Cannabis and Cabernet: Collaborators or Competitors? – December 2, 2016

How will recreational Cannabis coexist and combine with California’s wine industry? Other states hold some interesting examples and possibilities. The 2016 Wine Industry Expo at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds yesterday included workshops on marketing to millennials, legislative issues, and harvest methodologies. But the panel discussion on “Marijuana and Wine” may have drawn the biggest crowd, …

A Public Bank Could Serve Regional Cannabis Industry – December 1, 2016

Could a new public bank in Santa Rosa be the needed financial haven for the growing cannabis industry here? A municipal public bank wouldn’t pay bonuses and dividends, and could have a more flexible relationship with federal regulators. All good reasons, says a local supporter of the alternative fiscal businesses, for creating one to serve …