Ricardo Baca

Ricardo Baca, a three-time Marketer of the Year and veteran journalist, is launching “The CPG Marketer,” a new YouTube series offering in-depth marketing insights from leading professionals in the consumer packaged goods industry. Presented by Grasslands, a Clio Award-winning consumer...

Get ready to experience the ultimate cannabis industry event in the heart of Southern California! Benzinga Cannabis Conferences are coming back with a bang. Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 22, 2024, as Culver City’s BioScience LA is all set to transform into the venue for the ...

Communications firm Grasslands: A Journalism-Minded Agency has launched “Destigmatized,” an Instagram TV docuseries documenting America’s ever-transforming relationship with the cannabis plant. The series features more than 120 episodes, with each short documentary capturing an...

This was a huge week for the marijuana industry: Canada became the second country in the world to legalize cannabis for recreational uses. “October 17 was set as the first day for recreational sales. Some people in the industry wanted an earlier date, but at least companies can now make plans...

In a pretty unexpected turn of events, a federal appellate court in California rejected a motion to change CBD’s Schedule I status, keeping this medical compound, which can be extracted not only from cannabis but also from non-psychoactive hemp and hops, in the same category as heroin....