Where there's a will there's a way as getaway said. Market is flooded and prices dropping overall, but it's also wide open as far as legal herb businesses too. From seeds to edibles to events. Hustle and re invest in the business, expand. I'm trying something similar and have spent many days at farmers markets, in the kitchen making products, ect... For me, it comes down to how many hours in the day and how much it impacts my quality of life. But I did get a property and house and make it out of the city. It took big gambles and hard work, and many years leading up to it. Had to learn the skills and knowledge and make the connections. The next generation have it easier and harder in some ways to do the same thing. I've seen way too many 4 year degrees working for $15/ hour. What really burns me is seeing these "successful" growers/entrepreneurs that will squeeze pay out of their workers and exploit the hired help, put others at risk, all to make just a little bit more. But...
I think must of us are on here to share knowledge/info and that is great on many levels. At the end of the day no man is an island, we're all interconnected. Lets speed up the evolution of humanity's consciousness by sharing and helping each other, maybe some suffering will be eased.