to give the go-ahead for pot cultivation. It's not clear yet, however, who will provide the $10 million to $20Continue Reading

Bluefield Daily Telegraph2 Mercer residents charged after pot grow uncoveredBluefield Daily TelegraphBLUEFIELD — Two Mercer County residents have been charged after a Saturday search of a Flat Top residence revealed a marijuana growing operation. Timothy Joe Beverly Jr. and Michelle Leigh Dove were both charged with cultivation of marijuana, … ReadContinue Reading

New Jersey HeraldCan Sussex County capitalize on legal marijuana?New Jersey HeraldOne of those companies that Nison is referring to is Terra Tech Corp., a mid-size holding company with three wholly owned subsidiaries — GrowOp Technology Limited, Edible Garden Corp. and IVXX LLC — that are involved in cultivation and agriculture.Continue Reading

The Courier-JournalLouisville co. fueled by buzz over hemp oilThe Courier-JournalIn Colorado, you'd take the place for a marijuana-growing operation, but the cannabis rising in Crestwood, Ky., was hemp, a versatile plant that's rapidly rerooting an industry in the state after decades of absence. Taylor and partner Kenneth Delcour … ReadContinue Reading

Cops: Western NY couple had $19K, 146 pot plants, grow operation in houseSyracuse.comLIMA, N.Y. — A couple in western New York is accused of running a sophisticated marijuana growing and processing operation out of their home, the New York State Police said. Rebekah Schreppel, 27, and Dennis Nelson, 29, wereContinue Reading