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Articles tagged with "Black-owned"

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  • In 2017, Florida promised to give one Black farmer a license to cultivate medical cannabis. The rule was meant to help rectify decades of racial discrimination in the state’s agriculture industry. Now, 25-year operator Terry Donnell Gwinn (left) and his brother, Clifford (right), are about to make history by claiming their long awaited license. (Photo credit: Suwannee County Economic Development Office)

    Gwinn brothers become Florida’s first Black medical cannabis licensees

    Lyneisha Watson - Published on October 3, 2022

    The Gwinn brothers were born and raised on Florida farms. They’re now the first Black farmers in the state licensed to grow medical cannabis.

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  • Man using a laptop device

    4 Black Canadian cannabis change-makers you need to meet

    Lisa Felepchuk - Published on February 28, 2022

    Black history isn’t just for February and celebrating Black excellence in cannabis is something we can, and should, do year-round.

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  • Photo of Jarrel Howard walking in the fields of Gold Standard Farms

    “Entrenched in purpose: ” Founders of Viola and Gold Standard Farms live out their Black family legacies in the cannabis industry

    Janessa Bailey - Published on February 25, 2022

    Explore what it means for Al Harrington and Jarrel Howard to build on the idea of Black family in the cannabis industry.

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  • Photo of Virgil Grant seated in dispensary

    How Virgil Grant shaped social equity for the city of Los Angeles

    Danté Jordan - Published on January 28, 2022

    Find out how Virgil Grant made his stamp on Los Angeles’ social equity program despite setbacks and incarceration.

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  • Supernova Women fight for equity-focused cannabis businesses in Oakland

    Umarah Mughnee - Published on November 29, 2021

    Supernova Women are warriors for equity and justice, and they are ready to help small cannabis businesses in Oakland recover.

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  • Draft your fantasy football team of cannabis advocates and industry players

    Thomas Augustine - Published on November 24, 2021

    Pick the roster of 420-friendly NFL players you would roll one with.

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  • Say hello to the Black CannaConference & Expo: the B2B event for Black cannabis

    Danté Jordan - Published on November 16, 2021

    Danté Jordan speaks with Kristi Price, founder of Black CannaBusiness Magazine and the Black CannaConference for Leafly.

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  • Whitney Beatty and Ebony Andersen, founders of Josephine & Billie's

    Inside the dispensary: LA’s Josephine & Billie’s is officially open

    Veronica Castillo - Published on November 8, 2021

    Josephine & Billie’s was founded on a powerful message of strength and representation. Check out their flagship LA weed dispensary.

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  • Becoming Jasmine Mans: poet and founder of Buy Weed from Women

    Brittany Parker - Published on October 15, 2021

    Jasmine Mans founded Buy Weed from Women. She discusses life as a queer, Black woman honoring healing with Leafly.

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    The Roll-up bonus episode: ‘Seeds of Change’ author Janessa Bailey

    Leafly Podcasts - Published on June 28, 2021

    Hannah buys a house, live performances resume, and David Downs discusses the hottest strains of the hot season.

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