This Black female cannabis pioneer is cultivating a budding industry

DEC 14, 202328 MIN
The Jawncast from KYW Newsradio

This Black female cannabis pioneer is cultivating a budding industry

DEC 14, 202328 MIN

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<p>Recreational adult use of marijuana has been legal for over a year and a half in New Jersey, but small businesses still struggle to break into the industry, even if they were operating underground before. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/sabrinakayab">Sabrina Boyd-Surka</a> visits the first Black, woman-owned cannabis manufacturing business in Delaware and the first independent edibles brand on shelves in New Jersey, <a href="https://butacake.com/">ButACake</a>, to find out how they established themselves legally after years as a legacy operator in New Jersey. And KYW South Jersey reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/MicDougherty">Mike Dougherty</a> joins us for a look inside the grow house of a multi-state operator, <a href="https://cannabistcompany.com/">The Cannabist Company</a>, where the team is trying to use their funding and resources to help smaller companies like ButACake get off the ground.</p> <p>For pictures of ButACake’s kitchen and The Cannabist Company’s grow house, follow us on X <a href="http://twitter.com/thejawncast">@TheJawncast</a>.</p> <p>Check out Matha Figaro’s other business, CannPowerment, <a href="https://cannpowerment.com/">here</a>.</p>