ADINA BIRNBAUM is the owner and CEO of Talaria LLC in Providence, the only woman-owned cannabis grower in Rhode Island. / COURTESY ADINA BIRNBAUM
Banking and financing can be a tough row to hoe for marijuana growers. Though weed has been legalized by state law in some form in all but 10 states, cannabis remains illegal in the eyes of the federal government. Because of marijuana’s odd legal status, many banking services are unavailable to cannabis businesses. The federal government…