Cape Town AgriPreneurs BSomebodySA Launches Platform to Connect Small-Scale Cannabis Farmers to Markets
Small-scale hemp farmers are set to benefit in a bold scheme launched by BSomebodySA which aims to connect food growers to buyers in a supplier development initiative with Freshmark. The initiative is significant in that it integrates cannabis growers into the mainstream agricultural economy.
Mpondoland Comes to Sandton: The Cannabis Expo is a Bridge Builder and Innovation Showcase
The Cannabis Expo is a showcase for innovation, and innovation offers a bridge for Mpondoland’s legacy growers to participate in the cannabis economy. That’s the view of Eastern Cape cannabis mentor Dr Ncebakazi Galada, who hopes harness support for Mpondoland farmers at this weekend’s Cannabis Expo.
Cannabis Pioneer Invegrow Snatches the Limelight at Malawi’s International Trade Fair
Pioneering Malawi cannabis company Invegrow has won the Best SME Exhibitor Award at Malawi’s premier agricultural show currently underway in Blantyre. The award comes through Standard Bank’s involvement in the Malawi International Trade Fair by sponsoring a new ‘business forum’.
The President Signed Off on the Cannabis Act Two Years Ago, Today it is No Closer to Becoming Law
It’s now two years since the Cannabis for Private Purposes Act was signed off by the President and it is nowhere near coming into law. That’s because the Act stands in stark contradiction to the government’s plans to create a cannabis economy, and one wonders whether it has a place in law at all.