Tom Hymes

Los Angeles, Manchester

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Writer at Cannabis Business Executive

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Sun Theory Puts the Sum of Its Parts to Work

Dec 9, 2024 | cannabisbusinessexecutive.com | Tom Hymes

Colorado-based Sun Theory is a distinctive type of cannabis company, forged out of experience, built to meet everyday demands, flush enough to control its immediate destiny, but still flexible enough to roll with the punches.
Deep Roots Harvest Doubles Down on Nevada

Dec 4, 2024 | cannabisbusinessexecutive.com | Tom Hymes

Deep Roots Harvest was founded in 2014 as a cultivator-first operation in Nevada’s medical cannabis market that from the get-go favored the customer loyalty that comes with more rural locations over the fast-paced, impersonal, tourist-based cannabis economy found in Las Vegas.
Trump plans to revoke many Biden policies. Where does that leave marijuana?

Nov 12, 2024 | cannabisbusinessexecutive.com | Tom Hymes

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to come to the White House with a laundry list of policies he wants to change or reverse. The Biden administration has moved to ease longtime restrictions on cannabis — so, what might Trump’s arrival mean for the push to legalize marijuana? There are signs that cannabis could be a rare issue on which Trump carries a Biden policy forward.
Industry Reacts to Trump Win

Nov 6, 2024 | cannabisbusinessexecutive.com | Tom Hymes

As expected, we started receiving industry reaction to the presidential outcome very early on. Cannabis Business Executive will add commentary as it is received throughout the day and thereafter, reserving its right to publish or not as it sees fit. NewLake Capital Partners, Inc.
Florida Rejects Adult-Use; Measure 3 Fails to Reach 60%; Other States Report

Nov 6, 2024 | cannabisbusinessexecutive.com | Tom Hymes

In addition to the presidential race and all the down ballot state races that were decided Tuesday, voters in Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas also made their voices heard on state and local marijuana-related ballot measures. As the headline states, voters in Florida have rejected adult-use sales in the state. The results are below, with additional outcomes updated as they become available.
Muha Meds Marries Opportunity and Efficiency

Oct 8, 2024 | cannabisbusinessexecutive.com | Tom Hymes

Muha Meds is a Los Angeles-based cannabis MSO that was started in 2015 as a “traditional” market delivery service by entrepreneur brothers Ali and Muhammad Garawi, who went legal a few years later with a collection of vape cartridges.
Gov. Newsom’s Farmers Market Veto Sows Disappointment, Confusion, Allegations

Oct 2, 2024 | cannabisbusinessexecutive.com | Tom Hymes

In a last-minute decision that dashes the hopes of California’s remaining small-batch cannabis cultivators that a lifeline of revenue in the form of farmers markets might be in the offing after years of negotiation, Governor Newsom vetoed AB 1111 just before the Monday deadline.
Blinded by the Bud: A Craft Conversation with Brighterside Farms

Sep 26, 2024 | cannabisbusinessexecutive.com | Tom Hymes

The people behind New Jersey cultivator Brighterside Farms may be relatively new to the state, but they are anything but new to cannabis. Their cultivating roots extend back to 2006 and way past that as well, first back east during the legacy years, then in Colorado during the early wild west days, and eventually on to other states as successful consultants, builders, and more, but always with a persistent idea lingering in the back of their minds to one day create an optimal grow of their own.
Eye in the Sky: Neatleaf is Watching Your Plants

Sep 17, 2024 | cannabisbusinessexecutive.com | Tom Hymes

Neatleaf is like a Terminator for plants: it never sleeps, it never eats, and it will never ever stop monitoring your plants to make sure they stay alive. If that was good enough for Sarah Connor, it should be good enough for weed growers, but what are we even talking about here? The Terminator is a time-traveling cybernetic organism programmed to follow orders without fail, but is it also able to grow great weed?
Fighting Dirty Weed Through OCal Cannabis Certification

Sep 10, 2024 | cannabisbusinessexecutive.com | Tom Hymes

The introduction of regulated medical and adult-use cannabis markets was supposed to guarantee that legal weed was clean weed, but somewhere along the line that message got reinterpreted as legal weed is tested weed, which is supposed to mean the same thing, but, as the now infamous Los Angeles Times/Weed Week story on pesticide use exposed, sadly does not, at least some of the time.