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March 3rd, 2026 Budist is excited to announce the call for submissions for the 2025 Harvest Report ! Now in its second year, this statewide report documents the growing season for California’s sungrown farms across seven counties, creating a durable historical record of regional climate, cultivation practices, and terroir. Participating farms will receive: Inclusion in the 2025 Harvest Report, featuring a full farm profile Visibility across Budist channels, including social,

As the industry for cannabis changes and become more regulated, California State Assembly requires any licensed cannabis business in California to provide a Cal/OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Safety course to one supervisor and one employee. This certificate will enable cannabis industry-specific safety awareness to help in recognizing and reducing the risks of workplace injury. This course emphasizes hazard awareness, avoidance, control & prevention.

February 19th, 2026 Nevada County Cannabis Alliance members receive 10% off bulk seed orders from Humboldt Seed Company this spring. As California’s largest licensed seed distributor, Humboldt Seed Company offers a huge catalog of award-winning genetics. With a satellite breeding farm in Grass Valley, many of our strains are selected and stabilized for local growing conditions, producing consistent results and reliable yields for our local partners. • Bulk seeds are sold in

February 12th, 2026 | Written by CalNORML Asm. Patrick Ahrens (D-Silicon Valley) has introduced a bill, AB 1564 , to allow for the shipment of certain medical products from specified cannabis license holders directly to patients. Ahrens’s attempt at the bill last year, AB 1332 , passed unanimously in the Senate and Assembly last year; however  Gov. Newsom vetoed it . “While I appreciate the author’s goal of expanding patient access to medical cannabis, the proposed direct-shi

February 10, 2026 Join us for a coffee-hour conversation with brothers Jacob and Colby Glass of Wild Leaf Farms–ranchers and cannabis farmers rooted in local, family-run agriculture. Sunday, February 22, 2026 8:30-9:30am Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Co.

February 5th, 2026 | Written by NORML The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has published a proposed rule in the Federal Register revising longstanding policy prohibiting the possession of a firearm by anyone with a past history of marijuana or other illicit drug use. Under the proposed change, which is subject to public comments, any use of cannabis would no longer be defined per se as a violation of federal gun laws. Rather, the new rule would r