Looking Forward
OCTOBER
October brings Marijuana Venture’s annual Women to Watch issue, highlighting some of the talented women leading the cannabis industry into the future. Send your nominations of women making a difference in cannabis to editor@MarijuanaVenture.com. The October issue will also include a cover feature on the importance of retail design featuring one of the preeminent cannabis design firms in the industry.
NOVEMBER
As crimes against cannabis businesses continue to increase, Marijuana Venture turns its focus to security in all parts of the industry, including ways for retailers to better protect their stores, employees and customers. The November issue will also include insights from lawyers, best practices from cannabis professionals and coverage on the latest trends hitting the industry.
Advertising deadline: September 16
DECEMBER
Marijuana Venture plans to close out 2023 with an extensive review of the biggest changes and challenges the industry undertook in the past 12 months and the upcoming obstacles and opportunities the industry is gearing up to face in what will surely be an explosive 2024. In addition to forecasting, the December issue will also feature a bevvy of valuable insights from operators and industry professionals, legal insights from attorneys and much, much more.
Advertising deadline: October 16
To learn more about advertising opportunities and specials in any upcoming issues of Marijuana Venture, email Sales@MarijuanaVenture.com.
Looking Back
September 2015
Eight years ago in the September 2015 issue of Marijuana Venture, contributor Chris Bayley took an exhaustive look at the tools, processes and important considerations outdoor and greenhouse growers would need to maximize their harvests. In the article, Bayley broke down the pre-harvest necessities such as preparing the harvesting, trimming and drying areas, building out a proper harvest schedule, a tool checklist and ensuring operators are ready to record important data during the process. Then Bayley detailed the pertinent information operators should be recording at each stage of harvesting.
“The most well-run facilities are the ones that have covered every last detail of their operations,” Bayley wrote. “In turn, well-informed business owners can make the most educated decisions concerning every aspect of their future harvests.”
September 2017
The gatefold cover on the September 2017 issue of Marijuana Venture featured Clint Vezie and Peter Butsch of Massive Seeds in Oregon, standing on either side of an outdoor cannabis plant that measures at least 12 feet high and just as wide. While the photo showing mere size of the towering plant brought a lot of skepticism from operators who questioned how an operator could efficiently feed and harvest such a field of these monster plants, the story and photo were demonstrating the unbelievable health and vigor of cannabis plants that are cultivated with organic growing practices.
Butsch detailed his growing practices and credited the climate in Southern Oregon as a major contributor to the thriving health of the plants he’s cultivating.
“I know every farmer thinks they grow the best weed – and I do too,” Butsch said. “It’s really the land that produces the best herb.”
September 2018
The September 2018 issue of Marijuana Venture took readers on a cross-country tour to showcase 22 amazing cannabis retail stores. Needless to say, but after five years many of the retailers no longer exists. The retailers featured who no longer exist include: Level Up in Arizona, Harvest in San Francisco, multi-state operator Harvest Health & Recreation, Diego Pellicer in Seattle and Acres Cannabis in Las Vegas. Among the retailers who survived are: The Apothecarium, People’s OC, Dispensary 33, Local Roots, Gnome Grown, Airfield Supply Co., Ajoya, 2020 Solutions, Tetra Cannabis, The Gallery, Lightshade, Neta, Serra, Sparc, Evergreen Market, Nature’s Care and La Mota – which has undergone quite a bit of controversy this year.