The cannabis industry is becoming increasingly dominated by big firms, but there still is room for small, craft marijuana producers who peddle high-end products ranging from flower to edibles.
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Craft cannabis, capitalism & for-profit co-ops: Q&A with Flow Kana CEO Michael Steinmetz
In a time when giant multistate marijuana companies dominate the U.S. cannabis landscape, legitimate concerns exist that they will drive craft and small cultivators out of the legal cannabis industry.
Craft Cannabis: Strength in Numbers
Craft growers should consider joining a co-op or similar entity or partnering with other marijuana businesses to bring costs down by buying supplies and equipment in bulk and offering members centralized back-end solutions such as processing and packaging.
Craft Cannabis: Small-Batch Business
In a marijuana industry landscape increasingly dominated by big companies, there remains a place for small, craft cannabis producers selling high-end products ranging from flower to edibles.
Craft Cannabis: The Role of Scale
While “craft cannabis” remains an undefined marketing term, experts from other agricultural industries have attempted to include scale as part of their definition of craft production. In some cases, the nexus of scale of production, independent ownership and economic...
Philadelphia medical marijuana research center in flux
A Philadelphia research center that initially was expected to provide an economic boost to the medical cannabis industry faces an uncertain future.
Opportunities continue to multiply for US cannabis companies seeking to raise capital
The American marijuana industry is in a far better place for businesses seeking to raise money than it was a year ago.
In fact, the landscape has grown leaps and bounds from three or four years ago, when there were fewer than 20 medical cannabis markets in the U.S., and Colorado and Washington were the only states with recreational cannabis companies.
Ex-Chicago Tribune publisher joins Illinois cannabis firm
A former publisher of the Chicago Tribune joined Illinois-based cannabis company Revolution Enterprises, part of a growing parade of C-suite officers from major companies plunging into the marijuana industry. Revolution, a multistate cannabis...
Who’s who at the top of Nevada’s marijuana companies
Nevada's top cannabis companies are led by an eclectic mix that includes people with political ties, real estate developers and out-of-state companies, among others. Those are some of the findings of a Reno Gazette Journal analysis of a list of marijuana company...
Michigan issues emergency marijuana business regulations
Cannabis business opportunities could expand in Michigan after regulators released new wide-ranging emergency regulations Wednesday. For example, recreational marijuana businesses won't face the capital requirements that medical cannabis businesses do. An MMJ business...
Missouri cannabis application charge led by multistate operators
Large multistate marijuana operators and wealthy locals represent a major portion of the roughly 500 applicants seeking medical cannabis business licenses in Missouri. That’s according to a list sent by the state’s Department of Health and...
Maine recreational cannabis sales expected next spring
Maine is expected to launch recreational marijuana sales in March now that Gov. Janet Mills has signed a bill containing regulations recently approved by the state’s lawmakers. The law, signed by Mills on Thursday, goes into effect 90 days...
