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A religious community and the weed farm in the middle of it
10 May, 2021 07:00 AM
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Pankaj Talwar, the chief executive of Copperstate Farms, a cannabis company in Snowflake, Arizona. Photo / Adriana Zehbrauskas, The New York Times
Pankaj Talwar, the chief executive of Copperstate Farms, a cannabis company in Snowflake, Arizona. Photo / Adriana Zehbrauskas, The New York Times
New York Times
The Arizona town of Snowflake has two great institutions. The Latter-day Saints temple looms over the landscape, its smooth granite exterior bright in the high desert sun. At the top, a golden angel glimmers in the light.
Across the quiet highway from the temple is a 40-acre greenhouse that locals refer to as the marijuana farm.
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Depending on the staffing firm or recruiting expert used, the cannabis industry in the U.S. is either mainly underpaying its employees or correcting the issue as it matures into a billion-dollar market.
The lack of consensus does not take away from the fact that the space is one of immense potential and is already a job creator. Research conducted by Leafly found that cannabis supported more than 321,000 full-time jobs in the U.S. as of January 2021. The report states there are now more U.S. cannabis workers than electrical engineers.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/
FlowerHire, the leading staffing and talent strategy firm serving the regulated cannabis industry, announced today the launch of its new platform,
CareersinCannabis.com. The specialized career portal equips both companies and job candidates with the tools and insights necessary to build a robust, quality workforce. The service officially launches at the inaugural Careers in Cannabis
The AI-powered software behind CareersinCannabis.com is enginX - created by
engin sciences, inc.. The platform blends psychographic data with FlowerHire s cannabis and HR expertise to create quantified PowerProfiles™, a fusion of hard and soft skills overlayed with relevant personality traits. The PowerProfile helps candidates find a match with the best open roles. The system gamifies the job application process, allowing HR managers to quickly evaluate applicants, engage with viable candidates, and route people to the jobs to which
Tune in at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, for:
Hypur CRO Tyler Beuerlein
Measure Eight CEO Justin Ort
Hypur, a fintech firm specializing in contactless payments for in-store cannabis orders, had quite an active year as pot purchases adjusted to an online and delivery model.
Recently, the company began verifying accounts in-house via open banking.
Merida recently partnered with analytics firm New Frontier Data on a new report: Cannabis in America for 2021 & Beyond: A New Normal in Consumption and Demand.
The study provides an analysis of cannabis consumer behaviors driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and reflects the resized market projections following the passage of six cannabis ballot initiatives in five states: New Jersey, Montana, South Dakota, Mississippi and Arizona.