Organic Superfood
John Roulac, Founder of RE Botanicals and Nutiva, is a 20-year veteran in the hemp and superfood industry. Healthy products come from ecosystems with composting, natural forestry, and hemp agriculture… A pure organic apothecary comes from organically grown hemp with no pesticides, solvents or GMOs – he will explain how he executed these standards. Mr. Roulac has founded four non-profit ecological groups, and helped catalyze the natural food industry to focus on regenerative agriculture as a solution to climate change.
REBotanicals.com Nutiva.com
280E IRS Requirements
Nick Richards ESQ explores and explains the 280E requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, which forbids businesses from deducting otherwise ordinary business expenses from gross income associated with the “trafficking” of Schedule I or II substances, as defined by the Controlled Substances Act. This, coupled with the inability to do legal banking, has imposed one of the greatest obstacles on the cannabis industry. As it increases operation overhead, and it pushes the break-even point for startup businesses further into their future.
DillAndDill.com
Drones for Cannabis Delivery (part 2)
Justin Costello Founder and CEO of GRN Funds, an investment firm that provides secure banking resources for small to mid-sized businesses. He shares how their forthcoming large-scale drone delivery system for cannabis will cut costs. Heavy payload drones are outfitted with iPads that have: closed-loop payment systems, GPS tracking, camera systems, and other customizations…This will circumvent industry-related costs and risks; such as, high priced trucks with alarms and cages; drivers to handle high-priced products while dealing with the threat of robbery and more.
(Hear part 1 of this interview »)
GRNFunds.com
Cannabis & Politics
Morgan Fox discusses how various presidential candidates may address the subject of decriminalization, and regulation of cannabis in the ever-changing political environment. Public opinion and education, like politics, seems to be constantly shifting. The Trump administration has so far not expressed opposition to states rights or recent bills put before Congress. Will we see more bold stands in favor of cannabis as the presidential campaign continues? Tune in!
TheCannabisIndustry.com
