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Jesce Horton is a new breed of cultivator. Not a grower steeped for years in the underground cannabis world or a suit-and-tie convert from the corporate world, Horton is part of a new generation of young professionals bringing specialized skills into the cannabis industry. Prior to becoming a professional cannabis cultivator, Horton worked in a…

You’ve secured initial funding and are about to purchase land, or you’ve just purchased land, and you want to get into cultivation as soon as possible. Now what? As state regulatory details come together, your focus is now on preparing your infrastructure. Questions you are likely considering include: Where should I locate? What local permitting…

Updated: Apr 9 For Immediate Release: Resource Innovation Institute is drawing on a range of stakeholders to develop consensus-based energy, carbon and water standards to guide cannabis production and technology development Portland, Oregon – January 16, 2016 – The Resource Innovation Institute (RII), whose mission is to promote and quantify energy and water conservation in…

Written by Jesce Horton, Panacea Valley Gardens and Saints Cannabis Portland, OR When I decided to leave Siemens Industry to try my luck in cannabis cultivation years ago, I was eager to leave behind so many aspects of corporate engineering. The monotony and drudgery that corporate life was for me, seemed to melt away as…