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Cannabis and Wine Confab in Buellton
NewsSanta Barbara Independent, September 12, 2019
With their relationship recently strained as pot farms pop up alongside tasting rooms and vineyards, cannabis growers and vintners gathered together in Buellton on Wednesday night to discuss a mutually beneficial goal: developing tourism opportunities that would promote and profit both industries.
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Meeting of wine-grape, cannabis growers upbeat with joint marketing looking possible
NewsLomopac Record, September 12, 2019
An overflow crowd of vineyard owners and cannabis growers as well as other agriculturists and county officials packed the Industrial Eats ballroom in Buellton for a panel discussion of a potential joint tourism marketing effort.
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Wine and weed tourism could be on the horizon
NewsKEYT, September 11, 2019
A cannabis collective called Good Farmers Great Neighbors hosted a panel discussion to talk about combining wine and cannabis tourism in the future. Attendance exceeded expectations.
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Nearly 3,000 illegal marijuana businesses found in California audit, dwarfing legal trade
NewsLA Times, September 11, 2019
California’s black market for cannabis is at least three times the size of its regulated weed industry, according to an audit made public in mid-September. Legitimate marijuana businesses have repeatedly criticized state leaders and law enforcement for failing to curb unlicensed dispensaries and delivery services, which sell cannabis at a much lower price by skirting state and municipal cannabis taxes.
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Our View: Finding Common Ground
NewsSanta Ynez Valley News, September 10, 2019
America often seems to be a place in search of a bit of solid middle ground. That requires compromise, which these days is in short supply.
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