Cannabis Cooperative Roadmap
A PATH TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT LOCAL BUSINESS
by MELISSA HOOK AND KIRSTIN DOUGALL for the CALIFORNIA GROWERS ASSOCIATION
“…On the eve of legalization in 2018, the California Department of Fish and Agriculture quietly issued a surprise change in the regulation allowing unlimited small cultivation licenses for individual companies. The consequences of this are that well-resourced companies can purchase or “stack” unlimited small cultivator licenses. This unexpected change effectively removed protections for small growers trying to compete against large industrial players who are positioning themselves to dominate the market (California Growers Association, Emerging Crisis Report, 2018). “
