you can buy full 5 or 10 gallon wooden kegs of Gentleman Jack. take me a while to empty one out these days though...without help, LOL!
its going the way of tobacco....too late ...didn't Marlboro already start selling M packs for 89$...I once was gonna grow 5 acres of tobacco even had a tobacco planter..talked to local aggie guy and was shocked...not without paying the man$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$4...fuck em I will always grow...yeehaw
We the free people must act fast to fight back against the Corporate take over of the Cannabis Industy! Big Weed is already coming in to the legal and med scene in most states. They profit from vertically integrated corporations that seek to minimize cost of production while maintaining the highest profit margin possible.
The great problem with Legalization is that once the government takes over they will do just that. People in California I have heard believe that Big Weed will be the only one left standing leaving the small early prohibition growers completely out of the game. And they will not do this nice and peacefully, but with great force! Legal means, fiscal penalties and by putting boots on the ground by means of heavily armed compliance task forces. Also don't forget about the IRS whom Big Weed will certainly have lobbyist busy supporting their assault.
This Machine will effectively eliminate how you currently view the future of a Free Weed America! They will do everything necessary to monopolize and take over. Hiring away the top minds in the field leaving the rest to fight for their rights to freedom in a marginalized false freedom.
Thinking in depth about how to provide a better outlook on the future of legal weed it seems hard to stop the progression of what has already begun and will continue without a great fight for our free land!
This will be hard at first as through prohibition and the reefer madness days keep the other 49% of people afraid and keep them focused on how to keep themselves safe.
So it is important for everyone to act accordingly. Improve your appearance and act more as a businessman than a farmer or "dealer". Take a more honored approach to what you do and say. Respect gains respect.
It is important to begin open discussions with the other 49% of those that oppose legalization as they may choose to favor Big Weed in hopes it will somehow keep us safer as the government will have not just one hand in it but both.
The people that started this movement many decades ago did not start out pushing for a corporate take over but rather a simple change in thought across entire generations of people. Speak often and be heard! Be willing to discuss with good intention and use intelligent fact based reasoning in discussions.
Big Weed can be stopped. But we have to stick together and continue to speak out as we always have! Trying to influence the ones around you buy growing better pot than the big companies provide is the first thing. Beating them at their own game is the most important however.
Vertically integrate your enterprises. Top to bottom from seed to clone to harvest, sale and review. Keep out the middle man and use as little as needed to produce the best product and grow not only your sacred herb but your business mind as well.
Gratefully yours,
LT
sorry seems like a rant but I have been reading alot of bad injustice
The craft brewing segment of the brewing industry pulled a record 19.3% in overall profit in 2014. That's about as much as we could hope will accrue to boutique canna producers once the national market gets established. All markets tend towards oligopolic control over time. At this point, the continued existence of small producers depends entirely on the regulatory requirements put in place at the state level (later, nationally).
19% profit isn't worth the time. People can grow their own at that rate
Do you grow all of your own vegetables? Of course not, everyone knows that its much harder to grow your own vegetables then to buy them cheaply at the store. For those that are curious and want to try they will fail at first. Growing plants isn't that easy. You have pests, diseases, mold that you must control. There very few people that can grow better plants than a farmer. Everything in the stores will be cheaper, and better or at least on par with your homegrown quality. Clearly when people devote their lives towards growing plants they will be better than you.I don't give a shit what big ganja does or does not. I will always smoke my organic grown, properly flushed and mason jarred cured ganja until I'm too damn old to grow for myself and a few select friends and family.
Yeah the most profitable 19% and it has been growing. Big beer has finally realized and is taking over all the craft brewers. They invest into distribution and marketing and grow them into a national brand. You think they are craft, but in reality they are at least partially owned by the bigger breweries. Or they just copy your craft beer style and have way better distribution and crush you. Same thing will happen with weed. The market will immediately start to spread pricing when legalization happens. Some will grow in bulk and do it for very cheap and other will try to retain high margins, but look at the craft brewers, it like most industries is dominated by the mid to lower end of the market. The premium brands only control a minority share of the business and although profitable are probably just going to fall into the hands of a lower end but much larger producer that wants to diversify and increase margins.That doesn't mean craft brewers only profited 19.3%. That simply means they are only 19.3% of the market share leaving Big Breweries with 80.7% of the market share.
For the most part I agree. There will be some that can run a business well and will do just fine, but there are so many growers without any vision about the future. Most will fall into the category of not good enough quality and too high of a price. It happens all the time in cali right now, so I imagine it will get much worse. The scary thing is that it takes so little to grow enough for the entire market that one large farm in CA could satisfy demand for the whole state. I would not be surprised if the price fluctuated wildly for the first decade.Me thinks once the corporate farmers get going that the price is going to bottom out causing everything from dispensaries, grow shops, and most other growing related fields to shut down as they just won't be able to keep up with the drop in price.
I would also like to note as I stated in the Ohio legalization mockery thread that, most of my agricultural farming friends think that as soon as large scale farming gets into the game prices will plummet so that it is cost prohibitive for regular people to continue growing. The price of a pound of raw tobacco is currently trading at $1.82 or there abouts.
I dont think you can compare the sacred herb to veggies. There are connoisseurs that will always appreciate lovingly grown herb, and growers that are very religious about it. Each herbal experience is different and not for the masses just my opinion
Can't wait to pull alongside the road and pick free weed. lol Yeah gonna be a lot of security problems with that if your growing a drug plant in an open field.
yea only works if you drive along the fields you know are taking care of by people and have males pulled and rob them.
heirloom veggies especially tomatoes...I appreciate a good tomato and am very picky ...yeehaw..and the difference from average store bought,,, and well grown heirloom .....is just like the diff between mexi and some fire ....so yup I compared themI dont think you can compare the sacred herb to veggies. There are connoisseurs that will always appreciate lovingly grown herb, and growers that are very religious about it. Each herbal experience is different and not for the masses just my opinion