Cocktail Whisperer
As someone who concentrates on the very finest craft cannabis in California, I want to be the first to re-introduce to you the Hall of Flowers, in a virtual world. If it wasn’t for the Hall of Flowers, I fully believe that my path would not be the same. Business to Business means intuitive and pragmatic individuals. All wanting to get the job done right, the first time.
The Hall of Flowers is gourmet cannabis, elevated!
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?
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.
WB: Please tell me about yourself. Art trained? How did you discover the plant? How old were you? Indoor or outdoor grown?
“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.
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.
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.
Javier Hasse Senior Contributor Vices I write about all things cannabis, hemp, CBD and psychedelics.
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For the most part, seeing executives from major mainstream companies migrate into the cannabis industry is no longer a novelty. I had become quite obsessed with this trend in previous years, reporting on “The Migration Saga” extensively on Forbes.
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!
WB: Why CBD? Why Cannabis? What brought you to the plant?