A proposal to protect financial institutions serving marijuana businesses was stripped from the federal spending bill, and a measure to improve access to banking is held up in the Senate Banking Committee.
cannabis
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine hemp farmers fear proposed rule change could cost them their crop
Under the proposed standards, 27% of Mainers farming hemp in 2019 would have tested ‘hot’ for exceeding allowable THC levels in their plants.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Forty companies apply for Maine cannabis licenses on first full day
Marijuana growers, retailers and manufacturers submitted applications for state licenses leading up to a March 2020 target for retail sales.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
The race is on for recreational marijuana licenses in Maine
The state will publish application forms this week; on the municipal level, the process is already well underway.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
New federal hemp program expected to help growing Maine industry
Approved farmers will be eligible for key federal agriculture assistance, including farm loans and insurance, in 2020.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Marijuana testing labs: Will Maine have enough?
Other states have struggled to license enough, resulting in long delays, supply shortfalls and testing waivers
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine’s first pick-your-own hemp field opens in Whitefield
About 50 people flock to Sheepscot General Farm, believed to be only the second publicly accessible hemp field in the U.S., on the first of 4 days of picking for consumers looking for plants to turn into CBD lotions and tinctures.
Posted inBusiness
Cooking with cannabis has come a long way since your parents’ pot brownies
Once retail sales of marijuana begin in Maine, probably next year, home cooks will have a new ingredient to play with in the kitchen. Here’s advice from people who have been making edibles for years.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Confusion reigns as Maine rolls out its marijuana tracking system
The state’s pot policy office initially describes a costly tagging system for tracing products from plant to retail, then offers a more business-friendly explanation hours later.
Posted inNation / World, News
In era of legal pot, can police search cars based on odor?
Increasingly, motorists in states where marijuana is legal in some form are objecting when police insist on a search.