Samantha Walsh and Wendy Mosher join us and share the importance of all the moving parts in cannabis product manufacturing and agriculture: “It’s not in the scale of processing. We need all these pieces to come together and we’re getting there, but being able to process, ship it across state lines and get it approved […]

Kelly Thornton and Cory Sharp join us and share a number of ways hemp can be used in manufacturing and construction: “Straw is going to mold if it gets wet. Critters can get into straw. With hemp, the hydraulic lime is the key to making a concrete alternative which is extremely fire resistant. It’s an […]

Rick Trojan and Morris Beegle on independent agriculture “Farming, manufacturing are subsidized with all sorts of incentives. We don’t need that with hemp. Other countries, China? They’re killing it on the fiber side. 90% of what Canada grows, we eat. So the market’s there, we’re just don’t have the infrastructure yet. But it’s coming.”

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Nancy Whiteman returns and shares the transformation of the public view of cannabis as a business: “For the first time people are started to really get a sense of cannabis- not just as sort of a mom and pop- but legitimately large business by any measure.”

Tim Cullen returns and shares the influence of expanding beyond an exclusively verticle integration model: “When you come into the store, there’s never less than 15 to 18 strains on the shelf and it’s because of that wholesale market that we can do that.”

Kristi Knoblich from Kiva Confections joins us and shares the difficulties of preparing for further regulation on the industry: “Even for a company like us that has been preparing for eight years, we still couldn’t prepare for everything, because there are so many parts of this that are out of your control and it really […]

Ben Larson returns and shares thoughts on public perception: “What we have been finding in the US especially- is that pushing the adult use market is breaking down the stigma- allowing more research, allowing more money to come into the industry.”

David Hua joins us and shares how regulations have changed medical cannabis: “Getting a medical card or recommendation wasn’t too difficult in Prop 215, and was great as you got your recommendation, you could use it at any medical shop. But starting in 2018 if you had a recommendation, it didn’t give you many benefits. […]

Debby Goldsberry joins us and shares her concerns over new regulations on the California Cannabis Industry: “This is prohibition 2.0. It’s a regulated market that’s designed to keep most people out of the regulated market, and put cannabis into the hands of fewer and fewer people. I think there has been a lot of lobbying […]