Day: June 8, 2017 (Page 2)

Cannabis Job Fair shows new industry taking root in Yolo CountyDaily Democrat“Green” attracted Yoloans to the Davis Odd Fellows Hall this week — the green of the cannabis industry and American dollar. It was the county's first Cannabis Job Fair and hundreds gathered in a line out the door toContinue Reading

LA Daily NewsLA may let marijuana businesses grow to the tune of $50 million in tax revenueLA Daily NewsBut with voters in California recently opting to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, Los Angeles city officials are looking to make sure they are able to better regulate an industry thatContinue Reading

KTVZColorado marijuana taxes to fund illegal grow bustsKTVZDENVER (AP) – The first recreational pot market in the U.S. was set Thursday to notch another marijuana first when Colorado approves using marijuana taxes to fund police efforts to crack down on illegal growing operations. A measure scheduled to be …How Bizarre PotContinue Reading

Preston police shut down marijuana grow operationThe Dominion PostKINGWOOD — Preston Sheriff's Deputies shut down an elaborate marijuana grow operation after receiving tips from residents. Thomas Joseph Kirk III, 46, of Bruceton Mills, was charged with manufacturing a controlled substance with intent to deliver. He … Read More: Preston policeContinue Reading

Joint venture: Village Farms plans to grow marijuanaThe PackerVillage Farms International Inc. has a budding new relationship with a medical marijuana company, with plans to grow 25 acres of greenhouse cannabis for a start. Village Farms and Emerald Health Therapeutics Inc. announced June 6 that they're forming a …and more » ReadContinue Reading

WeedReaderRecreational Marijuana Grow: Starting Out – Weed ReaderWeedReaderWhether you are starting an investing firm or a marijuana grow, there are a few key steps to making a dream into a business reality. Read any business startup …and more » Read More: Recreational Marijuana Grow: Starting Out – Weed Reader – WeedReaderContinue Reading

WeedReaderRecreational Marijuana Grow: Starting OutWeedReaderWhether you are starting an investing firm or a marijuana grow, there are a few key steps to making a dream into a business reality. Read any business startup book or ask any successful entrepreneur and you will more or less get the same list. TheContinue Reading

Florida Politics (blog)Whodunit? or, How did citrus get into Special Session medical marijuana bill?Florida Politics (blog)No argument there, but who brought the idea forward, he was asked. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam's office, for instance? Bradley nearly blanched: “Mentioning Adam Putnam and marijuana in the same sentence, that is the firstContinue Reading

The CannabistHemp products booming, but U.S. companies hampered by its …The CannabistThe U.S. remains the largest consumer market for hemp products worldwide, but hemp remains illegal under federal law as a dangerous Schedule I substance.Hemp may become newest cash crop – The Edwardsville IntelligencerThe Edwardsville Intelligencerall 2 news articles » ReadContinue Reading

The CannabistHemp products booming, but US farmers hampered by its Schedule I statusThe CannabistIs industrial hemp, a variety of cannabis and a relative of marijuana, as versatile and important a crop as some of its proponents believe? It certainly appears to be a much underutilized resource for American agriculture. AccordingContinue Reading