Kate Lavin

To celebrate Women’s History Month, MJBizDaily invited influential women from across the cannabis industry to join a livestream event.

By the time Greta Brandt entered the regulated cannabis industry, she already had an established career in law and politics.
The skills she brought from those sectors – synthesizing complex regulations, negotiating deals and understanding contracts – proved priceless in the regulated marijuana space, where rapidly changing rules are more the norm than the exception.

Sasha Nutgent had just one month between being hired as retail manager for Housing Works Cannabis Co. and opening the doors to the first regulated, adult-use marijuana store in New York City.

Q&A with Jonathan Miller, general counsel for the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, on what cannabis operators can expect from the 2023 Farm Bill.

A boutique cannabis firm adopts the wine industry business model to grow and expand its offerings.

Jesce Horton, CEO of Portland, Oregon-based Lowd Cannabis, discusses why real estate is his most important business asset.

The lack of banking available to plant-touching marijuana companies means that most business owners looking to borrow money must leverage their real estate, ownership shares or both. This story delves into the pros and cons of various types of lending.

Opinion: Delaying federal legalization robs marijuana companies of agricultural data.

Collaborated with Emerald Design Director Christa Madrid to create this eye-popping cover that was displayed at MJBizCon 2022. Worked with Data Journalist Andrew Long and Senior Reporter Omar Sacirbey to offer readers the most comprehensive view of the latest retail trends.

North Dakota election results.

Missouri election results.

We devoted the fourth annual salary and hiring issue to eliminating bias in compensation, interviewing and resumé analysis. In addition to creating great editorial content, we worked with compensation experts to publish the regulated industry's most compliant salary figures. This topic was my brainchild back in 2019, and it gets better every year!

This cover package begins with a custom illustration by Katie Ruland and outlines the multiple ways federal legalization of marijuana could be accomplished. Feature stories by Omar Sacirbey, Jeff Smith and John Schroyer.

For this issue of MJBizMagazine, we focused on global warming and its effects on the regulated cannabis industry. Feature writing by Bart Schaneman, Laura Drotleff and Omar Sacirbey.