This article By Robert Hoban was originally published on Forbes and appears here with permission.
Last year reminded many folks about the vital importance of integrating social, environmental, and corporate governance (ESG) principles into business. Simply put, to not do so is to be left behind. The cannabis industry is uniquely connected to these issues because of the historical criminalization and propaganda-driven stigma surrounding the plant, which has disproportionately affected underprivileged populations.
Cannabis has long been known to be a potential answer to many environmental challenges. In 1985, Jack Herer published his revolutionary manifesto:
The Emperor Wears No Clothes. Mr. Herer lit the torch that much of the hemp legalization movement in the U.S. carried until the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill. He postulated that hemp is the only annually renewable natural resource capable of providing the majority of the world s paper, textile, transportation, and energy
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FROM PAGES PAST: 1921: Shall Liberty St. in Penn Yan be paved for progress?
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The Chronicle-Express
Consolidation, January 1, 1926, of the Yates County Chronicle (1824) and the Penn Yan Express (1866); the Rushville Chronicle (1905) and the Gorham New Age (1902)
The Yates County History Center’s volunteers have gleaned these entries for your enjoyment from their digitized newspapers. You can access them at the free site www.nyshistoricnewspapers.com. For more information about the YCHC, visit www.yatespast.org.
150 Years Ago
March 2, 1871
Seneca Lake But one boat, the “Langdon,” is making trips on our lake at present. She leaves Watkins in the morning, and Geneva at 2.20 p.m. The “Magee” was successfully hauled out at the foot of Castle St. on the 16th inst. and the work of rebuilding her lower works has been commenced under the mechanical supervision of Geo. Codington, the superior ship-builder who made such a fine job in converting the old “Field”
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There’s a rule about how many times changes may be accepted and/or rejected and/or proposed before conclusive legislation can be enacted. This is further compounded by midterm elections in Mexico that will take place in the summer of 2021.
This Spring many legislators, particularly in the lower house which is made up of 500 legislators, will be shifting their focus to campaigning in their jurisdictions. If the cannabis bill isn’t finalized by the end of the first quarter or early second quarter, it may not move forward at all in 2021.
Currently, the Chamber of Deputies is examining the language, terms, conditions, and scope of the comprehensive bill passed by the Senate. This includes language relating to the export of “psychoactive” cannabis flower above the THC threshold of 1% and “non-psychoactive” cáñamo or industrial hemp. The legislation also addresses the indigenous populations and putting a policy and plan into action so that local farmers can
Real estate auctions in the U.S. have long been considered a domain of bank foreclosures and little else, but as the coronavirus pandemic increases the need for online transactions and foreclosure auctions it has also started to encourage more people to see them as a legitimate way to buy and sell commercial real estate. Courtesy of Acuitus An Acuitus auction in the UK, where commercial real estate auctions are more widespread.
Greater transparency, advances in technology and people’s desire to transact quickly are all pushing investors to opt for auctions, particularly as stress ripples through the market as the crisis wears on, proponents say. Short supply of stabilized assets for sale also means more people will look to buy via public bids, sources said.
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