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Kristin Beury, founder, Science and The City, tells us more about the differences between France and New York&#39;s cannabis industries.

Brandon Watson, from Science in The City, gives us the lowdown on how cannabis is shaking out as an industry in his native New York!

Jen Hoff, one of the organisers of CMB gives us a quick lowdown on what&#39;s in store for Cannabis Means Business 2025

We explore all things extraction – including rosin, resin, flash-freezing. solvents, and solventless products with Sample Automation, founder and CEO, Andrew Winson.

We have a quick conflab with the lovely John Shute (MBA), founder and CEO, PufCreativ, who&#39;s poised to help companies refocus how they build cannabis brands.

We get the 411 on the show floor vibes at CMB, and talk NYC x cannabis, with GCNC co-founder, Chris Day.

Jimmy Young is a broadcast veteran. Once known for his sports reporting, in recent years he’s switched his attention to cannabis – via his company, Pro Cannabis Media – and has continued to build a small army of reporters who contribute to his ever popular weekly shows.

As Director of Content at The Cannabis Community, Amna Shamim, has attended and spoken at some of the World’s biggest and best known cannabis conventions. And now she’s launched cannabisevents.global – which is fast becoming THE definitive directory to all cannabis events.

Agronomist, Anthony Shevlin, is a cannabis cultivation rock star. With both a degree and experience in the legacy market, he represents a new generation of cannabis growers with plant knowledge and social media savvy. We learn more about his work.

Bryan Lunt is the founder of The Beach Samui – a health and wellness retreat located on the sun-drenched island of Koh Samui in Thailand – where cannabis plays a central role in his team’s approach to wellbeing. We catch up with Bryan to find out more about his unique approach to cannabis tourism.

Lara Fordis’ job as a market researcher for cannabis brands means she regularly deep dives into consumer trends and retail data. But at a time when many brands are struggling to remain profitable – given market challenges – are they going about things the right way? What are they missing? We find out more.

Melanie Wentzel has quickly made a name for herself on the international cannabis scene since publishing her first book – Cannabis Queens – earlier this year. We hear more about her journey, her work in the Australian medical cannabis sector, her mission to empower women in cannabis, and what she’s planning next.

Britain’s medical cannabis community continues to face all kinds of stigma: from all sections of society. But a new organisation’s been set up to support patients when authorities challenge their consumption. We meet Callum Jones, the founder of CannCare.

Barry ‘Flash’ Foy’s reputation precedes him. With his team Gentlemen Smugglers, throughout the 80s this hardy crew were behind some of the most daring and outlandish covert cannabis runs. Some 40 years later, after time served, they’re now operating in America’s adult use market. But is that any easier than trying to evade six different federal agencies? We speak to Barry Foy and Thomas Cutler to...

Actor Steinunn Olina is a familiar face in her native Iceland – as was her late husband, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, who entertained a generation of kids around the world as Robbie Rotten in popular children’s TV show, LazyTown. Although initially skeptical about using cannabis as medicine, as she nursed her husband, Steinunn developed a strong affinity for the plant as she witnessed firsthand the dif...

As Founder and CEO of Somai Pharmaceuticals, Michael Sassano heads up one of the world’s leading vertically integrated Multi-Country cannabis companies. We hear more about the opportunities he sees as Europe’s cannabis markets open up.

The Scandinavian island nation of Iceland is known for smoke… just not the cannabis kind. But that’s changing, thanks to the efforts of organisations like the Icelandic Hemp Association, the body behind the recent Hemp 4 Future event, held in Reykjavik in October 2024. We chat with the event’s co-founder, Thorunn “Tóta” Jonsdottir, to find out what progress is being made.

Many tech people know about blockchain technology. Some have even heard of ‘DAOs’ (Decentralised Autonomous Organisations) but these things are still relatively new to the cannabis sector. But UK-based DAO, Plantz, sees the value in building a network this way. We catch up with co-founders Neil Cartwright and Sophie East to understand how this all works.

Reducing the stigma around cannabis means educating people about the plant and its effects. While many regulators are focused on harm reduction, with cannabis, there isn’t much ‘harm’ to ‘reduce’– compared to alcohol, opioids, and other substances.  Over in Canada, Prof Daniel Bear from Humber College, is behind an PSA initiative to promote knowledge and normalize safe consumption: Mindful Consump...

The UK’s best known wellness and plant medicine expo, Product Earth, is back for 2024 – this time with a new London venue. We catch up with the show’s co-founder, Gavin Sathianathan, to find out what’s new for this year’s event.

Jill Reddish and Chris Day from the GCNC talk about the upcoming Andean Hemp &amp; Cannabis Trade Forum that they’ll be hosting in Lima, Peru this October, as we ask what exactly does the Latin American cannabis market have in store for the rest of the world?

Lennart Tacke (aka Lenny Roots), HamCan’s founder, Hamburg’s premier cannabis conference, gives us a sneak preview of what’s coming up at this year’s event on August 2 and 3, and offers a glimpse into life as Germany embraces cannabis legalisation.

David Paleschuck needs little introduction to many of us working in the cannabis industry. The seasoned marketer and author of ‘Branding Bud’ is back with a new book – ‘Cannabis vs. Marijuana: Language, Landscape, and Context’ in which he delves deeper into how we should talk about our favourite plant: and what words we should use.

Tony Pavlakis from TSRgrow, based out of Rhode Island, US, knows better than most the beneficial role that ancillary businesses play in the cannabis sector. But as Europe opens up – and the US makes plans to reschedule cannabis – what are the opportunities and challenges?

While it’s easy to overlook Belgium’s burgeoning cannabis market – especially given the power plays made by its much larger neighbours – the nation has a well established CBD flower market. We speak to Joeri Perneel, founder of Pure Support CBD and the GreenGrown chain of cannabis stores to find out what’s coming next in Belgium.