Our Academy

Following a lawsuit and prolonged delay, the New York Cannabis Control Board (CCC) has finally awarded 99 conditional adult-use retail dispensary licenses, bringing the total number of permits to 165. This move comes less than a week after a federal court lifted an injunction that prevented New...

Tess Melody Taylor, a queer Black woman born and raised in Texas, founded and self-funded the CBD skincare line, TAYLOR + tess, after seeing her military veteran parents struggle with joint and body aches. Seeking a more holistic solution beyond the opioids doctors had prescribed,...

Our Academy, a digitally native 501(c)(3) nonprofit “precelerator” mentorship program for independent, BIPOC cannabis entrepreneurs and social equity applicants across the U.S., is launching a new cohort on February 15. People interested in either joining the program or becoming a...