Illinois Craft Growers Applications – How to get a license to grow weed in Illinois

Here’s everything you need to know to get your craft growers license in the great state of Illinois. We explain why the craft growers license is very complicated and can make it hard for your cannabis to get into the adult use marijuana industry.

Illinois Craft Growers Applications are required for the cannabis business license for a grow that is 5,000 square feet of flowering space, but can be increased up to 14,000 square feet. Think of the upside. Find out more about Illinois Craft Growers Applications on our Cannabis Industry Lawyer website – info below.

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Illinois Craft Growers Applications
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33 Comments

  1. J Rod on May 15, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    Start up cost estimate at the low end .. Anybody have an idea ?



  2. Raul Sanchez on May 15, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    Can you send me the link to get my license can’t find it



  3. Jessica Malone on May 15, 2021 at 6:51 pm

    Is there a way to get a loan for the application fee?



  4. James Elam on May 15, 2021 at 6:55 pm

    A craft grower doesn’t have board members or employees. Everything you talked about is a corporate commercial grow. This is retarded and way over thought.
    A craft grower is one man or one woman with 25 to 50 plants, 100 at the most. Stupid beurocrats and politicians are over complicating and over thinking this.
    They probably did this by design to benefit their corporate buddies.



  5. b on May 15, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    poor people are not being abused here…this is all just ok…they don’t throw you in an arena with lions…that’s just so old school…



  6. shadlesMcgee on May 15, 2021 at 7:01 pm

    good video and good info



  7. Sam LaFiura on May 15, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    I understand there is a background check. Is that just to get status of said growers? Or is there some type of stipulation that excludes people with certain convictions?



  8. Smokey420Greenleaf on May 15, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    so basically, as i understand it… in order to be a "craft grower" you basically need the funds of a fortune 500 company, government oversight, and an entire corporate structure in place… wow… just wow.



  9. Cody Richter on May 15, 2021 at 7:06 pm

    Is it true if you get caught growing in Illinois you only get hit with a $200 fine?



  10. R. D. Barnhart on May 15, 2021 at 7:07 pm

    System is rigged for people and companies with tons of money.



  11. Carm Rakimer on May 15, 2021 at 7:08 pm

    Do you really have to have employees for a small craft grow? They make this so complicated



  12. Al Wilson on May 15, 2021 at 7:11 pm

    Haha!!! If government ran itself this tight it would not be so broke and corrupt and hypocritical.. Smoke right, rest easy and sleep tight for your taxes will be high in the morning.



  13. james bond on May 15, 2021 at 7:11 pm

    So it’s just another government hand out to a few ritch white men, Illinois so much for %100 organic OMRI farms. Really it looks much more easy to leave illinois and get licence in other legal state even with the cost involved.



  14. Steven Russell on May 15, 2021 at 7:13 pm

    And that is how the black market will still exist.



  15. *cRaZy*Silly*Life* on May 15, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    NICE Video my friend! 👍👍👊



  16. Jared Konior on May 15, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    LOL, the laws were put in place to save the liquor distribution, why do we have to have for a planet is beyond me? I’m far from liberal but come on guys!



  17. Tobi on May 15, 2021 at 7:15 pm

    Correct me if I’m wrong but so far from this I understand that the application fee is actually $5,000 but you have to have the land/& building already secured (purchased/rented) with the blueprints at the time of application. Along with I believe 10 employees, with background checks all secured to even apply??? Is that correct?



  18. Peter Albanese on May 15, 2021 at 7:17 pm

    Sounds like a terrible business, high cost, high risk, not scalable past 5,000 square feet … LOL



  19. pandemic grower on May 15, 2021 at 7:17 pm

    Hey fuck Illinois nice and simple not much love from the starved rock area



  20. *cRaZy*Silly*Life* on May 15, 2021 at 7:17 pm

    NICE Video my friend! 👍👍👊



  21. Rey Ortiz on May 15, 2021 at 7:21 pm

    Any way that we can speak so that I can get you’re help to apply?



  22. Adjective on May 15, 2021 at 7:22 pm

    I live in Iowa, right next door to Illinois. I wanted your personal opinion. Do you think the Illinois changes will help push Iowa to legalization? When do you think federally legalization will come into play for medical/recreational use?



  23. asoftdolphin on May 15, 2021 at 7:23 pm

    Age Requirement ? Or if you get your medical / Green card does your age not matter, I want to get into the industry as soon as i can, nvm you stated it



  24. Lar-Cisle G on May 15, 2021 at 7:24 pm

    You got me fucked up you think I’m paying you $5k for a piece of paper APPLICATION.



  25. Budlife89 on May 15, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    Can you do a video on the benefits this bill is giving to minorities to help get into the business?



  26. Algobis on May 15, 2021 at 7:26 pm

    Community Cannabis Gardens, make it happen.



  27. round trip on May 15, 2021 at 7:29 pm

    I will be applying but I’m having a hard time getting my taxes from 5 years Ago to prove residency. I have the capital. Still looking of a couple board members. Just need some guidance on how to prove my residency as the applicant but I have lived here for 5 years



  28. Matthew Molina on May 15, 2021 at 7:31 pm

    Most information I’ve found so far …sadly this bill is designed to benefit already existing grower and people with the ability to get 500k in capital or more



  29. The one and only on May 15, 2021 at 7:33 pm

    How can I get in contact with you?



  30. R. Estrada on May 15, 2021 at 7:37 pm

    So pretty much same as always. Only the politician or politician family/friends can open dispensary. 5k to gamble and 60k to get the license and then money to get product and warehouse to sell. Total bullshit. I am hispanic and there is no way to get 100k to throw away amd maybe get accepted.



  31. Daniel Westlund on May 15, 2021 at 7:38 pm

    In your opinion do you think it is possible to get a craft growers license if your plan calls for growing outside, under the sun, like how most plants are grown? Most states that have legalized marijuana have lots of farms that only grow outside, but the verbiage in the Illinois bill sounds like they expect everyone to grow inside.



  32. Thomm Xiong on May 15, 2021 at 7:42 pm

    Do a video for dispensaries Tom? Do I have to be a resident of Illinois and how much is the start up cost requirements??



  33. Isaac Abdallah on May 15, 2021 at 7:42 pm

    I’m a grower in California and grow 200 plants every 2.5 months and sell to dispensaries. Any idea on how likely I’d be to win a craft grower license? How many are applying. I easily have the funds, a great recipe, and a place in Illinois where I could grow. I seen that they have extended the deadline