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Mar 10, 2022, 10:41pmUpdated 3h ago By: News 12 Staff Farmers in New York could begin growing marijuana as soon as next week after the state Office of Cannabis Management voted to open the application window starting March 15. It also advanced to a 60-day public comment period a proposal that would give the first retail licenses to people convicted of a marijuana-related offense or their families. The state will also consider prior business experience before approving these licenses, with stores expected to open later this year. Officials say this is one step toward ensuring the people most hurt by…

Cannabis industry hiring platform Vangst released its annual cannabis industry jobs report on Wednesday, revealing trends in employment, pay and benefits in the nation’s legal marijuana industry. The new report breaks down salary ranges for different jobs in five sectors of the cannabis industry and shows that marijuana businesses experienced a 75% increase in employment over the last two years. “Our latest salary guide exemplifies how the cannabis industry continues to grow year-over-year despite recent hiring challenges in the mainstream business community,” Karson Humiston, founder and CEO of Vangst, said in a statement from the company. “As the industry broadens…

Indoor cannabis cultivation consumes a lot of energy, to put it mildly. This basic fact means that sustainable business practices and mindful energy conservation go a long way to limiting a company’s carbon footprint. Increasingly, companies are prioritizing that work by building out specific roles or even departments to manage goals and oversee implementation of new strategies. Elizabeth “Libby” Lee is the environmental health and safety manager at Veritas Fine Cannabis in Colorado. She has brought to the company a strong passion for drawing down wasteful habits and single-use products. And she’s done this through goal-setting and clear communication—within Veritas,…

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – A federal jury convicted an Orangeburg, South Carolina man on Tuesday on charges of distribution of heroin and fentanyl, along with associated firearms violations including possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Anthony Cyquan Herring, 40, was stopped by Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone on I-95 southbound for speeding.  Sheriff Stone smelled marijuana coming from the SUV, which other Deputies confirmed.  The ensuing search of Herring’s SUV resulted in Deputies finding over thirty-six grams…

Fine Fettle, a growing medical marijuana dispensary, has submitted applications to convert two of its shops into hybrid retail establishments, which would allow it to sell both medical and recreational cannabis, company officials confirmed to Hartford Business Journal. According to Fine Fettle’s Chief Operating Officer Benjamin Zachs, hybrid license applications have already been submitted for the company’s Newington and Willimantic locations. The company is still waiting on hybrid zoning approval in Stamford for its newest location, which opened last month, but when that happens the company plans to submit an application there as well. Zachs said the state’s regulations on…

“With the current law as it stands, more than 99% of all recreational marijuana in the state of Connecticut will eventually be produced by large Multi-State Operators who are headquartered in other locations,” said Brant Smith, of Hemp House Farms in Cheshire. “The farming community of Connecticut; who live, work, and pay taxes here, will be effectively shut out of this new industry.”