WEEKDAY NEWS ROUNDUP | WITH ALI COOK & DAVID BELSKY

The Emerald Cup has come and gone and after another tumultuous year in California Cannabis, spending the weekend at the Cup felt like a much-needed hug. For those who have never attended, Em Cup is a glorious combination of a weed farmers market and an educational fair. The best part? You can light up whatever you bought right there on the spot…

FlowerHire team insider comments on the struggle the cannabis industry faces when it comes to taxation, especially those in California.

Jason Bello shares his journey from Hall of Flowers to launching the Flower Expo in MA – the East Coast version of Hall of Flowers. Get tickets!

Mass Talent Episode 6: Jennifer “Forest” Steinberg, Dispensary Coordinator at Sanctuary Medicinals.

Mass Talent Episode 4: Alex Mazin, President and CEO at Bud’s Goods and Provisions

Amanda Reiman shares how her dedication to social change has guided her career from a therapist to a respected cannabis industry leader and change-maker.

Mass Talent Episode 9: Charles Yon, Director of Operations at Native Sun Wellness in MA.

The Humboldt County Growers Alliance set up a business to business event, in Eureka, for distributors and manufacturers to connect with licensed cultivators and manufacturers, and for cultivators to showcase their harvest. We were lucky enough to be invited and meet the beautiful people of Humboldt.

Talent in Cannabis: Michelle Williams tells us about her entrance into both the U.S. and Mexican cannabis industries, and her experience Headquarters.

How does an Ivy League grad, raised in Bahrain and later Florida, find her calling in Massachusetts’ legal cannabis industry? Read this riveting essay.

This week in MASS Talent, we sat down with David Ullian, Senior Associate Attorney at Vicente Sederberg, a top-ranked national cannabis law firm.

FlowerHire recruiter Pasquale Iannino’s letter to the editor about his trip to mammoth lakes as an opportunity for creativity.

In FlowerHire’s latest Sunset Session, our Founder and CEO Dave Belsky sits down with long time industry insider Luna Stower to discuss the challenges facing legacy medical operators adapting to the realities of California’s legal cannabis industry. Luna is a lifelong advocate for the plant and its people.

Welcome to the first edition of The Gig: CannaPros Get Real where we get the skinny from working cannabis professionals about their careers and their relationship to the plant. CannaPro this week: Abigail Diehl, “The Wolf”@ Marimed Inc.

With the mission to Build a Conscious Cannabis Community, One Hire at a Time, the topic of community comes up often in our office and with our client and candidates. It begs the question, what precisely is community in cannabis? What has it looked like in the past, where are we now, and how the hell do we keep things cohesive in these tumultuous times?