The energy used to grow comes from existing energy infrastructure — the power grid — which is powered primarily by fossil fuels like coal. In terms of sustainability, fossil...
The Marijuana Investor Summit delivered quality educational sessions to more than 200 entrepreneurs and investors at the recent Cannabis World Congress & Business Expo held at the Los Angeles...
Major federally regulated banks have stated that they have no plans to do business with New York’s five medical marijuana companies licensed under the Compassionate Care Act, due to...
The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) yesterday issued new emergency rules for medical marijuana that will take effect immediately and issued proposed rules that regulate medical marijuana cultivating, processing,...
Mary’s Medicinals, a Denver-based marijuana business specializing in transdermal technology, has entered Oregon, growing its availability of topical cannabis products to four states nationwide. Already sold in California, Colorado...
A Staten Island-based company is proposing to locate a medical marijuana dispensary in the unincorporated section of Lake Success, according to the application filed with the state Health Department. The...
The cannabis industry is the latest trend that Silicon Valley companies are investing in, and for good reason. Venture capitalists, or private investors who provide venture capital to promising...
Civilized, a new online platform, is devoted to cannabis culture in North America A Saint John entrepreneur is rolling out a new online publication devoted to cannabis culture in...
Jeremy Silva is the founder of BuildASoil.com, a website that offers handmade, small-batch custom soils to growers. In this podcast, Jeremy and our host Shango Los discuss the origins...
Cannabis Basics, which is owned and operated entirely by a female staff, just received one of the first trademarks ever for a company that specializes in cannabis and hemp-infused...
Times seem to be changing for the cannabis industry. Earlier this year, MassRoots was rejected from inclusion despite winning a contest to part part of the popular TechCrunch contest,...
Leaf, a TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 Battlefield company, is leading the revolution with its automated “Plug N’ Plant” home growing system. Leaf’s device is a 4′ x 2′ box...
Ben Curren, CEO of Green Bits, at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 A super-smart group of folks that sold a company (Outright.com) to GoDaddy has launched its point of sale...
Growing marijuana on a commercial scale isn’t cheap. Startup costs for cultivation sites can run well over $1 million in heavily regulated states, while monthly expenses can easily stretch...
Like the industry itself, employment and investment in cannabis businesses are rising. Yet, it remains true that special risks apply to cannabis enterprises beyond what is seen with “conventional”...
Virtually every company within the legal Cannabis Industry has a myriad of regulations that govern everything from packaging, to testing, to whether or not samples can be opened on...
QuantaCann2, Steep Hill’s “Plug and Play” Laboratory Cannabis Business Executive provided an update on the recent progress of cannabis testing lab Steep Hill following a discussion with CEO David Lampach. Lampach...
Tuatara Capital, a New York private equity firm, is backing country singer and songwriter Willie Nelson’s endeavor to sell marijuana in Colorado and Washington. is leading an investor group financing the...
You can count on one hand the number of chief executives of large companies who publicly support the legalization of marijuana. The list goes as follows: John Mackey, co-CEO...
Allison Kopf, CEO and co-founder of Agrilyst, at TechCrunch Disrupt SF Agrilyst, which is officially launching in the TechCrunch Disrupt SF Battlefield today, helps greenhouse operators run their operations...
