Here’s How California Cannabis Businesses Are Handling Wildfire Losses
Of the over 16,000 structures destroyed in the recent rash of wildfires in Southern California, many cannabis businesses were ...
'It’s not looking great': Top pot-producing California county posts troubling harvest figures
Santa Barbara County has become California’s powerhouse of legal cannabis farming. It’s home to some of the largest marijuana farms in the world and grows more pot than any other county in the state.
New Scientist8 天
Indoor cannabis farms in US use more energy than all other agriculture
Two-thirds of US cannabis is grown indoors, requiring lights and temperature control that produce a vast amounts of emissions ...
Illicit cannabis growers federally charged after sidestepping consequences since 2020
Federal agents say a Navajo Nation man and his father joined forces with a California man to run illicit cannabis farms, including on tribal lands, by tapping into an existing river, discharging ...
The Public's Radio8 天
U.S. cannabis shoppers face a market flush with illegal weed
In much of the U.S., illegal cannabis outcompetes legal weed sold in licensed shops. For consumers, it can be difficult to ...
Silicon Valley7 天
Peninsula cannabis farm higher-ups accused of wage theft
REDWOOD CITY — Two higher-ups at a Pescadero cannabis farm are accused of failing to pay more than $200,000 in wages to their employees, according to prosecutors. Aaron Esquer Corrales of Rohnert Park ...
Bay Area farm workers lived in rat-infested greenhouses without wages, prosecutors say
Two men who operate a cannabis farm in Pescadero are accused of failing to pay more than $200,000 in wages to farm workers who lived in rat-infested greenhouses. The San Mateo ...