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HARVEST TIME: 
Jason Calderon, CEO of Bonsai Buds LLC in Exeter, tends to mature marijuana plants in the grow room 
that are ready to be dried. 
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ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Buzz kill? As R.I. prepares to expand cannabis licenses, sector’s future...

The last few years have been a struggle for Karen Ballou, owner of ­CultivatingRI LLC. She’s been waiting for state regulators to assemble the framework...
BRANCHING OUT: Jennifer Johnson, vice president of the Division of Workforce Partnerships at the Community College of Rhode Island, says there are more than 370 applicants for the college’s new cannabis training program in the days after it was announced. There are only 15 seats available. 
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PAUL SPETRINI

Pipeline grows wider for trained cannabis workers

The legalization of cannabis for recreational use in Rhode Island is giving new meaning to the term “green jobs.” There are no more than...

Pot shops need trained workforce

For any industry to grow, it needs a workforce pipeline. So it is with the state’s budding cannabis industry. Last year it employed more than...
JUMPED THE BORDER: ­Edward Dow, CEO of Massachusetts-based Solar Cannabis Co., has opened a dispensary in Warwick. He’s seen sales in Rhode Island growing steadily while business in Massachusetts has declined. 
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Cannabis complications: Promising marijuana industry falling short of expectations

Dr. Jason Iannuccilli has invested a lot in his lab in the past year. Like many entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry, the co-founder of Pure­Vita...
TAKING THE LEAD: Swansea-based BayCoast Bank is one of the few banks that has offered financial services to cannabis-related businesses in Massachusetts, and BayCoast Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Risk Officer Gary J. Vierra says the bank is doing the same in Rhode Island as retail cannabis sales ramp up.
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Many banks remain leery despite legalized cannabis

As recreational cannabis sales take off in Rhode Island, opening and running a business still isn’t exactly simple for these merchants. For one, a delayed...

JWU to offer degree in cannabis entrepreneurship

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University is launching a Bachelor of Science degree in cannabis entrepreneurship at its Providence campus, JWU announced Dec. 2. The...
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