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Connecticut opening up micro-cultivator licenses for social equity is a step in the right direction, aiming to balance the scales. But we need to keep the conversation grounded. A license, won through a lottery or not, i...
Connecticut opening up micro-cultivator licenses for social equity is a step in the right direction, aiming to balance the scales. But we need to keep the conversation grounded. A license, won through a lottery or not, is just paper—it doesn't guarantee a harvest, let alone profitability. Running a commercial operation, even micro-scale, demands deep operational capital, ruthless efficiency in IPM, and the hard-earned knowledge of environmental stability. When the multi-state operators are running fully optimized acres, how does the micro-cultivator, often under-capitalized, secure market shelf space and survive the inevitable price compression? The equity discussion needs to shift from who gets the initial permission slip to who gets the practical support to keep the lights on past the first twelve months.
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