Cannabis Crisis for Small Farms in California

ShawnSunshine said:
Not if they properly fight back ☮
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Who are they going to fight? The government? Large cannabis farms? Consumers that want cheap weed? They can fight but they're still going to lose. It sucks but that's what it is. People have been screaming about legalization and when it gets here many realize that legalization changes everything. It's all about money.

The majority of consumers don't care where the weed comes from. All they care about is that it's there when they walk into a dispensary to buy some.

Many small growers are going to suffer and have to stop growing for the commercial market because they either can't find an outlet for their product or if they do they don't make any profit due to the prices.

I'm not saying it's a good thing but it's been fairly obvious for several years where things were heading. It shouldn't come as a surprise.

Some would be best off to start transitioning to other forms of income. It's better to jump ship and swim away than go down with it.
 
xtsho said:
Who are they going to fight? The government? Large cannabis farms? Consumers that want cheap weed? They can fight but they're still going to lose. It sucks but that's what it is. People have been screaming about legalization and when it gets here many realize that legalization changes everything. It's all about money.

The majority of consumers don't care where the weed comes from. All they care about is that it's there when they walk into a dispensary to buy some.

Many small growers are going to suffer and have to stop growing for the commercial market because they either can't find an outlet for their product or if they do they don't make any profit due to the prices.

I'm not saying it's a good thing but it's been fairly obvious for several years where things were heading. It shouldn't come as a surprise.

Some would be best off to start transitioning to other forms of income. It's better to jump ship and swim away than go down with it.
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Agreed.

Everyone should know where it is headed. Legalized weed takes all the money out of it. It was worth what it was because it was illegal. Now that laws are changing the prices will plummet. Time to go big or go home.

I'd rather work for another and just keep growing for myself. No way I could afford, let alone get investors, to dog pile into a market that is about to take a giant economic dump.
 
xtsho said:
Who are they going to fight? The government? Large cannabis farms? Consumers that want cheap weed? They can fight but they're still going to lose. It sucks but that's what it is. People have been screaming about legalization and when it gets here many realize that legalization changes everything. It's all about money.

The majority of consumers don't care where the weed comes from. All they care about is that it's there when they walk into a dispensary to buy some.

Many small growers are going to suffer and have to stop growing for the commercial market because they either can't find an outlet for their product or if they do they don't make any profit due to the prices.

I'm not saying it's a good thing but it's been fairly obvious for several years where things were heading. It shouldn't come as a surprise.

Some would be best off to start transitioning to other forms of income. It's better to jump ship and swim away than go down with it.
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That doesn't mean that they should stop growing.

Even if they don't make much money.


Most of the weed that I'm going to grow I'm going to end up giving away because I believe in giving people free weed that are hurting and need it. ☮
 
ShawnSunshine said:
That doesn't mean that they should stop growing.

Even if they don't make much money.


Most of the weed that I'm going to grow I'm going to end up giving away because I believe in giving people free weed that are hurting and need it. ☮
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I never said anyone should stop growing. But some may have to rethink growing cannabis as a primary source of income.
 
Herb & Suds said:
Give cash they need that more and it’s deductible :clap:
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Well I'm only growing 3 plants soon.

I'd like to give cash but I don't have very much of that.

Although I am going to have a little bit soon.
But I just had a spiritual sense that I should be giving away some of my purple haze that I'm going to grow.️☮️
 
xtsho said:
That's great that you're giving away your weed for free. I do the same. :peace:
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Well I'm going to save some for myself of course. Hopefully I'll have a bountiful harvest from my three 3 gallon pots.

I'm going to be getting some more lights hopefully soon and putting some autoflowers on the shelf in my kitchen so I'll be able to grow six more plants there.

But yeah it's very important to share.

I kind of picked up that practice from some old hippies and spiritual people in San Francisco.

☮☘
 
xtsho said:
Who are they going to fight? The government? Large cannabis farms? Consumers that want cheap weed? They can fight but they're still going to lose. It sucks but that's what it is. People have been screaming about legalization and when it gets here many realize that legalization changes everything. It's all about money.

The majority of consumers don't care where the weed comes from. All they care about is that it's there when they walk into a dispensary to buy some.

Many small growers are going to suffer and have to stop growing for the commercial market because they either can't find an outlet for their product or if they do they don't make any profit due to the prices.

I'm not saying it's a good thing but it's been fairly obvious for several years where things were heading. It shouldn't come as a surprise.

Some would be best off to start transitioning to other forms of income. It's better to jump ship and swim away than go down with it.
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Speak on it!!! Bravo!!!
 
lusidghost said:
The smart growers jumped into breeding when they saw the writing on the wall and cashed out. The future of small farms is personality and hype. Boutique cult followings. Access. Drops. Exclusivity. Indie rappers figured it out in the early 2000s. Youtube growers with rare cuts.
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You mean like creating new wild hybrids and strains?
 
ShawnSunshine said:
You mean like creating new wild hybrids and strains?
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Really just securing rarities that can't be found anywhere else. Big pheno hunts, breeding, holding onto old genetics that eventually get diluted and phased out. If Mothership can sell out of 10K dab rigs in a market completely oversaturated by blowers and cheap foreign glass, a grower can figure out a way to keep the dream alive. Just let the big dogs make the big money until they eventually destroy the market and move on to bitcoin mining or whatever. The fallout will leave Anheuser-Busch vs. microbreweries. Each serve a specific market.
 
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