Cannabis Business Times • November 2020

Light Intensity Benefits and Boundaries

Of all the components that go into a world-class cannabis cultivation facility, lighting is one aspect that gets the most attention. As lighting research and technologies advance, the cannabis industry seeks an increased understanding of how light and cannabis interact. Light intensity is a crucial factor in that quest.

Hemp Grower • September 2020

Building Strong Roots

Growers new to container production eventually learn that all pots aren’t created equal. It’s a lesson producers of mainstream container-grown horticultural crops have long known—and that progressive container companies continue to prove.

Hemp Grower • March 2020

Is Greenhouse Hemp for You?

Advances in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) have changed the way the world grows food. It’s only natural that CEA greenhouse technologies are changing the way some farmers grow hemp, too.

Hemp Grower • December 2019

15 Tax Tips to Help Your Hemp Business Thrive

Thanks to the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp was removed from the Controlled Substances Act, making it a federally legal crop. With that change, existing and emerging hemp businesses moved into new tax territory, free from the federal tax burdens associated with cannabis.

Cannabis Business Times • February 2020

OGEN by Bloom Cultivation Thrives

B2B COVER STORY - The people behind OGEN by Bloom Cultivation had a firm goal when they entered Canada’s legal market: become Canada’s premier connoisseur cultivator and produce consistent, small-batch, hand-trimmed flower at scale.

Hemp Grower • February 2020

Achieve Social Media Success: 12 Tips

Social media has matured from its simple, sociable roots to become a critical component of any successful marketing initiative. Whether you’re new to social a seasoned user, succeeding on social media is crucial to building your brand and spreading the word.

Cannabis Business Times • February 2020

10 Questions With Flowr Corp. CEO Vinay Tolia

Six years ago, overseeing a Canadian cannabis company wasn’t part of Vinay Tolia’s game plan. But fascination with the business intrigued Tolia and his hedge fund partners. “I learned very quickly just how difficult this plant is to grow well,” Tolia recalls.

Cannabis Business Times • March 2020

Steer Plant Growth With a Balanced Climate

When The Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD) expanded operations recently, the move transcended simply scaling what the Canadian cultivator had done before.

Cannabis Dispensary • February 2020

‘Doing Dispensary’ Their Way

B2B COVER STORY - Greenhouse Wellness co-founder and Medical Director Dr. Leslie Apgar wanted to create “an atmosphere of learning and growth and support” when she and Gina Dubbé started the Baltimore-area dispensary less than three years ago.

Cannabis Dispensary • October 2019

How Boomers Consume

Part One of a three-part series on generational marketing examines what 50- to 70-something cannabis patients and consumers want.

Cannabis Dispensary • December 2019

Attracting Generation X: 5 Tips

Sandwiched between baby boomers and millennials, Generation X grew up operating under the radar. Part Two of a three-part series on understanding generational differences in dispensary customers explores this elusive generation.

Cannabis Dispensary • February 2020

A New Age of Cannabis Consumers

The final segment in a three-part series on generational marketing offers insights into millennial and Generation Z cannabis buying preferences.

Greenhouse Management • August 2017

Career Treks into Commercial Cannabis

Horticulture professionals who switched from ornamentals to cannabis offer insider insights and advice.

Cannabis Dispensary • December 2018

Home-Field Advantage

B2B COVER STORY - Finding a quiet place to talk is not easy for Brandon Levine. The whir of construction surrounds the Mercy Wellness CEO and a steady stream of people follow him wherever he goes.

Cannabis Business Times • November 2019

(Not) PAR for the Course

Utah State University research is changing the 50-year-old definition of photosynthetically active radiation, aka PAR, the wavelengths of light plants use for photosynthesis.

Cannabis Dispensary, Cannabis Business Times • April 2020

Is Cannabis Ready for Blockchain?

From the vaping crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic, world events have intensified the need for transparency and trust in the cannabis supply chain. Blockchain, steadily gaining adoption in other markets, could be the answer.

Cannabis Business Times • April 2019

Built to Scale

B2B COVER STORY - Guided by a taste for highly regulated markets and a consumer-packaged-goods approach to cannabis, Cresco Labs focuses on consistency, quality and expansion.

Cannabis Business Times • October 2018

A California Cannabis State Of Mind

B2B COVER STORY - With one eye toward the surf visible through his Santa Cruz apartment’s bathroom window and the other on his spare-bedroom grow, life was pretty simple for Daniel Wacks 15 years ago. “I got a lot of surf breaks, got a lot of smoke breaks—and I would plant, harvest, vacation, repeat. My only professional ambitions were to one day have a warehouse full of weed,” Wacks recalls.

Cannabis Business Times • August 2018

Security Tell-All

With high-value crops and the cannabis industry’s cash-heavy reputation, cultivation security generates a lot of interest—and tight lips. But the lessons learned through experience are priceless.

Cannabis Business Times • August 2019

Total Control

B2B COVER STORY - The co-owners of California’s Pacific Reserve set out to direct their own destiny, from bootstrapping the business, staying true to their cultivation roots and keeping distribution in-house. The result? Agility and growth.