The plan to create a business based on a shared love of cannabis drove Marie Montmarquet and Allen Hackett from east of the Mississippi to the West Coast.
Biggest challenge in either launching or maintaining a cultivation operation: “The local taxation and the state taxation, just from a small farmer perspective, is something that is really high on our list.”
Year founded: First division, Marie’s Deliverables, founded in 2015
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