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EXCLUSIVE: This Blue's Brothers Actor Is Going Green, But Not In The Way You'd Think
Friday, September 16, 2022 - 3:53pm | 469Jim Belushi has built a renowned career as an actor, comedian, singer and dancer throughout the course of his more than four-decade career. However, he has another passion that many of his fans are likely unaware: he is a legal cannabis farmer. He established Belushi’s...
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Jim Belushi Is Growing Weed And All He Wants Is To Break Even: 'Cannabis Serves The Greater Good'
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 - 2:55pm | 359Jim Belushi first ventured into the cannabis industry as a legal cannabis farmer with a 48-plant crop in 2015. Nowadays, the "According to Jim" star runs the massive Belushi's Farm in southern Oregon, which is featured in the Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) series "Growing...
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Why Billionaire Charles Koch Thinks Cannabis Prohibition Is 'Counterproductive' - And Is Spending Millions To Support Legalization
Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 10:11am | 1235This article was originally published in August 2021. More and more powerful people, whether because of their wealth, celebrity status or their positions as corporate leaders and politicians, have begun to express their views in support of ending...
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Top Cannabis Regulator Jumps To Another Gig, Bhang CEO Steps Down & Other Strategic Marijuana Industry Leadership Changes
Thursday, August 11, 2022 - 10:44am | 1503As Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference returns on September 13-14 to Chicago, gathering top CEOs, investors and leaders in the industry, let's scroll through the latest leadership changes within the space. Bhang Inc President, CEO, & Board Member, Jamie L. Pearson, Steps Downs...
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Jim Belushi, Dan Aykroyd: Blues Brothers From OG Movie To OG Cannabis Farmers Will Perform At Michigan's Blues'd and Infused
Saturday, July 9, 2022 - 3:10pm | 588The Blues Brothers band, headed by Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi, will headline the Blues’d and Infused cannabis music festival August 20 at Riverfront Park in Niles, Michigan. The event, presented by Float Nation Live at Riverfront Park in Niles is co-...
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Jim Belushi And Highway Horticulture Join Forces, Forming A Partnership To Healing In Michigan
Tuesday, June 21, 2022 - 4:31pm | 523Highway Horticulture - a local cannabis company that owns Sunset Coast in Cassopolis is teaming up with Jim Belushi to promote their partnership and give a medical approach to the Michigan cannabis industry. Last April, Highway Horticulture announced its partnership with Oregon-based...
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Jim Belushi Teams Up With Mediaplanet On New Campaign To Advocate For Fair & Equitable Cannabis Industry
Thursday, December 30, 2021 - 1:24pm | 666On Wednesday, Mediaplanet announced the launch of its cross-platform campaign "Business of Cannabis," leaning on the insights of the cannabis industry's most respected associations, experts and thought leaders. Featured on the cover of the print version of the campaign, ...
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Justin Bieber Joins Marijuana Space For A Good Cause, Launches Peaches Prerolls
Monday, October 4, 2021 - 11:10am | 722One of Gen Z and millennials’ favorite musicians, Justin Bieber, just joined a long list of celebrities who are full-on in the cannabis space, as marijuana legalization spreads across the nation. The two-time Grammy-award winner and one of the best-selling pop music artists of...
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From Carlos Santana To Nicole Kidman: Why Celebrities Keep Jumping Into The Cannabis Industry And Why We Love It
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 - 10:33am | 2335Cannabis and celebrities seem to go hand in hand. Some celebs have decided to become part of the industry as brand ambassadors, while others have launched their own brands. Musicians, actors and athletes have expressed their love for the plant. But why now? Is it because the stigma around...
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5 Weed Products Jim Belushi Can't Live Without
Friday, June 18, 2021 - 5:06pm | 1989This article by Jackie Bryant was originally published on Weedmaps, and appears here with permission. When it comes to celebrity cannabis brands, not all are created equal. Many celebrities who have ventured into the cannabis industry just white label their products, meaning that they...
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Jim Belushi, GrowGeneration Partner To Build Oregon Cannabis Greenhouse
Friday, April 30, 2021 - 1:39pm | 294GrowGeneration Corp (NASDAQ: GRWG) announced Friday that it has partnered with entertainer, activist and cannabis entrepreneur Jim Belushi to build a new, state-of-the-art cannabis greenhouse on Belushi’s Farm in Oregon. GrowGen has deployed a team of “Grow Pros” to provide on-...
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Curaleaf Partners With Belushi's Farm To Introduce New Vape Pen
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - 12:16pm | 358Curaleaf Holdings Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF), which recently hit the milestone of reaching 90 stores in the U.S., is now collaborating with actor and cannabis entrepreneur Jim Belushi. According to Wednesday's update, Curaleaf's Select brand teamed up with Belushi...
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Video: Radio Free Cannabis - Cannabis & Comedy With Jim Belushi
Sunday, August 16, 2020 - 11:45am | 338Coming to you from high (very HIGH) in the hills of Oakland, California, hosted by Steve DeAngelo, "the father of the legal cannabis industry," Radio Free Cannabis is the voice of the global cannabis freedom movement. Translated into 195 different languages, RFC features news, discussion...
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Alchemy Podcast: Jim Belushi Talks Weed With Fyllo's Jeff Ragovin And Chad Bronstein
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 - 12:20pm | 423Jim Belushi, founder of Belushi's Farm, joins Fyllo's Jeff Ragovin and Chad Bronstein on the Alchemy Podcast, and discusses why he decided to join the cannabis movement, his plans for growing Belushi’s Farm, his passion for growing and getting his hands dirty along with musings around...
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Jim Belushi Takes On Your Blues With His Pot
Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 1:10pm | 628By Melanie Erbar. Versión en Español en El Planteo. Who doesn’t know the legendary film “The Blues Brothers, personified by “Saturday Night Live” alumni John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd? The 1980 cult movie permeated American pop culture, and now the late Belushi’s brother...