Here's my idea..Since the hard working farmers have been feeding us all this time. They should participate in the Marijuana profits. Why should they be denied this cash crop? 5% to 10% of gross sales should go into a fund that is distributed to Farmers year round. This will help cover monthly payments during the leaner months on the farm. Each farm gets 1 unit of participation for every 100 acres up to 300 hundred acres of active farms. I recommend having 400 acres and let 100 acres go fallow every year to lower the need for fertilizers with smart crop rotation and soil conservation. This way the wealth is spread out and it will help keep the costs of food down.
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Rather than a tax that raises the price to the consumer and strips earnings from the dispensory owner which could go to paying the workers better wages so they have more money to buy more food from the farmers...
Consider lowering the regulations and stigma around growing it so the farms can grow it themselves in the off season and not lose any federal funding, loss of banking access, and things like that.
Farmers would have to follow the same rules on processing to ensure its safe for consumption of course, they'd have to sell their bulk output to a processor for testing and packaging. Concentrates, oils, flower, as long as its tested for pesticides and contamination.
The new product on the market would help stabalize the pricing, Small boutique growers and hobbyists would still be in demand like microbrewerys. Infused products would become more reasonably priced.
Here's my idea..Since the hard working farmers have been feeding us all this time. They should participate in the Marijuana profits. Why should they be denied this cash crop? 5% to 10% of gross sales should go into a fund that is distributed to Farmers year round. This will help cover monthly payments during the leaner months on the farm. Each farm gets 1 unit of participation for every 100 acres up to 300 hundred acres of active farms. I recommend having 400 acres and let 100 acres go fallow every year to lower the need for fertilizers with smart crop rotation and soil conservation. This way the wealth is spread out and it will help keep the costs of food down. .
Rather than a tax that raises the price to the consumer and strips earnings from the dispensory owner which could go to paying the workers better wages so they have more money to buy more food from the farmers...
Consider lowering the regulations and stigma around growing it so the farms can grow it themselves in the off season and not lose any federal funding, loss of banking access, and things like that.
Farmers would have to follow the same rules on processing to ensure its safe for consumption of course, they'd have to sell their bulk output to a processor for testing and packaging. Concentrates, oils, flower, as long as its tested for pesticides and contamination.
The new product on the market would help stabalize the pricing, Small boutique growers and hobbyists would still be in demand like microbrewerys. Infused products would become more reasonably priced.