Matha Figaro, founder of ButACake, has made history as the first Black woman to own and operate an independent cannabis edibles brand in New Jersey. She shares insights on her grassroots-to-legal journey and her unique ButACake oral strips.
In this Black History Month spotlight of "Black Gold: A Celebration of Black Cannabis Community Movers and Shakers," we meet Chelsea Candelaria. She's celebrating the soul of cannabis with Calling Marijane and redefining entrepreneurship in the process.
In this Black History Month spotlight of "Black Gold: A Celebration of Black Cannabis Community Movers and Shakers," we meet Tiana Woodruff. The founder of award-winning brand Queen Mary is reigning supreme with empowerment.
Grand Legacy Group, a craft cannabis brand in Illinois, is owned by 8 Black founding partners, 3 of whom are women. Owners Chrissy Johnson and Rod Collins explain the company's vision for creating social equity in their state's legal market.
Gloria Umanah created The Hope Booth after surviving struggles with suicidal ideation. Now, the nonprofit's all-BIPOC team installs hope-giving immersive experiences around the world. Join them September 10th in Atlanta for World Suicide Prevention Day.
Acclaimed stylist, podcast host and content creator Vic Styles founded Black Girls Smoke, the community for women of color who love cannabis. She opens up about why BGS is a needed space, and her brands Good Day Flor and Cloud Haus.
By Neha Mulay The country has its eyes on the city of Portland, Oregon, as...
The Cannabis Industry struggles with representation as people of color continue to be disproportionately excluded from the Cannabis space.
In honor of Pride Month, we take a trip back to a personal remembrance of sex and cannabis. Sex and love might not always be the same in every relationship, but we celebrate them in all their forms. To those in the LGBTQ community, you are seen, heard, and very much loved.
The work of a new generation of bold plant medicine practitioners like Mayasa Telfair, curator of It’s Time to Heal Holistic Sanctuary have begun to remove Black women from the margins of conversations on femininity and sexual health.
Founded in late 2015, the MCBA is the first 501(c)(6) not-for-profit business league created to serve the specific needs of minority cannabis entrepreneurs, workers, and patients/consumers.
Since the era of its inception with Louis Armstrong’s “vipers” and the mix of cannabis with jazz, to the political fight that is still going on today, history makes little to no mention of what black women were doing during these times.
