Washington Lawmakers Consider Bills To Legalize Home Marijuana Cultivation And Allow Direct-To-Consumer Sales By Farmers
Legislative committees in Washington State this week gave initial hearings to a handful of marijuana-related bills, including proposals that would allow direct-to-consumer sales by licensed cannabis growers and finally end the state’s felony criminalization of home cultivation. While lawmakers have not yet held votes on either of the two measures, they heard from from the […]
New York Paves The Way For Cannabis Farmers’ Markets With ‘Cannabis Growers Showcases’
In a groundbreaking move, New York is blazing a trail for cannabis entrepreneurs by accepting applications for cannabis farmers’ markets, signaling a giant step towards normalizing the thriving industry. New York’s CGS: Cannabis Entrepreneurs Gear Up for Green Commerce Dubbed the “Cannabis Growers Showcases” (CGS), these events are set to transform various locations across the […]
New York Approves New Retail Licenses, Cannabis Farmers Markets
New York cannabis regulators this week approved more than 200 additional retail dispensary licenses and adopted new rules that will allow cannabis growers to sell directly to consumers at farmers markets. Characterizing the moves as “bold actions to swiftly grow the state’s legal cannabis market,” the New York State Cannabis Control Board (CCB) and the […]
Hemp Sequestration Blockchain Helps Farmers Enter Carbon Markets
Tech entrepreneur Tim de Rosen is concerned about the warming temperature of the Earth and notes that efforts to slow the rise have faltered, with temperatures likely to breach the 1.5-degree Celsius increase limit set by the Paris Agreement, an international climate change treaty. In a bid to help rein in global warming, the London-based […]