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Leveraging Compliance For Competitive Edge: Metrc And Canix At Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference
Monday, October 2, 2023 - 6:06pm | 814How can technology help cannabis businesses make ends meet and navigate the complex landscape of compliance? At the recent Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Chicago, industry experts converged to tackle this practical question. Moderated by Jill Ellsworth, founder and CEO of Willow Industries...
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Willow Industries Launches New Consulting Arm To Support Cannabis Businesses
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 8:35am | 259Willow Industries announced the launch of Willow Scientific, a new tiered suite of microbial consulting services that offers a proactive approach for long-term success by addressing and solving contamination at the source. The new services are an expansion of the microbial support that businesses...
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Willow Industries Founder Talks Quality Control And Trust At The Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference
Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 1:32pm | 151Jill Ellsworth, Founder and CEO at Willow Industries, was a guest speaker at Benzinga’s Cannabis Capital Conference on April 12, 2023. Willow Industries was the first cannabis decontamination company in the United States when it launched in 2015 as a way to address the lack of health and...
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Key Cannabis Exec Changes Investors Should Know About: ScottsMiracle Gro, Tilray, Metrc, & Willow Industries
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 12:32am | 1185ScottsMiracle-Gro Nominates Edith Avilés To Board Of Directors The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) announced Monday that its board of directors has nominated Edith Avilés to stand for election to the board at the upcoming 2023 annual meeting of shareholders....
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Is Cannabis Education A Solution To Prevent Testing Labs From Focusing On THC Potency?
Thursday, August 11, 2022 - 3:13pm | 1087Recently, U.S. industry officials said that "cannabis testing laboratories are partly to blame for the marijuana industry’s focus on delivering high-THC products to consumers." It could be associated with state regulators' lack of mechanisms to check the accuracy of private...
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Willow Industries Appoints Scott Daly As Chief Commercial Officer
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - 10:46am | 363Willow Industries Inc., the leader in cannabis kill-step and decontamination technology, appointed Scott Daly as chief commercial officer. In this role, Scott will oversee the development and execution of the go to market commercial strategy to accelerate Willow's exponential growth across new...
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Willow Industries Raises $2M, Accelerating Company's Growth As Standard For Clean Cannabis
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - 7:12pm | 469Willow Industries, a cannabis industry leader in post-harvest microbial decontamination technology, closed a $2 million Series A venture funding round from a top-tier syndicate of cannabis institutional investors including Panther Group, LAGO Innovation Fund and PhytoPartners. Willow...
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Willow Industries Launches First Non-Extraction Cannabis Remediation Facility In US
Monday, December 9, 2019 - 5:55pm | 405Willow Industries, a company focused on cannabis decontamination, said Monday that it has opened the first non-extraction based cannabis remediation plant in the U.S. in Watsonville, California. The WillowPure Processing Center will provide a cannabis cleaning process for any licensed growers in...
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Staying Safe From Cannabis Contamination
Friday, November 15, 2019 - 1:11pm | 925The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows there have been 2,172 cases of serious lung injury related to vaping in 49 states, Washington, D.C. and two U.S. territories as of Nov. 13. Forty-two people have died in 24 states and the District of...
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Challenges, Concerns Surround Rise In Automated Cannabis Cultivation
Monday, August 5, 2019 - 2:50pm | 627During the July 31 Democratic presidential debate, candidate Andrew Yang doubled down on his concerns about the effect of automation on American jobs. Those same concerns are spreading in the cannabis industry. Some experts and consumers are eyeing automation’s impact on the...
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Please Hold The E. Coli, Pesticides And Heavy Metals: Two Companies Work To Protect California Consumers
Friday, August 2, 2019 - 4:52pm | 1061You’ve been waiting for that special meal at that special restaurant all week. The waiter proudly shares the chef’s special of the day and adds a newly required disclaimer: “It’s absolutely delicious, chef has won international acclaim and a recent award on The Food Channel...
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Cannabis Decontamination: What Is It And Why Is It Important?
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 - 4:15pm | 805While cannabis has many beneficial properties for both medical and recreational users, it also comes with intrinsic dangers like mold and yeast. Growing cannabis sometimes involves pesticides, and the water can be polluted. Most states where cannabis is legal have enacted legislation that...
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Scoop: Cannabis Decontamination Tech Company Willow Industries Closes $2M Funding Round
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 - 8:00am | 263Cannabis and hemp decontamination technology company Willow Industries has closed a $2-million venture funding round. The round, co-lead by AFI Capital Partners and WelCan Capital, included Halley Venture Partners and Flatiron Venture Partners. Need more cannabis news? Check out all of our coverage...