Cannabis
Dates Set for 2019 Griffin Grower & Retailer Expos
Dates have been set for the 2019 Griffin Grower & Retailer Expos. The company will return to Massachusetts and Pennsylvania to host two Expo events this year, each spanning two days. The Massachusetts Expo will... more »
Soilless Culture: On the Forefront of Science and Innovation
It is common in academia for professors to have “split appointments,” which define (roughly) what our career focus and programmatic areas are at our respective universities. At North Carolina State University (NCSU), I have a... more »
The Cannabis Conundrum
If you are a grower of ornamental crops interested in producing cannabis, be aware there are a lot of unknowns about producing, harvesting and processing this crop. “For ornamental crops, the research literature provides a... more »
What to Know About Lighting Cannabis from a Former Greenhouse Cultivator
Changing perceptions around cannabis has many commercial growers seriously examining the plant for the first time, and many are underestimating the long “maligned weed.” I say maligned because cannabis is by no means an unwanted... more »
Transitioning to Cannabis
A plant is a plant. Many traditional horticultural growers have entered the cannabis market with that as their prevailing thought. While that basic concept is correct, the devil that is truly in the details has... more »
Cannabis Conference to Take Place at University of Tulsa
The Laureate Institute of Brain Research in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is sponsoring a conference “Cannabis: What We Have Learned Through Scientific Research” on January 17, 2019. The conference will take place at the Lorton Performance Center... more »
FL University to Offer Cannabis Program in 2019
Florida Gulf Coast University announced plans to introduce a program focused on cannabis studies beginning in 2019. “Ours is the only integrated multidisciplinary field,” said Martha Rosenthal, FGCU director of education. “Now I’ll tell you... more »
And the 2018 Election Results Are In …
An interesting statistic we uncovered following yesterday’s elections: one in four Americans now lives in a state where cannabis is fully legal for all adults. In Michigan, voters approved marijuana legalization by a margin of... more »
