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LETTER: Make affordable childcare a top priority in Congress
As we approach the upcoming election, it is imperative that candidates prioritize childcare. The average cost of childcare for two kids now exceeds the average cost of rent across all 50 states, including here in Oregon, where families pay about $14,000 per year for just one young child’s care — equivalent to almost 40% of a single parent’s income. This overwhelming cost is placing significant financial strain on families.
LETTER: Make affordable childcare a top priority in Congress
As we approach the upcoming election, it is imperative that candidates prioritize childcare. The average cost of childcare for two kids now exceeds the average cost of rent across all 50 states, including here in Oregon, where families pay about $14,000 per year for just one young child’s care — equivalent to almost 40% of a single parent’s income. This overwhelming cost is placing significant financial strain on families.
Does Cannabis Market Maturity Impact Product Selection?
Figure 1. The plant on the left has received all essential nutrients, while the plant on the right has been phosphorus deprived and is showing signs of lower leaf necrosis and olive spotting, as well as stunting. Photos by Paul Cockson Plants, much like humans, require certain nutrients and minerals to thrive. These macro- and micronutrients help plants grow properly, obtain optimal yields, and complete their lifecycle.
How Marketable Are Minor Cannabinoids?
To quote Kenneth Morrow in his piece “What to do with Surplus Cannabis” from Cannabis Business Times' August 2020 issue: Health Canada, the federal agency that oversees the country’s cannabis producers, reported that as of April 2020, licensed producers (LPs) held in excess of 600,000 kilograms of unpackaged dried cannabis and an additional 46,413 kilograms of packaged flower.
Projections: Pet CBD Marches Toward the Mainstream
William Tomlinson (left), Brook Eagle (middle), Andy D’Amico (right) Photos by Lisa Stone When visitors step into Pacific Reserve, a one-word reaction often follows: Wow. The crop in its cathedral-like Monterey County, California, greenhouse has that effect. Once the senses regroup, the hum of activity surfaces.
Spotlight: Canada’s New Adult-Use Market
Photos by Jacob Kepler Dr. Andrea Small-Howard, co-founder and chief science officer of Nevada-based GB Sciences, wants to redefine what is understood and expected of today’s medical cannabis industry. She doesn’t consider GB Sciences to be a “medical cannabis” producer in any traditional sense.
Fast Stats
Cannabis Business Times March 2019 Departments - Departments March 6, 2019 z_wei | iStockPhoto Departments - From the Editor Cannabis Business Times has always worked to bring lessons from mainstream agriculture and academia to you, based on two premises: not reinventing the wheel (after all, cannabis is an agricultural crop and, as such, will eventually be commoditized) and bringing in proven, researched insights from those with significant horticulture backgrounds, including university...
Fast Stats
Photos by Jake Gravbrot Sometimes in life, it is the little things that make the biggest difference, the simple things that provide the most satisfaction. Just ask Alex Cooley. Cooley is the co-founder of the cannabis cultivation company Solstice in Seattle, Wash. In 2014, Solstice finished construction of a state-of-the-art, indoor production facility, complete with new LED technology, a hydrocarbon extraction lab and remote access to grow room controls. It was a technophile’s dream.
Spotlight: Hot Hemp-CBD Products of 2019
Cannabis Business Times January 2019 Spotlight: Hot Hemp-CBD Products of 2019 Departments - Upfront | Sales Trends CBD is infused in everything from sparkling water to vape pens and bug spray. As interest grows and dollars flow into the market—which is projected to have reached $591 million in 2018 and skyrocket with legalization—the question on everyone’s lips is: What’s the next big thing?
10 Questions With Alex Cooley & Max Salinger of Solstice
Cannabis Business Times January 2019 Departments - Upfront | 10 Questions The brain power behind Seattle-based Solstice shares secrets to the company’s years-long success. January 3, 2019 Scott Guthrie Photos by Jake Gravbrot Sometimes in life, it is the little things that make the biggest difference, the simple things that provide the most satisfaction. Just ask Alex Cooley. Cooley is the co-founder of the cannabis cultivation company Solstice in Seattle, Wash.
Tilray Ready to Move Into U.S. Cannabis if Farm Bill Passes
Based on its nationwide survey of 3,600 hemp-derived CBD consumers conducted in mid-2018, Brightfield Group expects the hemp-derived CBD market to explode in the coming months and years, once a clear legal status and regulatory system are in place—paving the way for major investments, marketing campaigns and retail channel expansion. In 2018, hemp CBD is expected to make up a $591 million market—and by 2020, it is forecasted to be a more than $11-billion industry.
Southeast U.S. States See More Hemp-Derived CBD Consumption Than Elsewhere
Three Carpinteria women have launched an information and health resource for all things cannabis. Leigh-Anne Anderson, Tina Fanucchi-Frontado and Amy Marie Orozco describe KopSun as a personal consultant for the cannabis lifestyle. The venture will provide in-depth information on cannabis and its health benefits, as well as a portal for purchasing curated inventory in the oceanside city 80 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
10 Questions With Cam Battley
Photo courtesy of Aurora Cannabis Inc. Slightly more than a month after Cam Battley assumed the executive vice president role at Aurora Cannabis Inc., the company announced plans to build an 800,000-square-foot cannabis production facility at the Edmonton International Airport in Alberta, Canada.
Southeast U.S. States See More Hemp-Derived CBD Consumption Than Elsewhere
Certain plants, such as the orange daylily or the red valerian, require little to no water to flourish. Cannabis, however, is not one of them.
Should You Rethink Your Waste Management Practices?
Humans are curious creatures by nature. We’re hardwired to explore and discover. Curiosity is how we continue to learn about the world around us. It is what fueled us to space, the moon and Mars, and it is what is pushing Pruf Cultivar to become a “next-gen” cannabis company. Based in Portland, Ore., Pruf operates as part cultivation business and part research and development (R&D) lab.
Spotlight: 4 Traits of the Cannabis Consumer
Now that the various recreational markets have matured, it is timely to take another look and determine what the stable, long-term recreational customer looks like. Using data collected in a late 2016 survey of more than 1,300 cannabis users from Washington, Oregon and Colorado, cannabis research and analytics firm Brightfield Group has determined four important characteristics and behaviors of the established rec consumer.
Just Add Salt - Cannabis Business Times
Cannabis growers across the globe grow their plants in salt water. In fact, every plant in the world grows in salt water, and has been doing so since the day they came ashore. It is not “ocean” water in which these cultivators grow their cannabis, but it is indeed very salty water that plants adore. In the field, rain falls and percolates down through the soil, dissolving minerals (mostly salts) that it encounters.
Spotlight: What’s Hot in the U.S. Edibles Market?
As the cannabis market develops and expands across the United States, more new consumers will become regular consumers. Cannabis businesses must adapt to this rapidly changing consumer landscape and stay ahead of developing trends to excel in tomorrow’s industry.
The Importance of Hiring Right
At our parent company, GIE Media, we joke about how we put prospective employees through the wringer by having them interview with up to seven or eight people. What is not a joke, however, is why we do this. Obviously, hiring the right person has many benefits, including positively impacting a company’s productivity and bottom line. Hiring the wrong person can lead to a mountain of problems.
Are You Unwittingly Hurting Your Predatory Insects?
Entrepreneur. Cybersecurity expert. Product developer. Operations expert. Musician. Guitar tech. Cannabis and hemp pioneer. David Bonvillain’s resume is the paragon of hard work. He brings that work ethic to everything he does, including his ownership of Elite Botanicals, a CBD-hemp cultivation, extraction/processing and product development business with operations in Loveland, Colo., and partner farms in Byers, Greeley and Yoder.
Future of Medical Marijuana Nasal Sprays, Inhalers and Suppositories in Flux in Colorado
A small but growing segment of the medical marijuana market could be kept off shelves in Colorado as government regulators and the cannabis industry scramble to figure out how to safely produce and monitor cannabis nasal sprays, inhalers and suppositories.
New Cannabis Industry Standards May Help Keep Feds at Bay: Guest Column
This article originally appeared in the June 2018 issue of Cannabis Dispensary. To subscribe, click here. As of May, medicinal cannabis was legal in 30 states plus the District of Columbia, with nine states and D.C. having legalized recreational cannabis. At the same time, it remains federally illegal. That dichotomy translates into great uncertainty for those who make a living cultivating, processing or selling the plant and creates a regulatory vacuum.
How Will Adult-Use Legalization Unfold in the Northeast?
This article originally appeared in the June 2018 print issue of Cannabis Business Times. To subscribe, click here. The world is watching as more states around the nation legalize marijuana for medical and recreational purposes. The lion’s share of the West Coast has begun permitting cannabis for adult use, and it appears the Northeast-another economic behemoth with significantly more cross-border traffic-is quickly headed in the same direction.
Cover Your Ass...ets
Long before Morris Denton applied for a medical marijuana cultivation license in the newly legal Texas market, he and his team had lined up a portfolio of business insurance policies. Eventually, his company, Compassionate Cultivation, landed the first provisional license in the state’s vertically integrated marketplace. His due diligence on the insurance front helped pave the way for that success.
Spotlight: The Northeast: How Will Adult-Use Legalization Unfold?
Cannabis Business Times June 2018 Departments - Upfront | Sales Trends June 6, 2018 Jamie Schau The world is watching as more states around the nation legalize marijuana for medical and recreational purposes. The lion’s share of the West Coast has begun permitting cannabis for adult use, and it appears the Northeast-another economic behemoth with significantly more cross-border traffic-is quickly headed in the same direction.
Global Cannabis - Cannabis Business Times
On Feb. 1, Tilray, a Canadian-licensed medical cannabis producer (LP), announced that the company had just finalized a deal allowing it to export medical marijuana to Chile. The move increases the company’s market cap by an estimated 88,000 potential patients, according to a press release from Tilray, with distribution within the country being handled by a Chilean partner, Alef Biotechnology SpA.
Phosphorus and Cannabis
Most agriculturally important crops’ nutrient requirements and optimal environmental conditions have been examined extensively over hundreds of years, and possibly even since some of the earliest civilizations.
Spotlight: Year in Review
2017 was a significant and eventful year for cannabis markets in the United States; we witnessed further maturation of marijuana’s legal landscape and identified important market trends: Long unregulated or legally gray medical markets, including California, Michigan and Montana, are becoming formalized and regulated.
See You In Court
Alexis Bortell began suffering from severe, sometimes life-threatening seizures when she was 7 years old. She spent most school days in the nurse’s office recovering from her episodes, missing out on her education and the fun of being a kid. Doctors in Texas, where Alexis and her family resided, offered different treatments, each one more drastic than the last. One doctor recommended a medication used in lethal injections, and another recommended a medication that could leave Bortell infertile.
California Rising
All eyes are on California as it regulates, for the first time, its 21-year-old medical marijuana market and prepares to kick off a regulated adult-use marketplace. And the stakes are high. Not only are other states looking to see the path California takes to regulate a market in the world’s sixth-largest economy and how it plans to deal with serious environmental issues, but California’s cannabis market is home to 50,000 to 60,000 farms, according to various estimates.
High-Risk Flyers
Michelle Cleaver travels on commercial flights with 5 pounds of cannabis in her carry on. This isn’t by choice. Cleaver lives on the island of Sitka, situated in the Pacific Ocean on the western coast of Alaska. There are no roads in or out of the island, so flying is her best option to pick up commercial cannabis for her marijuana store, Weed Dudes—one of the first in the state.
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