Month: May 2017

Bakersfield NowOne arrested after KCSO finds Marijuana grow patch near homeBakersfield Now(KBAK/KBFX) — While serving a search warrant at a home just outside of Taft the Kern County Sheriff's Office found marijuana plants in various states of growth on Wednesday. Deputies arrested Ramiro Garcia of Shafter after they found 80Continue Reading

KERO 23ABC NewsMarijuana grow located during search warrant in Dustin Acres area …KERO 23ABC NewsOn May 31, 2017, at 7:30 a.m., Sheriff's Office narcotics officers served a search warrant at a property located just south of Dustin Acres in western Kern County.Sheriff raids marijuana grow near Dustin Acres – TaftContinue Reading

KERO 23ABC NewsMarijuana grow located during search warrant in Dustin Acres areaKERO 23ABC NewsAs officers conducted the search they located approximately 80 marijuana plants in various stages of growth, approximately 10 pounds of processed marijuana and illegal pesticides. A large portion of the property was also being made ready forContinue Reading

Gibsonburg attracts medical marijuana grow facilitySandusky RegisterGIBSONBURG — A company is considering building a facility to grow and process medical marijuana in Gibsonburg. Standard Wellness, a startup company, is looking to obtain one of the licenses to be issued by the Ohio Department of Commerce for the …and more » Read More:Continue Reading

News 12 Hudson ValleyStates take steps to entice minority marijuana entrepreneursNews 12 Hudson ValleyBlack farmers in Florida were among thousands across the country who sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture for racial discrimination, saying they had been unfairly denied government loans and subsidies in the 1980s and 1990s. The caseContinue Reading

Alliance Growers Partners With Tech Company to Co-develop Cannabis Market AppInvesting News Network (press release) (registration) (blog)(CSE:ACG; FWB:1LA (“Alliance Growers” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the Company is negotiating terms to partner with Skill Gaming Inc. (“Skill”) to co-develop a cannabis marketplace app (“Canna App”). … for aContinue Reading

'Large-Scale' North Bay Marijuana Grow Site Destroyed This Week: OfficialsPatch.comNORTH BAY, CA — Authorities say they uprooted and destroyed more than 3,000 marijuana plants this week from an allegedly illegal marijuana grow site discovered in Calabazas Creek Open Space Preserve. On Wednesday, an eight-member Sonoma … Read More: 'Large-Scale' North BayContinue Reading

NOW MagazineBroadview Canna Clinic employees vote to unionizeNOW MagazineIn MedReleaf's case, both federal and provincial labour boards have ruled that cannabis employees are agricultural workers, whose right to unionize in Ontario was revoked by the Harris government in 1995. UFCW has taken its fight with MedReleaf to the … Read More:Continue Reading

The Denver PostMexican man who guarded clandestine marijuana crop on San …The Denver PostA Mexican man who paid his debt to smugglers by guarding a clandestine marijuana farm hidden in the San Isabel National Forest has been sentenced to one …Pot grower sent to prison; grow was in San Isabel NationalContinue Reading

Business in VancouverTantalus Labs receives cannabis cultivation licence from Health …Business in VancouverB.C.-based medical cannabis producer Tantalus Labs has been named the 10th company in the province and the 45th in Canada to receive a licence to …and more » Read More: Tantalus Labs receives cannabis cultivation licence from Health … –Continue Reading