Sep 19, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan’s hemp industry could get up to $100 million in federal funds to help it compete globally under a proposal pushed by a nationwide growers association. The state is one of four — along with Oregon, New York and Florida — with emerging hemp industries...
Sep 16, 2021 | Feature, FOUR20 Post, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Rick Thompson, Executive Director of Michigan NORML, and Dan Sparrow, co-founder of Sparrow Consulting, provided live coverage of the Michigan Medical Caregiver Rally in Lansing on Sept. 15. The Rally was scheduled in anticipation of new legislation introduced that...
Sep 15, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The first shots were fired Tuesday in a long-brewing policy war surrounding the Michigan marijuana industry. Some Michigan marijuana companies and politicians hope to drastically limit the amount of marijuana that loosely regulated medical cannabis caregivers may...
Sep 15, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Medical marijuana caregiver Ryan Bringold has been involved in Michigan’s grassroots efforts to legalize cannabis for years. But as larger licensed recreational and medical cannabis grow facilities and provisioning centers crop up across Michigan, caregivers...
Sep 15, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Molly Mott is the industrial hemp program specialist with MDARD. She appears on the iHemp Hour noon September 16 for a discussion with iHemp’s Dave Crabill, Blain Bechtold and Michigan Marijuana Report Editor Mike Brennan. Molly manages the State’s hemp program,...
Sep 13, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Cloud Cannabis Co. has acquired a cultivation facility in Kalamazoo, formerly operated by KKind, a Michigan-based cultivator. The location features 70,000 square feet of cultivation space, complete with power, lighting and watering systems. “This acquisition provides...
