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January 19, 2022

A Q&A with Brandon Barksdale, CEO of Dalwhinnie Enterprises LLC

By Cannabis Industry Journal Staff

In this article, we sit down for a conversation with Brandon Barksdale, CEO of Dalwhinnie Enterprises LLC, to hear about his journey through the cannabis industry, entrepreneurship, social equity, their unique locations and more.

January 11, 2022

Top Five Insurances Cannabis Businesses Need in 2022

By Eric Rahn

When it comes to mitigating risk in this business, the stakes are sky high. Cannabis companies that have not incorporated risk management into their business/operational plans will need to in 2022. Here are five types of insurance that you should consider.

December 27, 2021

2022 Cannabis Industry Outlook: Your Business’ Future Depends on its Risk Management

By Jay Virdi

The cannabis industry is set for another year of huge growth in 2022, but the path ahead is not without its bumps. Growers, processors and retailers will need to leverage risk management to minimize threats to their profitability and stability.

December 13, 2021

A Cannabis Brand’s Visual Identity: To Illustrate or Not

By Nate Azark

When creating your cannabis brand’s visual identity, choosing the right design style is vital. The development process includes creating a brand ethos, understanding your customer, defining a brand personality, budget and time considerations and choosing a designer. While illustration can certainly take your cannabis brand’s visual identity to the next level, there are a number of factors to consider when developing your strategy.

December 6, 2021

Flower-Side Chats Part 11: TILT Holdings

By Aaron Green

In this series, Aaron Green sits down and interviews a number of integrated cannabis companies and flower brands. For this installment, Green interviews Gary Santo, CEO of TILT Holdings (NEO: TILT), to learn more about their turnaround story.

December 1, 2021

2021 Cannabis Packaging Virtual Conference

By Cannabis Industry Journal Staff

The Cannabis Packaging Virtual Conference. Check out sessions from the December 1, 2021 event such as: Supply Chain Logistics: Cannabis Challenges in States, Interstate and Overseas; The Future of Sustainable Packaging; Cannabis Labeling from Seed-to-Sale: Doing More with Less; and Sustainability is Multi-Dimensional.

November 15, 2021

Cannabis Business Summit & Expo Announces Keynote Speaker

By Cannabis Industry Journal Staff

Industry leader and advocate Troy Datcher will be presenting at the NCIA’s Cannabis Business Summit & Expo in San Francisco, December 15-17, 2021.

November 5, 2021

The USDA & Controlled Environment Agriculture: A Q&A with Derek Smith, Executive Director of the RII

By Aaron Green

In this article, Aaron Green interviews Derek Smith, executive director of Resource Innovation Institute (RII) to learn more about their recent proposal on controlled environmental agriculture (CEA) to the USDA and their involvement in supporting the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA).

November 4, 2021

Flower-Side Chats Part 10: What’s Next for Audacious

By Aaron Green

In this article, Aaron Green interviews Marc Lakmaaker, SVP of Capital Markets at Audacious (formerly Australis), to learn more about their unique business strategy.

November 3, 2021

Controlled Environment Agriculture: An Interview with Sam Andras

By Aaron Green

In this article, Aaron Green interviews Sam Andras, AIA, principal of MJ12 Design Studio and executive vice president of Professional Services at urban-gro (Nasdaq: UGRO) to learn more about his path to the cannabis industry and controlled environment agriculture.

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January 19, 2022

Cannin Commentary

Is Tilray Stock a Buy Post Fiscal Q2 Results?

By Cannabis Industry Journal Staff

This column provides readers with a taste of Cannin’s insights they offer to their members, including investment tips, trends, predictions and more. In this piece, we take a look at Tilray’s position following Q2 reporting.

November 5, 2021

The Path Forward to a Safer Cannabis Industry

By Roshan Sebastian

In this piece, Sebastian details how cannabis business owners can apply best practices from process industries to prevent OSHA citations.

October 20, 2021

Technological Evolution of the Cannabis Industry

By Serge Chistov

As the cannabis industry evolves, technology is often the leading drivier of change. In this piece, Chistov details some of the latest and most important technological innovations that are disrupting the cannabis industry.

October 8, 2021

Tissue Culture Cultivation Can Transform the Way We Grow Cannabis

By Max Jones, Dasya Petranova

Clean, safe and uniform cannabis is a necessity to generate reliable research data. Utilizing tissue culture cultivation is a smart way to ensure researchers have access to the resources they need to drive our understanding of the cannabis plant.

September 22, 2021

Think Your Cannabis Business Complies with Temp and Part-Time Employment Regulations? You Might Be Surprised

By Stacy Bryant

These often-overlooked regulations can lead to big challenges if you don’t pay attention. In this piece, Stacy Bryant details what you need to know about risks, regulations and compliance issues when it comes to temporary and part-time employment rules.

July 29, 2021

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Can Cannabis Avoid Alcohol’s 3-Tier Distribution System?

By Rick Kiley

On the road to nationwide legalization, cannabis and spirits share similar stories. But here’s the one step the cannabis industry should avoid copying, if it can.

June 23, 2021

Essential Elements to Set Up a Green, Zero-Waste Grow Facility

By Anthony Franciosi

Consider a few of these tips to efficiently manage your resources and effectively enhance your bottom line.

May 25, 2021

Growing the Seed of Sale: Integrating Security with Business Opportunity

By Ryan Schonfeld

Security is critical, and thankfully, growers and providers have many tools available to protect their investment. For those businesses in the cannabis market looking to supplement their security operations with other workforce but may not have the budget or infrastructure to do so, remote security operations services are something you should consider.

April 21, 2021

Clean Green Farming is Good for Cannabis

By Khalid Al-Naser

In this piece, Khalid Al-Naser makes his case for how Clean Green farming practices with regenerative and sustainable agriculture operations are beneficial for the cannabis industry.

March 16, 2021

The Ten Biggest Mistakes When Building a Cultivation Facility

By Michael Burnstein

Here are ten of the biggest and most common mistakes that companies tend to make when building out a new cannabis cultivation facility.

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Upcoming Events & Webinars

January 25, 2022 – 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Cannabis Labs Virtual Conference

Registration is now open! The Cannabis Labs Virtual Conference continues into 2022. For six years now and once a quarter, we have been hosting this complimentary collection of webinar presentations, designed to help attendees better understand some of the more technical aspects of starting and operating a laboratory. We will take a deep dive into various cannabis and hemp testing methods, laboratory accreditation, microbial testing, standards, method development and more. Attendees registering for this complimentary series of webinars will get access to veterans of the cannabis lab testing industry, who are all available for Q&A after each presentation. In addition to getting the opportunity to chat with these subject matter experts on January 25th, a recording of the presentations will be made available to all who register. Practical and educational information from experts in the cannabis lab testing industry, all on the same day and all from the comfort of your lab, home or office. Want real inside knowledge on the cannabis testing industry? Stay tuned for important updates on the agenda. Registration will be open soon.

February 15, 2022 – 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Infused Products Virtual Conference

This complimentary virtual conference consists of 4 back-to-back webinars, all on the same day. We will delve into topics such as GMPs, nano emulsion, culinary science, food safety for edibles and more. For years we have been producing the Infused Products Virtual Conference in an effort to share best practices, standards and advice on all things infused products and edibles. State regulations shouldn’t be the reason why infused products manufacturers have robust safety and quality standards, consumer safety is. Getting ahead of regulations with proactive safety and quality planning can improve a business’s bottom line tremendously. There are a number of tools and tricks cannabis companies can learn from the food industry to streamline their businesses and gain a bigger chunk of the market share.