Indoor Ag-Con • July 2025

Building a Digital Resource Hub for CEA Growers: Lessons Learned from the Oasis Grower Solutions Website Project

On June 30, the world got its first look at the all-new OasisGrowerSolutions.com, a site designed as a resource for growers in CEA and beyond. Our project started more than a year ago with a singular idea: to create a knowledge hub to help growers achieve greater success. From bullet points and basics, it quickly grew into a grower-driven digital experience designed to inform, educate an...

Garden Center Magazine • March 2025

University of Florida researchers are securing the future of floral fragrance using caladium

Breakthrough University of Florida research is unveiling secrets behind floral fragrance, thanks to an unlikely plant (caladium), a passionate researcher with virtually no sense of smell, and American Floral Endowment funding.

Cannabis Business Times • March 2025

DeFloria Achieves Ground-Breaking Milestone in Botanical Drug Development

DeFloria Inc.—a joint venture between Ajna BioSciences PBC and Charlotte’s Web Holdings Inc.—announced a milestone in its development of an oral multi-cannabinoid drug for the treatment of symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To better understand the significance of this development and the forces behind it, Cannabis Business Times spoke with Joel Stanley, CEO of Ajna BioSciences and DeFloria Chairman of the Board, and Jared Stanley, CEO of DeFloria.

Cannabis Business Times • March 2025

22 Tips to Conquer Compliance in Cannabis

Love it or hate it, compliance is integral to the survival of your cannabis business. But that doesn’t make it any easier for you and your team to achieve. To help you close the gap on successful compliance, Cannabis Business Times reached out to five cannabis industry compliance experts for advice.

Indoor Ag-Con • February 2025

Leveraging Dutch Innovation and R&D with Sustainable Local Supply Chains

As other Netherlands-based greenhouse companies concentrated on expanding their Dutch manufacturing capabilities, Van der Hoeven Horticultural Products — known among U.S. growers as simply “VDH” — chose a different route. Instead, the company focused on maximizing R&D, design, and in-house knowledge to deliver the finest Dutch-technology greenhouses to growers worldwide.

Cannabis Business Times • February 2025

‘We’re Not Just Building a Company—We’re Shaping the Future of an Industry’

The business world is full of lofty vision statements. But it’s abundantly clear—in cannabis and other industries—that platitudes about purpose and excellence don’t go far. Strategic vision that is grounded in hands-on experience and values marks the difference between statements that fall by the wayside and actions that drive growth, profitability and operational excellence.

Cannabis Business Times • January 2025

A Cannabis Industry 2024-2025 Look Back and Ahead: ‘Excited to Put 2024 in the Rearview Mirror’

In this special feature, nine cannabis industry leaders from plant-touching companies reflect on 2024 and share what they are looking forward to and predicting for the year ahead, from their businesses to state, national and global cannabis markets.

CEAg World • January 2025

Tiny Bubbles, Big Results: Nanobubble Technology

Any time new technology comes into play in controlled environment agriculture (CEA), growers tend to balance optimism with skepticism. It’s an industry where the adage “seeing is believing” often applies. That attitude puts nanobubble technology at a distinct disadvantage —which this amazing technology quickly overcomes.

Cannabis Business Times • December 2024

21 ‘Lessons Learned’ From Cannabis CEOs

Leading a company isn’t easy in any industry. But when your business is cannabis, it’s a whole new world. Even for experienced leaders, this still-young industry comes with a learning curve—full of hurdles and yet-to-be-written rules. Cannabis Business Times talked with four cannabis CEOs willing to share their top lessons learned so others in the industry can benefit.

Cannabis Business Times • November 2024

Multitier Growing With LEDs: ‘A No-Brainer’

Not many years ago, multitier cannabis cultivation was an anomaly. Using tiers in veg was uncommon, and tiered growing in flower was even more rare. But that situation has changed dramatically. Two cannabis cultivators share crucial considerations and significant benefits they’ve seen in pairing vertical growing with LEDs for Fluence-sponsored Cannabis Business Times 2025 State of the Cannabis Lighting Market report.

Cannabis Business Times • November 2024

Tackling an LED Retrofit: How to Position Your Grow for Success

Two cannabis cultivators with retrofits underway share lessons learned, from environmental parameters to nutrient and irrigation needs, and adjustments that help achieve significant gains in yield and quality for the Fluence-sponsored Cannabis Business Times 2024 State of the Cannabis Lighting Market Report.

Cannabis Business Times • November 2024

2024 State of the Cannabis Lighting Market Report

Since this annual in-depth look into the lighting trends and practices of cannabis cultivators first published in 2016, the knowledge driving the lighting market has grown exponentially. As evidenced by the data in this year’s report, dramatic changes in cannabis lighting are still underway.

CEAg World • October 2024

Traders Hill Farm Talks Aquaponics and Tech

For any kind of CEA operation, thorough evaluation of new technology informs decisions that ultimately impact food safety, crop quality, and yields. When the technology relates to aquaponics production, considerations arise related to horticulture and aquaculture. At aquaponics grower Traders Hill Farm in Hilliard, Florida, tech decisions are influenced by an approach in sharp contrast to the idea that aquaponics is a 50-50 revenue stream of fish and produce.

Cannabis Business Times • September 2024

How Green Rose Co.’s LED Retrofit Boosted Yield and Quality While Cutting Costs

When James Laski and his partners at TGB Consulting, LLC designed their new cultivation facility in California’s San Fernando Valley, it was purpose-built for HPS (high-pressure sodium) lighting. For the partners, who operate several cannabis companies, that decision rested largely on their familiarity with HPS. But, the team changed perspective and an LED retrofit ensured. Sponsored content for Cannabis Business Times

Cannabis Business Times • September 2024

6 Key Crop Lighting Design Considerations You Don't Want to Overlook

Lighting is one of the most important factors contributing to plant growth. To choose the best lighting design for your cultivation facility, it’s crucial to be able to make an “apples-to-apples” comparison between lighting designs. The challenge comes when lighting manufacturers use different analysis techniques. But by understanding key lighting considerations, you can make the most informed decision to create the best lighting plan for your crop’s needs. Sponsored content for Cannabis Business Times.

Marketing in Bloom • July 2024

Propagating Knowledge at Petitti Garden Centers

When Angelo Petitti first shared a weekly gardening tip on radio in the mid-1980s, the term “content marketing” didn’t exist. More than a decade would pass before the term was coined—and several decades before it came into widespread use. But that didn’t change the impact of what Angelo did ...

Greenhouse Management • July 2024

Dare to Dream A Different Dream

When Ieda Del Bianco learned she was being honored with a Horticultural Industries Leadership Award (HILA), she thought she was the target of a hoax. Then she dug a little deeper and discovered it was true. “It was really a beautiful surprise,” she says. The first thing she did was ...

The European Cannabis Report: 9th edition • April 2024

Lessons from the North American Market

Sponsored content for Prohibition Partners' The European Cannabis Report 9th Edition. The team from Fluence EMEA shares Lessons from the North American Market.

The European Cannabis Report: 8th edition • March 2023

Ready, set, grow: How to jump start and future-proof your cultivation company

Sponsored content for Prohibition Partners' The European Cannabis Report: 8th edition looks at how choosing the right partners can provide cultivators with a crucial edge.

Cannabis Business Times • August 2022

The Pharma Flip: How the Stratos Cannabis Company Was Born

B2B COVER STORY - Brenda Verghese tells the story of a night in 2014 when her former pharmaceutical industry coworker Jason Neely invited her out to dinner and presented an opportunity she didn’t expect. This B2B cover story shares their transition from pharma to whole-plant health.