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Founded by fourth-generation farmer, Marc Geen, SpeakEasy is built on the same agricultural principles of the family’s farming legacy. They are about to make history cultivating one of the largest outdoor cannabis harvests in Canada this September and expect to harvest 70,000 kg of sun-grown cannabis at a projected $0.04 a gram this fall, with the same methods and climate Canada is world-renowned for.
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As several states face troubling COVID-related budget deficits and long-term financial challenges, one state in particular is leaning into a relatively new source of tax revenue to offset ongoing economic contractions. Despite only legalizing adult-use cannabis at the end of last year, Illinois has already experienced enormous commercial success since retail sales started on January 1. In total, Illinois dispensaries have generated over $300 million in recreational sales this year and $52 million in tax revenue within the first six months of operation.
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Etain Health, New York’s only family-run, women-owned vertically integrated agribusiness and medical marijuana dispensary, has opened its new flagship facility at 242 East 58th Street on August 6, 2020.
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I’ve been a massive fan of art glass since my misspent youth took my mind wandering into the creative worlds of practical art. There was a time when back in the 1970’s I visited the famed Murano glass works in Venice, Italy and marveled at the exquisite art glass being hand blown.
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Rico Lamitte and Mieko Hester-Perez have had the same goals for over three years now. Rico is a Northwestern University graduate, former (nearly pro) athlete with 10 years of corporate financial background prior to becoming a serial entrepreneur. Mieko is an autism mom, 14-year attorney service firm business owner, and known globally as a sought out healthcare ambassador for special-needs families.
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Flourish Software is a seed-to-sale software platform to manage cannabis products at each link in the supply chain and Colton Griffin is the CEO of this company.
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Creative cannabis people intrigue me. Who is satisfied with just sitting behind a desk all day, hacking out metrics, even if it is in the cannabis business? Sure there are jobs for these types of people but let me be the first to tell you that my kind of entrepreneurs in the cannabis space don’t have the patience to sit around and let the world come to them from behind a computer. Far from. What they do is seize the day, create something new, inspire others. Creativity and cannabis really do go hand in hand. Bryant Bowens seeks to open your mind, one carefully sourced cannabis-friendly product at a time. I’m proud to have been able to share my thoughts on his Murano Tips for rolling cannabis joints, even though I’m still unable to roll a joint myself. It’s really quite embarrassing to not be able to use the tips that the Murano folks sent my way. My apologies. But getting back to Bryant. There are many inspired folks who come my way. Bryant Bowens is certainly enlightened. Thank you for this opportunity to share his story with you, my readers. Cheers! WB
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CRONJA Distribution Highlights Last 90 Days – Sold $300,000 in bulk & retail sales within the last 30 days, driving strategic alignment and efficient execution of the start-up route-to-market strategy, delivering a 50% increase over months prior.
TRAVIS EMERY HACKETT
Of all the recent stories that I’ve worked on, none are as compelling on a personal level as High Herstory. Certainly I’ve written about some intriguing folks, but as a film major from college, High Herstory resonated with me- more than most. It’s because High Herstory is a unique, documentary based Cinéma vérité-style of filmmaking that focuses on the current/now. High Herstory tells stories that have not been told, at least not yet.