The Business of Cannabis

Special Forces Collaborators Seeks To Help Cannabis Company With Packaging Needs

Mar 10, 2022 | FOUR20 Post, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Special Forces Collaborators has been working with the package food and beverage industry for three decades. Now it is seeking to work with the cannabis and hemp industries for their packaging and packaging equipment needs. SFC CEO Robert Champion appears on Four20...

TerrAscend To Close Acquisition Of Gage Cannabis On March 10 In $545 Million Deal

Mar 9, 2022 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

TerrAscend Corp. announced in a press release it intends to close the previously announced acquisition of Gage Growth on March 10, subject to satisfaction or waiver of all remaining closing conditions. Last September, Canadian-based TerrAscend said it would acquire...

Michigan Ranks As Third-Largest Cannabis Jobs State

Mar 9, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

A new report by Leafly ranks Michigan as the third biggest cannabis jobs state. Cannabis sales in Michigan shot up 82 percent in 2021, reaching nearly $1.8 billion and supporting 31,152 jobs. That 72 percent annual growth in jobs puts Michigan behind only California...

How Safe Is Michigan’s $2 billion Marijuana Industry?

Mar 9, 2022 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Picture this: lettuce at your local supermarket tested positive for E. Coli. Distributors, grocers and the Food and Drug Administration know which heads of lettuce are the culprits, but they decide to sell it anyway. Buyer beware. This is similar to the scenario that...

Protecting Innovations in Cannabis Technology

Mar 9, 2022 | National

Competition in the cannabis industry has always been fierce. To date, most competition has focused on securing licenses and sales territory. But, as markets saturate and the green pastures are all claimed, the battlefronts must shift. Cannabis companies now look to...