- Taking place Saturday, June 26 at Green Karma Farm in Orange, Mass.
- About 40 cannabis industry vendors registered: more spaces still available
- Hosted by The New England Cannabis Convention (NECANN), the largest cannabis and hemp event series in the United States
- Massachusetts is a pioneering adult recreational cannabis use state
When Massachusetts’ voters gave the green light to legalizing adult recreational marijuana use in 2016, the state stood alone among its East Coast neighbors as a place where cannabis cravers could freely pursue their passion. According to the Boston Globe, marijuana sales have since risen to nearly $1.5 billion in total (
https://ibn.fm/li6Wx).
Massachusetts is no longer unique in its approach to legalizing the leafy green plant, however, and the New England Cannabis Convention (NECANN) has grown to become the largest cannabis and hemp event series in the United States. Its members actively promote legislation favorable to the industry throughout the Northeastern United States, including Massachusetts, particularly on behalf of small cottage industry growers.
On Saturday, June 26, NECANN will host its BeanCon event as a one-day gathering for bud buyers and sellers at the Green Karma Farm (210 Wheeler Ave) in Orange, Mass. BeanCon is one in a series of events NECANN has planned to help promote small business operations from Maine to Oklahoma during the coming year.
Orange, situated some 70 miles inland from Boston, is bisected by a river and steeped in the New England history. Green Karma Farm is putting a new-old face on the townscape, serving area residents with its mission to provide natural goodness through free-range eggs, CBD products and yoga classes.
The home-grown feel of such small businesses provides a bit of pandemic pain relief in the form of greater human connection and a quieter pace of living. The pandemic is reputed to have driven sales of cannabis higher as users look for ways to ease anxiety and physical discomforts that the health emergency’s strictures have brought.
BeanCon will be an outdoor event where all attendees and vendors will be required to follow all state COVID safety guidelines regarding in-person capacity limits, protective clothing and interpersonal distancing.
BeanCon will nevertheless be a friendly opportunity for cannabis fans to network while browsing the full plant and product displays, shopping at the seed, clone and tissue culture, soil, nutrients and growing aids booths.
About 40 vendors are signed up to present at the event, and several booth spaces are still available within the floorplan’s limits.
“The show is drawing more quality exhibitors and that leads to better networking. We had a couple of new deals that we struck up that will have a big impact on our business going forward. More out of state customers, investors and engineering are interested in locating in MA and we meet them here,” Gary Arnold of TSRgrow stated.
Tickets are $20 and can be obtained through BeanCon’s website,
https://necann.com/beancon/
