When SPARC CEO Erich Pearson saw the local Hispanic community in the Sonoma Valley suffering from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, he leveraged the company’s relationship with La Luz, a nonprofit organization that provides resources to the local Latinx community, to hire out-of-work farmers for SPARC’s outdoor... Read more

Helena, Mont., June 19, 2020 –PRESS RELEASE- Today, New Approach Montana, a Helena-based marijuana reform campaign, will be submitting over 130,000 signatures to counties across the state in order to qualify two complementary marijuana legalization initiatives for the November 2020 ballot. Despite the impact of COVID-19, the campaign was... Read more

As Texas farmers submitted their applications for the 2020 growing season, Panda Biotech, a hemp fiber processing company based in the northwest part of the state, announced a plan to donate 60 tons of certified hemp seed to interested growers. The stock was quickly claimed, and CEO Scott Evans... Read more

As Texas farmers submitted their applications for the 2020 growing season, Panda Biotech, a hemp fiber processing company based in the northwest part of the state, announced a plan to donate 60 tons of certified hemp seed to interested growers. The stock was quickly claimed, and CEO Scott Evans... Read more

As Texas farmers submitted their applications for the 2020 growing season, Panda Biotech, a hemp fiber processing company based in the northwest part of the state, announced a plan to donate 60 tons of certified hemp seed to interested growers. The stock was quickly claimed, and CEO Scott Evans... Read more

In mid-May, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) issued the state’s first cannabis recall. The agency pulled back vape products and mints from a manufacturing company in Edmond, citing concentrations of the fungicide myclobutanil.  And while cannabis product recalls like that aren’t coming down every day in the industry,... Read more

NEW CASTLE, Del., June 18, 2020 -PRESS  RELEASE- AgroRefiner, LLC announced today that it has commenced commercial operation of the first phase of a commercial scale, ethanol-based cannabidiol (CBD) extraction facility.  AgroRefiner will produce a range of organic CBD products using organically grown hemp procured from farms employing sustainable farming practices.... Read more

Growing cannabis at scale requires considerably more detailed planning than your average backyard garden—especially when it comes to designing and building your cultivation facility in a mid- and post-pandemic economy. Beyond the importance of site location, factoring in workflow and labor efficiency are equally critical these days.  A strategically... Read more

Growing cannabis at scale requires considerably more detailed planning than your average backyard garden—especially when it comes to designing and building your cultivation facility in a mid- and post-pandemic economy. Beyond the importance of site location, factoring in workflow and labor efficiency are equally critical these days.  A strategically... Read more

Growing cannabis at scale requires considerably more detailed planning than your average backyard garden—especially when it comes to designing and building your cultivation facility in a mid- and post-pandemic economy. Beyond the importance of site location, factoring in workflow and labor efficiency are equally critical these days.  A strategically... Read more