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California’s Licensing Cliff Pushes Cannabis Growers to Edge of Extinction

Despite pouring countless hours into compliant operations, That Good Good Farm owner Tamara Kislak says licensing has been a yearslong existential threat.

Just above the fog line, That Good Good Farm includes sun-grown craft cannabis positioned on various terraces scattered throughout a 300-acre property overlooking the Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, Calif.
Just above the fog line, That Good Good Farm includes sun-grown craft cannabis positioned on various terraces scattered throughout a 300-acre property overlooking the Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, Calif.
Photos Courtesy of That Good Good Farm
Tony Lange
June 5, 2023

Isolated in a mountainous region of Northern California, Tamara Kislak spends her days cultivating craft cannabis on a ridge overlooking the Anderson Valley in Mendocino County.

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