Nic Robertson, vice president of operations in Massachusetts for 4Front Ventures, said commercial growers have moved away from eyeballing the color of trichomes and squeezing buds to gauge moisture content in favor of scientific methods to evaluate when cannabis flower has reached an optimal point for harvest.
Harvest is arguably the most important milestone in the journey that marijuana products – whether flower, oils or something else – take before reaching consumers.
But full days of planning and pre-harvest preparation go into getting crops in the best possible condition before they are cut down.
Turkish delight, the sweet, chewy, powdered confection, has captured Nathan Cozzolino’s imagination since the owner-operator of Rose Los Angeles and maker of marijuana edibles brand Rose Delights, was young.
Cannabis entrepreneurs say that local police can help protect their operations and employees, while police say familiarity makes them safer.
Being one of a small number of stores in a cannabis desert might seem like an easy proposition: Open your doors and let customers roll in, unencumbered by competition.
But as Lauren Fontein learned when she opened a store in Fresno (population 500,000), being a cannabis oasis comes with its own challenges.
Mother Earth Wellness in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is challenging state regulations that allow out-of-state retailers more advertising rights.
US marijuana concentrate sales are climbing as manufacturers roll out simpler and cheaper consumption devices.
Registration for MJBizCon, the world’s biggest B2B conference for the cannabis industry, is now open.
Two multistate cannabis testing labs that recently joined forces to establish industry standards are expanding their footprints.
It is no longer legal in Arkansas to sell products containing delta-8 THC, the hemp-derived cannabinoid steeped in confusion and controversy.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law a bill that allows legal-market marijuana to be transported across state lines to other legal MJ markets.
Law enforcement agencies in Oklahoma now have full authority to enforce the state’s medical marijuana laws, especially going after illicit operators.
