Category: Interviews

Sara Rotman: Founder Of Wellfounded Botanicals Delves Into 5 Questions

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date June 16, 2020

Sara Rotman, Founder and CEO of Wellfounded Botanicals.
BRIAN BINS

If you don’t know Sara Rotman yet, you will soon. She is an outspoken advocate for the legal cannabis industry and is launching a new brand, Wellfounded Botanicals, in California this summer. Together with her husband, Rotman owns an outdoor cannabis organic farm that has been described as the gold standard by state compliance officers, community leaders and fellow farmers alike. In addition to day-to-day farming, Rotman has become a local and statewide advocate for the cannabis industry.

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Fyllo Compliance Cloud Automates Risk Mitigation Within Cannabis Companies

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date June 15, 2020

Chad Bronstein
PHOTO COURTESY: FYLLO

In the cannabis industry, nearly every business decision faces stringent regulatory oversight, and non-compliance can result in hefty fines or even a revoked license. But the challenge of tracking new rules and regulations is a significant burden in both time and manpower. Consider that each state develops its own commissions and set of operating standards, while cities and towns also create their own guidelines regarding transactions, auditing and documentation. The result is literally thousands of variations on the rules and regulations that govern the cannabis industry.

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Tags Chad Bronstein, Fyllo Compliance Cloud, Risk Mitigation

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Tarek Moharram Discusses Truly Green Plastic Biodegradable Cannabis Biomass Solutions

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date June 15, 2020

Tarek –

Truly Green Plastic™ is an environmentally encouraging solution to packaging cannabis in traditional non-disposable, plastic bags. This product comes from cannabis biomass and it is biodegradable. I couldn’t help but be intrigued by it. There is so much waste in packaging cannabis for sale. Truly Green Plastic™ offers an alternative that is good for the earth.

Warren Bobrow=WB: Where are you from? Where do you live now? How did you discover the business you are in now? What is your professional background?

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Elissa Hambrecht: COO Of Fumé Digs Into 5 Crisp Questions About Cannabis

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date June 14, 2020

Elissa at the LAKEGRADE farm in Lake County, CA
PHOTO COURTESY: FUMÉ

I have enjoyed the good fortune to taste quite a few of fumé’s fine flowers (from their brand named LAKEGRADE) and they do not disappoint. Chock-full of juicy, cannabis goodness their high quality, LAKEGRADE line of Cannabis from fumé is packed full of beneficial terpenes and deeply conversational effects that really comforts my glaucoma. Each hand-tended cultivar that LAKEGRADE produces is a journey to a place that is unfamiliar, yet comforting and intrinsically benevolent.

I love what they do.

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5 Questions With JP Gravina: Founder/CEO The Green Cannabis Co.

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date June 13, 2020

JP GRAVINA

WB: Please tell me about yourself. Art trained? How did you discover the plant? How old were you? Indoor or outdoor grown?

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Tags eco-friendly, ethical brands, JP Gravina, sustainably-sourced cannabis accessories, The Green Cannabis Co.

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Dr. Amanda Reiman Digs Deeply Into 5 Questions About The Endocannabinoid System

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date June 12, 2020

Amanda Reiman
CATHERINE VIBERT

“Once your mom admits to using cannabis, it’s tougher to support laws that would put her in jail.” —Amanda Reiman

Amanda Reiman is the Vice President of Community Development for Flow Kana, a branded cannabis distribution company that works with small farmers in the Emerald Triangle. She also sits on the boards of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance, the Fire Safe Council of Mendocino County, the Solar Living Institute, and the Initiative, the first incubator/accelerator for women-owned cannabis businesses.

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Eminent’s Emma Chasen & Matt Taylor: Guiding Emerging Cannabis Entrepreneurs

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date June 11, 2020

Emma & Matt with cannabis plants.
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Grooving through the myriad of intelligent individuals within the cannabis landscape are two of the most intriguing and passionate young people I’ve discovered as of late — Eminent Consulting Firm’s Emma Chasen and Matt Taylor. Cannabis Educator Emma and Cannabis Operations Specialist Matt know the eccentricities of the industry, which means they approach shaping its culture accordingly. They are on a mission, guiding emerging cannabis entrepreneurs in order to successfully implement a craft ethos and cutting-edge business model through authentic collaborative relationships and scientific-based educational initiatives. And….they have developed an Online Cannabis Education Program that’s receiving rave reviews from the community, so you should check that out.

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TerrAscend Emerging As This Year’s Breakout Star Among Cannabis Operators

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date June 11, 2020

TerrAscend
COURTESY: TERRASCEND

TerrAscend Emerging As This Year’s Breakout Star Among Cannabis Operators

As competition tightens among vertically integrated operators in the cannabis space, one under the radar company has secured its position as one of the leaders of the pack. TerrAscend, one of the fastest growing multi-state operators in North America, reported $34.8 million in net sales, amounting to a 139% year-over year increase, in its first quarter earnings report yesterday.

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Digging 5 Questions With Equity Cannabis Brand: Mahlate Hagos Of DIOS

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date June 11, 2020

Mahlate in B&W
PHOTO COURTESY: DIOS

WB: Where are you from? What brought you to the plant? Tell me about the first time you used cannabis? Do you remember who you were with?

Mahlate Hagos=MH: My parents came to the states from Ethiopia right before I was born to provide a better life + better opportunity for the family. My uncle lived in Oakland so that’s what gravitated my family over here. I grew up in West Oakland, California my whole life. And I still live here!

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