A Seattle-based agricultural machine vision company is investing in the future of integrated pest management (IPM) by acquiring a consulting, education and media group well-versed in biological controls and crop management. iUNU, which created the artificial intelligence-based LUNA cultivation platform, announced Tuesday it will acquire CropWalk, the privately held, mobile IPM consultancy along with its […]
Martha’s Vineyard is quickly getting into the marijuana business. Late in July, the first dispensary opened up in West Tisbury, at first only serving medical marijuana patients by appointment. Called Fine Fettle Dispensary, they’re awaiting approval to serve recreational customers. Then over in Tisbury, another dispensary titled Island Time is expected to open within the […]
International Hemp, a Denver hemp-genetics producer and distributor, has received exclusive rights to license and distribute two hemp fiber varieties, Enectarol and Carmenecta, in the U.S. and the Americas. The two varieties are bred by Enecta, a Dutch plant breeding company specializing in phytocannabinoids and developing high-yield hemp varieties. International Hemp will begin producing the […]
It’s typically news any time Beyoncé does an interview, and while the biggest news from her most recent sit down with Bazaar is that she has new music brewing, our interest was piqued with a section about her venture into creating a hemp farm. “During quarantine, I went from overindulgences to creating positive rituals drawing […]
IPM consultant Charlie McKenzie scouts a crop of indoor hemp intended for smokable flower in a North Carolina greenhouse. (Photo courtesy of CropWalk) States are becoming increasingly wary of running their own hemp-production programs because of mounting costs and labor requirements for compliance testing and enforcement. The dilemma led North Carolina, a major hemp market, […]
In California, the price that wholesale marijuana is being sold has plummeted, with outdoor farmers selling for 60% less since earlier this summer, according to MJBizDaily. Indoor farmers are fairing better, with prices down just 10-20%, but still on a downward trend. The correlation is rather simple on this one, with the quantity of marijuana […]
Not too long-ago Mexico was bringing illegal weed into the states for American consumers to purchase. Today in the year 2021, the tables have turned. Record amounts of legal weed, grown and packaged in California is now heading south to the border for drug dealers to distribute. Currently, weed is still illegal to possess and […]
Medical cannabis is now legal in part of western North Carolina, but only on Cherokee land, according to a statement from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. On August 5, a local ordinance was approved by The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council, legalizing medical cannabis within the Qualla Boundary. The new law will […]
I can vouch for this. A poll performed by AmericanMarijuana.org asked recipients if they had smoked marijuana during the work day while at home due to the pandemic. Taking all ages into factor, 15% responded in the affirmative. That’s a pretty stunning amount, when considering the large amount and variety of people who were working […]
Houseplant and Canopy are officially broken up. Seth Rogan’s very successful cannabis brand Houseplant has split ways with the Canadian based cannabis brand Canopy Growth. Evan Goldberg, Rogan’s right-hand man has said in a statement on Wednesday that the breakup is ‘mutual’, and they wish the best for Canopy Growth. Canopy Growth is best known […]
