by Lisa Snyder | Jan 30, 2023 | Innovation
Billow, Ardent Life’s Newest Creation, is Changing the Cannabis Consumption Landscape An Interview with Shanel Lindsay, Billow Founder and CEO of Ardent Life Billow creator, Shanel Lindsay is the founder and CEO of Ardent Life, a Boston-based biotech and...
by Diana-Ashley Krach | Oct 4, 2022 | Innovation
Childcare across America remains a hurdle for many working mothers, that hurdle is even larger in the cannabis industry “Is there a company in cannabis that doesn’t hate mothers?” This question was posited, only half-jokingly, by Stephanie Kerns, a mother of two....
by Katy Ibsen | Jul 1, 2022 | Innovation
Founder and CEO of the Cannabis Marketing Association Lisa Buffo shares her journey into being a convener of marketing professionals across cannabis. In June, Denver’s McNichols Civic Center Building was the scene of the first in-person Cannabis Marketing Summit...
by Jordan Winter and Jordan Winter | Apr 15, 2022 | Innovation, Women
Dispensary designer Rachael Grochowski on bringing dignity, creativity, and wellness to the shopping experience Dispensaries are getting a makeover. As more states legalize cannabis, some stigmas around the plant are lessening. This is leading to a new school of...
by Jordan Winter | Feb 1, 2022 | Innovation
As a cannabis consumer, it’s essential to be able to trust the potency of a product. Whether you’re wanting a hit of THC, which offers a more psychedelic high, or CBD, better known for its clear-headed, calming effects, knowing the dose you’re...
by Barbara Platts | Jul 23, 2021 | BRANDVOICE, Innovation
Walk into the recently restored Marijuana Mansion on Grant Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, and it’s easy to feel like you’ve entered the Victorian era – a time when the Mile High City was home to just over 100,000 people and the main mode of...
by Barbara Platts | Jul 13, 2021 | Innovation
The words “low-dose” and “microdosing” are circulating a lot lately within the cannabis industry. In a society always looking for bigger, greater, and more of it, a product that is weaker in potency may not sound all that appealing, but many cannabis companies and...
by Luna Reyna | Apr 22, 2021 | Innovation
As the cannabis industry continues to grow in the U.S., so does cannabis industry pollution. After only three years of cannabis legalization in Washington State alone, two million pounds of plant waste was created. Stifel, an investment banking company, released a...
by Barbara Platts | Mar 17, 2021 | Innovation
At District Derp, customers buy a painting by a dog and receive a cannabis gift Anaïs Hayes and Christopher Licata’s cannabis business started with a dog and a bet. In 2018, three years after the life and business partners adopted an Alaskan Klee Kai puppy...
by Tracy Block | Mar 9, 2021 | Innovation
Did you Know? Each state’s appointed government body enforces its own set of testing regulations. There is no one-size-fits-all standard when it comes to cannabis testing. → Legal dispensaries employ licensed, third-party lab partners to do their testing, in...
by Barbara Platts | Mar 9, 2021 | Innovation
The last year has brought to light many inequities and challenges in the cannabis industry, and some organizations are taking this time to have tough conversations in hopes of making positive change. A global feminist community for active cannabis culture, Tokeativity...
by Katy Ibsen | Mar 4, 2021 | Innovation
Well, naturally this SWEET JANE post is behind schedule. Fatigued from 2020 and optimistic for 2021, we, like all, didn’t expect the year to begin with such sadness. But the lesson learned is to assume nothing (a common saying in journalism). SWEET JANE has spent...
