As we previously reported here on the blog, New York introduced the idea of a cannabis farmers’ markets to unclog legal weed supply chain. New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) previously announced a plan to allow conditional cultivators and retailers to organize and sell weed at farmers’ markets this summer, along with other state and locally approved locations. However, that idea was struck down by Governor Hochul.
During a meeting with the Cannabis Association of New York, OCM Director of Policy John Kagia told attendees the agency will allow conditional cannabis growers and Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensaries to team up and sell products at a location other than the retailer’s shop. As previously announced, if the plan gets a thumbs-up, a retail cannabis dealer must partner with at least three marijuana farmers to sell flowered weed.
It is unclear how each CAURD licensee will be affected by this announcement, or if CAURD licensees can sell product in their designated region or more specifically by town, county, city, etc. If the CAURD licensees can only sell in their designated region, that will be a more targeted benefit to those regions and areas where the process to open up a physical dispensary
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