VIP Panel Will Include Founders of Elixinol, The Blinc Group, Curved Papers and Farmer Tom Hemp Co. NEVADA: The Culture+ marketplace is exploding, with thousands of new legal hemp, CBD, vape and cannabis-culture products creating consumer excitement and marketplace disruption. MJBA’s founder and executive director David Rheins, a seasoned marketing executive who learned his chops Read the full article…
By Farmer Tom Lauerman I’m always looking for opportunities to preach the good word about cannabis, as part of my #TodayWeFarm campaign. So of course I said yes when I was asked to be a panelist on KOMO News as they hosted ‘Cannabis Boom or Bust Townhall Meeting.’ Along with Seattle Hempfest’s Vivian McPeak, it was a major honor to stand Read the full article…
By Farmer Tom Lauerman Last fall Farmer Tom had a chance to take an international trip to Spain to participate in Spannabis. I have a long history with one of the private cannabis social clubs in Barcelona, Greenardos. I first met them when they stayed with us on the farm for about a month, four years ago. During Read the full article…
By Dr. Rick Freeman For family farmers, 1988 was a tough year. Stuck between cut-throat competition from Big Ag and the devastation of a Big Drought, many small-scale farmers dropped out. But, not all of them. That was the year that seven bedraggled, small-scale organic farmers in southwest Wisconsin formed the Coulee Region Organic Produce Read the full article…
By David Rheins Class is in session for participants in Washington’s legal cannabis trade. Coming off of the collegial CCC show in Portland, Team MJBA is back in Western Washington this week continuing our quest to provide professional education and promote best business practices for our nascent industry. On Tuesday, February 13th, 6-8:30 at the Factory Luxe Read the full article…
WASHINGTON: Last Sunday saw the second MJBA Job Fair held at the Red Lion in Bellevue. Cannabis business industry leaders and enthusiastic job seekers converged for a day of networking and guest speakers. One of the speaker panels featured Washington commercial cannabis farmers who discussed the challenges of having a large marijuana farm and running a Read the full article…
WASHINGTON: I just attended CannaCon 2015 in Seattle along with thousands of business owners and cannabis industry enthusiasts. The three day marijuana business and consumer trade show is being held this year at Pier 91, Feb 19-21. In my role as cannabis reporter for MJ News Network I was able talk to luminaries’ and entrepreneurs Read the full article…