Inside the booming edibles economy

Inside the booming edibles economy

In 2017, Nathan Cozzolino started Rose, a “farm to edibles” brand based in Los Angeles. Cozzolino and his team cultivated organic hemp and marijuana, produced its own low-dose gummies with natural organic ingredients, and sold the product to licensed dispensaries. This structure required overhead that cost upwards of $80,000 a month. Six years in, the brand wasn’t able to sell enough products to cover its expenses despite being sold in more than…

Easter, Eggs… and Edibles?

by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz While Easter Sunday might be about resurrection, Sunday is also 4/20—a high holiday (pun intended) for marijuana legalization advocates. And believe it or not, Indiana’s been inching toward the green light, even if it still pretends to be the sober cousin at the family reunion. Let’s start with the basics: craft hemp flower. This session, lawmakers passed regulations surrounding its production and sale. It’s not weed, but …