This week, Jason Pickle, founder and president of Volunteer Botanicals joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss why the best is yet to come for cannabis beverages

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This week, Caroline Riggs, executive vice president of retail and marketing at Copper State Farms, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss the company's ability to skip the red tape and make quick decisions to meet evolving demand and market conditions.

Riggs has helped Copper State, which is based in Snowflake, Arizona, improve customer retention and loyalty programs and increase transaction size, driving top line revenue.

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This week, Ryan Hunter, chief revenue officer at Spherex, Colorado’s leading cannabis brand, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast.

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This week Jack Blaeser, founder and CEO of Mosaic, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss how cannabis operators are already using AI; how to leverage equipment automation and integrated systems to reduce cost; how Google's AI shopping updates will impact dispensaries, and the aspects of AI that are "downright terrifying."

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This week, Jace Goodrow, vice president of growth at Deep Roots Harvest, joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss his tactics to drive revenue and customer engagement in dispensaries, best practices on SKU rationalization and vendor pricing, training up budtenders and making sure you have the right product mix on the shelves.

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This week, Joe Gerrity, CEO of Crescent Canna joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss the existential threat facing the hemp industry, why he believes Senator Mitch McConnell is on a "warpath" to undo the Farm Bill's accidental cannabis legalization, how it's hard to keep your foot on the gas (and people/media/the world interested in your plight) when you face constant attacks, and the sheer amount of money that goes into lobbying—as well as why it's time for the $40 billion to $50 billion industry to spend more than 0.01% on those efforts.

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This week, Vince Ning, co-founder and CEO of Nabis (think can-Nabis), joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss the regulations that could fix the cannabis supply chain, his thoughts on interstate commerce, how he secured Y Combinator backing, the state of the legal and illicit markets in California and how he is improving commerce for operators by building a cannabis wholesaling platform with the largest portfolio of cannabis brands in the world.

Nabis has a significant presence in California (30% of market), Nevada (50%) and New York (15%) and does more than $1 billion in wholesale transactions (about 5% of the U.S. market) each year, according to Ning.

We also discuss the threatened excise tax in California and Michigan's 24% wholesale tax set to begin January 1, 2026.

This week, Bethany Breitland, founder of Green Mountain High joins the Cannabis Equipment News podcast to discuss why she traded Vermont's artisanal cheese industry for cannabis, why she only works with Tier 1 cultivators, the equipment she uses to make pre-rolls and gummies, and how she carefully curates her brand to compete in a competitive market.

We also talk about the complications she faces over the confusion with Green Mountain High Growers, an unrelated company, that was recently suspended by Vermont's Cannabis Control Board.

As she says on the company's website, "We are in good standing with our license (#Manu0121). We are not associated with Green Mountain High Growers."

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