Insights and Stories on Edibles

Canopy eyes U.S. expansion via weed gummies maker

Oct. 14, 2021 at 4:34 pm CDT

Reuters — Canada’s Canopy Growth Corp. said on Thursday it would buy weed gummies maker Wana Brands for US$297.5 million, as the world’s biggest pot producer looks to expand in the U.S. cannabis market. Demand for pot edibles such as gummies has risen during the pandemic, as people stuck at […]

As customers hoard pot brownies, weed firms see lockdown boost

Mar. 24, 2020 at 11:15 am CDT

By Shariq Khan

Cannabis patients boost Aurora edible sales

Dec. 20, 2019 at 12:35 am CST

By Nichola Saminather

Pot producer Canopy Growth to stop expanding in Canada

Nov. 14, 2019 at 10:46 am CST

By Reuters

As ‘Cannabis 2.0’ kicks off, industry strangled by limited retail outlets

Oct. 17, 2019 at 7:28 pm CDT

By Nichola Saminather Shariq Khan

Cannabis firm Tilray sees growth slowing

Aug. 14, 2019 at 2:18 am CDT

Reuters — Pot producer Tilray Inc. reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday, as it ramped up investments to boost production and warned of muted growth in the Canadian recreational marijuana market for the second half of the year. Shares of the Nanaimo, B.C.-based company fell eight per cent after […]

By Reuters

Cannabis edibles clear for legal launch before year-end

Jun. 14, 2019 at 4:32 pm CDT

Food products containing cannabis are expected to be on the retail market by mid-December at the earliest under new federal regulations announced Friday. Health Canada on Friday announced amendments to the Cannabis Regulations will be published June 26 to come into force Oct. 17, laying out rules for legal production […]

By GFM Staff

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

Mar. 19, 2019 at 9:25 pm CDT

Response so far from farm and agribusiness organizations to Tuesday’s pre-election budget suggests the federal government has managed to find at least one line item for everyone in the ag sector. Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget pledges compensation for supply-managed sectors facing financial hits from international trade pacts, funding for […]

By GFM Staff

Feds introduce cannabis legalization bill

Apr. 13, 2017 at 8:28 pm CDT

The federal government is set to decriminalize cannabis possession and use and to allow limited home-grown pot plants starting in mid-2018, while sticking close to the existing licensing system for wholesale-level production. The government on Thursday introduced the Cannabis Act, which will allow adults — that is, ages 18 and […]

By Staff