The Business of Cannabis

iHemp Hour: Barn Owl Drone Services Helps Farmers Find Male Hemp Plants

Jul 9, 2020 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

ANN ARBOR – Yup, that’s right. Barn Owl Drone Services uses drones to find male hemp plants in fields. Owners Jaron and Sarah Hinkley explain in this video how they do that. If you’re a hemp farmer, you’re going to want to see this because Barn Owl Drone can save you...

NORML Partners With Green Flower Media To Launch online Training For Cannabis Advocates

Jul 7, 2020 | National

Green Flower Media, the leader in cannabis education and training has partnered with the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) to launch the Cannabis Advocacy Certificate Program, arming future policy-shapers with the expertise needed to...

High Times’ Cannabis Retail Bid Complicated By Web Of Owners, Social Equity Partners

Jul 7, 2020 | National

The owner of pioneering High Times magazine is scrambling to close a marijuana retail acquisition in California that includes a tangle of owners and entities, several social equity partners and properties not yet built out. Los Angeles-based High Times Holding is...

Jamaica To Help Small Farmers Enter The Cannabis Industry

Jul 7, 2020 | National

Jamaica – the country that brought the world Bob Marley – is making it easier for its small business owners and farmers to enter the cannabis industry. The Cannabis Licensing Authority of Jamaica (CLA) announced in late June that its special permit policy...

Lazy Stoner Stereotype Smashed By Study Finding Marijuana Consumers Exercise More

Jul 7, 2020 | National

Does marijuana ruin an exercise routine? You might be surprised. A new study of older Americans found that cannabis consumers tended to do more formal exercise and engage in more physical activities than non-consumers during the course of a four-month trial. While...