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title: Ep.3 - Encouraging New Business — CertiCraft Learning Centre
description: A conversation about cannabis business operations with Shannon Ross and Stacy Johnston.
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# Ep.3 - Encouraging New Business

Published


Jun 08 2023

Last Updated

Apr 05 2024

Author


Sami Majadla

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Sami Majadla, CEO of CertiCraft, facilitates discussions with leaders in the legal craft cannabis industry to explore what is going well and what is going not-so-well.

In Episode 3, Sami is joined by Shannon Ross & Stacy Johnston from the Cannabis Business Transition Initiative at Community Futures Central Kootenay, who have helped cultivators across the Kootenay region get licensed and get through audits. They’ve already helped over 50 growers and they'll share their learnings about the wild, confusing world of legal cannabis in Canada.

[We also talk to Shannon about her processing facility, Antidote, in The State of Craft, episode 21.](https://certicraft.com/learn/state-of-craft-podcast/ep.21-antidote-processing)

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