Our co-founder and chief consultant, Ellis Smith, recently discussed legalization, laws, and timeline for Virginia’s for adult-use cannabis. Sitting down with Cannabis Tech and Eric Postow, he shares his insights and expertise into this new market.
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This week Terry Buffalo, CEO of American Cannabis Company, appeared on the Raising Cannabis Capital Podcast. You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms, including Apple Podcast, Spotify, and the MJBull Mobile App.
Listen to “Soil To The Oil With Kristen Yoder” on Spreaker.
Soil To The Oil with Kristen Yoder. Kristen is the CEO of the cannabis business advisory firm Soil to the Oil and hosts The CannaBS Detector podcast. As a veteran of California’s cannabis industry with professional experience in nearly every facet of the business, Kristen joins us to talk about the state of cannabis as it moves out of the gray and into the heavily restricted legal marketplace.
Listen to “Streamlining Cannabis Packaging” on Spreaker.
Streamlining cannabis packaging with Phillip Harrison of Durapack. With the cannabis legalization boom, more and more cannabis organizations are looking for solutions to help automate their packaging processes. Dura-Pack has been helping cannabis organizations with streamlining their packaging operations for decades. Dura-Pack’s line of automated vibratory filling machines and pouch bagging machines are the perfect packaging solutions for cannabis and CBD infused edibles. Dura-Pack has been manufacturing machines and equipment in the great State of Michigan for over 48 years. They are privileged to have manufactured machines and equipment for customers that range in size from small mom-and-pop shops to large enterprise-level organizations that span the globe.
Listen to “Cannabis Banking” on Spreaker.
Cannabis Banking with attorney and CEO of Abaca, Dan Roda. Dan is a sought-after speaker on cannabis banking and compliance. With degrees from Tulane University, Villanova University, and the University of Alabama, Dan hit the professional world as a corporate attorney. As Dan’s cannabis industry client roster grew, he noticed a consistent problem: banking. Dan has been splitting his time between Colorado and Arkansas growing Abaca to help solve the cannabis industry’s banking problem. Abaca is a financial and regulatory technology company based in Little Rock, Arkansas, that facilitates electronic payment processing, banking, lending, and financial services for underbanked and nontraditional industries and communities. They’re not just a fly-over state. They’re down here on the ground solving one of the most complex banking problems. Based in Little Rock and with a satellite office in Denver, Colorado, Abaca’s team of legal and financial technology experts founded Abaca to unlock modern financial services for one of the largest underserved industries in America… cannabis.
Listen to “Commercial Scale Hemp Paper” on Spreaker.
Commercial scale hemp paper with CEO of TINY e PAPER, Erica Halverson. TINY e PAPER CO makes 100% pure hemp paper on a commercial scale within a nominal cost increase over its tree paper version. They make their hemp paper out of hemp stalks and the waste from CBD Extractors, taking care of 2 problems within the cannabis industry and beyond. Selling their products/running their companies are using a smarter resource than trees and utilizing a lot of waste being generated by a rapidly growing category. Erica started TINY e PAPER after a serendipitous conversation over happy hour with a friend about hemp paper in Nov 2017. The proverbial lightbulb went off, and TINY e PAPER was born. Here too is where she started her own hemp education and realized just how important and special this plant is. Erica has found some of the best and brightest in hemp and other skill sets such as marketing and branding expertise and has added them to the TINY e TEAM as advisors and product developers. She is creating a hemp movement, and that requires participation from a larger group. You can join them on their mission to save the planet one plant at a time by checking out their website.
American Cannabis Company, Inc. (OTCQB: AMMJ) provides solutions to existing and aspiring participants in the cannabis industry. The company focuses on consulting and owns a portfolio of branded products including the patented Satchel, SoHum Living Soils, The Cultivation Cube, and The High Density Cultivation System (“HDCS”). Terry Buffalo, the CEO of American Cannabis, joins us to discuss trends and obstacles in the cannabis sector during the current economic and regulatory climate.
As new hemp farmers look to take advantage of the 2018 Farm Bill and the booming CBD market, they should also learn to take advantage of the expertise preceding them. In this podcast, Ellis Smith speaks to Mike Leago, Founder of the International Hemp Exchange, and Jon Workman, VP of Hemp Development in North America for American Cannabis Company, about the growing pains and valuable lessons in hemp farming.
* Learn about modern, specialty precision agriculture tailored to your needs to improve crop quality and yields.
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* Learn about the specialized needs of your crop and how to fulfill these needs with appropriate remote sensing equipment and analysis tools for outdoor hemp operations.
Cannabiscope with co-founder and CEO David Schacter. Cannabiscope is creating a platform that will allow users to easily navigate products and find what’s best suited for them. Cannabiscope is going to be selling CBD products directly to consumers and plan to have some of the top CBD brands hosted on their wheel so that consumers will be able to come to their site to find and purchase reputable products to be delivered directly to them. Going into a dispensary where thousands of products are available can be confusing, and nobody has the time to research them all. New and experienced cannabis consumers should check out Cannabiscope, a gamified app where shoppers answer a series of questions to narrow down their options and make an informed, confident buying decision. Beyond consumers, Cannabiscope can help businesses.
