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Hero Project To Serve Veterans Partners With Helping Friendly Hemp, Michigan Veterans For Cannabis

ANN ARBOR - We announce the Hero Project, our new charity to provide financial help, job training and later housing for America’s Veterans. On the show will be the first Veterans charity, Michigan Veterans for Cannabis Network, and our first processor, The Helping Friendly Hemp Company. If you want to donate to the Hero Project,

By |2021-04-19T18:37:01-04:00April 19th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

Realtors: Inventory Remains Low, Home Prices Hit All Time High

SOUTHFIELD–It’s still a seller’s market, but the Detroit-area real estate market inched a bit closer to pre-pandemic normalcy in March, according to new figures from the Greater Metropolitan Association of Realtors and Realcomp II Ltd. The number of new listings on the market was 12,350 in March, up 4 percent from 11,804 a year earlier.

By |2021-04-16T16:40:07-04:00April 15th, 2021|Featured, News|

Get Ready For Federal Marijuana Legalization With GMP Certification

WASHINGTON DC - Legalization is coming. Time to air-lock the doors. Marijuana and hemp cultivators and manufacturers are preparing to compete when legal changes clear the way for national and global THC and CBD sales by making big investments in technology such as microbial monitoring and airflow analysis (and air-locking doors). The pricey prep work

By |2021-04-15T18:18:28-04:00April 15th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

AndCan Index: US January Legal Cannabis Sales Lower Than December

EAST LANSING – January sales for cannabis products in the United States was slightly lower than in December, according to Anderson Economic Group’s monthly AndCan®Index. However, the recent trend of more even growth continued; a departure from the rapid increases last spring and summer and the slowdown in the fall. AEG’s experts develop this monthly

By |2021-04-08T16:42:33-04:00April 8th, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Podcast Detroit Co-Founder David Phillips Dies Unexpectedly

ANN ARBOR - David Phillips, the co-founder of Podcast Detroit, died unexpectedly on Wednesday. No cause of death is yet known. Out of respect for our dear friend, M2 TechCast (MITech TV) will not air its live show Monday April 5. His business partner and long-time friend Bob Waltenspiel reported to MITechNews Editor Mike Brennan

By |2021-04-08T16:43:41-04:00April 1st, 2021|News|

Hero Project Aims To Help Veterans

ANN ARBOR - On Four20 Post March 31, we announced the Hero Project, our new charity to provide financial help, job training and later housing for America’s Veterans. On the show was our first Veterans charity, Michigan Veterans for Cannabis Network, and our first processor, The Helping Friendly Hemp Company. Contribute to the Project HERE. 1 pm –

By |2021-04-02T10:07:37-04:00March 31st, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Amway To Cut More Than 800 Jobs At Suburban Grand Rapids Headquarters

ADA — Global direct selling giant Amway Corp. is cutting 6 percent of its global workforce or about 900 people, most of whom are based at the company’s world headquarters in Ada, MiBiz has learned. A spokesperson confirmed that Amway notified eligible employees today about a “voluntary separation plan” aimed at helping the company to better focus on its

By |2021-03-19T20:08:53-04:00March 19th, 2021|News|

Growth In Demand For Legal Cannabis In US Higher In December

EAST LANSING — Growth in demand for legal cannabis products in the United States picked up in December after several months of slow growth in the fall.  This news was released Tuesday in Anderson Economic Group’s monthly AndCan Index. AEG’s experts produce monthly measurements by closely following 50 state trends for both the recreational and

By |2021-03-09T09:40:04-05:00March 9th, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Virtual Hash Bash To Mark 50th Year Of Celebrating Cannabis Culture

ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor Hash Bash will be returning this year as a virtual variety-show-style production, free to the public, featuring activists and entertainers from around the state and country. The emergence of Covid-19's new "Variant of Concern" on the University of Michigan campus prompted the committee to make this year’s Hash Bash

By |2021-03-09T09:40:18-05:00March 8th, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Adult-Use Licensees’ Social Equity Plan Amendment Form

LANSING - In September of 2020, the Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued an advisory bulletin focusing on social equity plans submitted by adult-use licensees. Then in January of 2021 those bulletins were published and made available for the public on the MRA website. Now, the MRA has created a social equity plan amendment form which allows

By |2021-03-06T15:59:53-05:00March 6th, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|