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CBE’s Post-Harvest Manufacturing List: Remediation

Producing clean cannabis products is crucial for any operation looking for long-term success. The ability to pass state-mandated product safety tests determines whether your products get to market or if your facility gets dinged with a failed test violation and…

CBE’s Post-Harvest Manufacturing List: Automation

As operators in mature markets can attest, the cannabis green rush can only last so long. Once workflows are established, production is ramped, and the luster of a new product has waned in consumers’ eyes, cultivation companies need to be…

Canapa: Perspectives from a 30-year-old manufacturing company

Nicholas Taraborelli, vice president at Paxiom, attended his first MJ Biz Conference seven years ago at the Rio Hotel and Casino. Walking the showroom floor like most other cannabis-curious business executives, he remembers the sense of enthusiasm imbued in the…

Verano COO Darren Weiss Talks About How the Company is Navigating a Tight Capital Market

May 11, 2023
Brian MacIver
Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, Uncategorized
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In its Q1 2023 earnings report announced on May 10, multi-state operator Verano Holdings presented an image of a company that has been navigating difficult market conditions with intention. As it tightened its belt on selling, general, and administrative (SG&A)…

That THC is Too D*** High: Perverted incentives create cannabis testing chaos across most markets.

The cannabis industry, like Major League Baseball during its 30-year steroid era, has a juicing problem. Reports of inflated THC figures on cannabis flower and pre-roll packaging are widespread across all mature markets, including in Canada. For example, in a…

Schrödinger’s Lozenge: Is a lozenge an edible, or an extract? In Canada, the answer depends on if it’s a cannabis product.

April 18, 2023
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Canada, Edibles & Infused Processors, News & Insights
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In January 2023, Health Canada, the federal authority overseeing the sale of medical and adult-use cannabis in Canada, began issuing stop-sale letters to licensed producers manufacturing “edible extracts,” mostly lozenges and dissolvable gummies. These products, producers held, were classified as…

Ziel: Organic-Friendly Radio Frequency Remediation for Cannabis

In the world of remediation by radiation, there are two schools of thought: ionizing radiation, and non-ionizing radiation. Both methods are common for food pasteurization, and the former has been studied for its applications in cannabis. Radio frequency (RF), a…

Cannabis POS and Payments Company POSaBIT Buys Hypur

April 3, 2023
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Mergers & Acquisitions, Science and Technology, Spotlight
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POSaBIT, a Seattle-based cannabis point-of-sale (POS) and payments software company, this morning announced its acquisition of cannabis and crypto payments and compliance services company Hypur in a cash and equity transaction valued at up to US$7.5 million The acquisition positions…

Increased Costs, Decreased Revenue Squeezing Canada’s First Retailers from Market

March 30, 2023
Brian MacIver
Retail
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Ahead of the fifth anniversary of Canada launching its adult-use cannabis program, the country’s market has dealt with growing pains similar to the ones seen in mature U.S. state markets. Overproduction has forced wholesale prices past many growers’ profitability points…

James Nichol, Senior Director Of Retail Operations At Inspired Cannabis, And Jesse Dhami, Co-founder And President Of Inspired Cannabis, Standing In Front Of The Company's

Inspired Cannabis: Canada’s Next Big Dispensary Chain?

On Robson Street in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, just a couple of city blocks away from a Tiffany & Co. jeweler, a Coach purse retailer, and one of Canada’s largest Lululemon stores, sits a dispensary with a brightly lit sign…

Root Sciences’ ‘Soup-to-Nuts’ Approach

Fadi Yashruti, CEO and co-founder of cannabis extraction and remediation equipment distributor Root Sciences, knows first-hand the challenges cannabis operators experience. That’s because, in addition to running an equipment distribution company, he also operates Suspended Brands, a cannabis cultivation and…

Twister Technologies’ Jay Evans Talks About his Cannabis-First Approach

Jay Evans, CEO of cannabis post-harvest equipment manufacturer Keirton, has always been interested in cannabis. Like many, he grew his first plant in his teenage years more than 25 years ago and hasn’t left the space since, making connections across…

VJ Scientific Aims to Bring 30+ Years of X-Ray Experience to Cannabis Remediation

Most individuals don’t know about VJ Group, but many have directly or indirectly interacted with its X-ray technologies at the doctor’s office or at a dental appointment, or via having their bags scanned at airports, or even by using technologies…

Eteros: A Passion for Building

Aaron Mckellar has always loved working with his hands. When the founder and CEO of Canadian cannabis post-harvest equipment manufacturer Eteros Technologies Inc. graduated high school in Surrey, British Columbia, he immediately launched a business designing and fabricating boats for…

Canopy Growth: How We Got Here

On Feb. 9, 2022, Canadian cannabis titan Canopy Growth announced its latest round of layoffs and facility shutdowns, including its departure from its flagship facility at the former Hershey’s chocolate plant in Smiths Falls, Ontario. “The Canadian business transformation plan,”…

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