Small farmers priced out of California's cannabis market
Small farmers priced out of California's cannabis market
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In the US state of California, the recreational use of cannabis has been legal since January. With 40 million inhabitants, the Golden State is the world’s largest cannabis market. But now that farmers have to submit to strict environmental, sanitation and traceability rules, licences are difficult – and expensive – to obtain. Our correspondents report.
A programme prepared by Patrick Lovett and Gaëlle Essoo.
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We are the government and we’re here to help, ourselves.
The year before they had 5 acres of weed and the next they didn’t have 200k. Seems my math is off but thats a multi million dollar crop.
The problem with everything now, is that everyone is greedy. Just grow enough for yourself and be happy they won’t lock you up for it anymore if you’re in the right state.
why can’t they just grow weed in the streets like roses or flowers to pick along the road
The small business is always priced out of the market by regulation. I hope cannabis is never legalized here since it would only cause prices to rise. The price of cannabis has not changed here since the late 1980’s. That is 40 years without even an adjustment for inflation. If it is legalized all sorts of taxes and fees will be placed on it. Say no to legalization!
It’s a supper money grab
In California with a grow license you can only have 6 plants?
Easier to buy it……….. I don’t grow anymore.
If the south woulda won we’d of had it made
should be aloud to grow more then 6 planets their is 12 months in a year
Government r dirty mfs!
They took our jobs!- Tegridy farms
lmao Cali dispensary is so bad, sprayed the buds with chemicals
Just get a medical card you can grow 100. Then you can usually sell to the shops. They have a way of using “side growers” like the smaller ones.
POT is HOT
All those 5 acres? No savings. Nothing for the future?
At least you don’t live in UK.
All the fields can make medicine.
Little guys need to team up!! Locals need to stop using big corp.
Growing my own has been fun. The only time I buy is to compare or find what I will grow next.
That girl is stupid hot.
Compassion over profits already!
Excuse me, but when I started smoking pot, It was $5 or a Nickle for 1 finger baggie or $10 for a 2 finger Dime or $15 for an 4 finger Ounce and around $130 for a pound of generally Mexican. Imported stuff cost a little more and was well worth it. Jamaican, Colombian, Panama, usually about $25 to $30 an ounce.
There is nothing stopping you from undercutting the big guys as the high price was due to the cost to smuggle it into the country which is history.
AND
You can always co op with other local growers and promote and sell thru your own mom and pop chains.
Think "Tegrity"!
being priced out of a market for something that needs nothing other than sunlight and dirt to grow, is inevitable, whether there’s mega corporations involved or a ton of small farmers. farm something else, do something different with it, like breed plants with different ratios of novel cannabinoids or terpenes, or make an actual product out of it, or find a different way to make money. No one deserves to get rich growing a plant. It’s a produce, not a frigging diamond mine.
Knew this was coming. Trump cuts all regulations. Oh, except cannabis farmers.
Looks to me like you got some politicle work to do. Get on it and stop crying. FFS🙈
В РАСИИ НЕЛЬЗЯ ДАЖЕ ДУМАТЬ О СВАБОДЕ, СТРАНА МАРАЗМА САМ САТАНА ЕЕ СОЗДАВАЛ ЧТОБ ЛЮДИ МУЧАЛИСЬ. СПАСИБО ВАМ СВАБОДЕ ЛЮДИ ИЗВЕНИТЕ НАС ЗА ЗАДОРНОВА.
one hour on that tablet the most
Grow your own obviously
Get a real job
Oklahoma is the cheapest and easiest state to get in the cannabis industry . It only cost 1500+ all your regulations and having your building in a industrial light zone to get your commercial growers license . I’m just not 25 or I would have done it already that’s the only law that sucks
So they grew all that weed the year before but dont got da money to put up and farm? Thats crazy to me
Well come on over to England where cannabis is almost 20 dollars per dime bag and cigarettes are so expensive people stealing to buy them welcome to the phoney war on drugs
Klass bravo
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The main picture/what no one is speaking in reference to is this fact, for years marijuana urb was a free enterprise of the American people and now it is one of the biggest taxes on the American people going straight to democratic government that in itself uses that money to even more so damage,weaken,and impoverish the American people destroying hope, freedom, and liberties for us and our children/next generation. When I was a teenager I smoked the sht out of it and still from time to time wish I had the right to smoke it like everyone else does but I can tell you one thing I will do without before I will ever pay one penny in taxes on what I smoke.
Who can’t see the goddamn slavery here? No man has the right over another man. It’s called SLAVERY. Whether it’s smoking weed or dropping a line in the water. Should ALL be free🤗🖕🏿
The sad thing is, we need big business to be involved. Without their huge cash we will never win over legislators around the world, nor will we be able to finance medicinal research to realise its full potential . It is inevitable unfortunately that grass roots activists/ farmers etc will be pushed out
So sorry to hear this…..
Just curious…….would it be cheaper to do Black Market and just pay the fine’ if caught ???
Blessings best and of luck! 🙏🏽💜
It’s funny that people thought legalization of cannabis was gonna be better..it only sounded better to those who are not educated or lazy to grow cannabis.i would rather smoke street cannabis than state cannabis..I got chs off state tested cannabis..never got chs in 20 yrs of street cannabis..
is no one going to remark on how homely gorgeous his wife is?
I want my weed from regular people not government
Big farmers dont take pride in there flowers.
The little farmers take more pride in flowers
Co-ops are the future for all manner of small producers.
Boycott the big dispensaries bye not buying, and support your local farmers that supported you.
I wish uk would have this atleast we would stop smoking shit that haven’t been flushed and kill our lungs!!!!
That first couple was growing swag
Corporations rule
Nevada County is not the golden triangle the golden triangle is Emerald , Mendocino and Humboldt Counties