OREGON CANNABIS By Jim Teece Panel Discussion hosted by Grown Rogue
Grown Rogue : Building Positive Partnerships Between the Cannabis Industry & Community
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Grown Rogue hosted a panel discussion focussing on the community and cannabis in January. I attended via zoom and left the discussion fascinated by what I found out. Grown Rogue International (CSE: GRIN | OTC: GRUSF) is a vertically integrated, multi-state Cannabis family of brands. Their story began more than 15 years ago when the founders, Obie and Sarah Strickler, started growing as part of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. Oregon Recreational Legalization in 2016 started a new chapter for the company. Grown Rogue
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built a best in class grow team, with over 75 years of combined experience, and carefully hired a diverse team of professionals, with a range of skillsets and backgrounds, from across the Rogue Valley. They went public in 2018 and continued expanding its foundation by focusing on ef ciencies and best practices across the organization that would allow it to expand production and drive sales with enhanced pro tability. Grown Rogue is now taking what they learned in the hypercompetitive Oregon
market and selectively expanding its footprint by acquiring distressed and non-core assets across the rapidly growing US markets. I learned about Grown Rogue a couple of years ago. Sarah gave me a fascinating tour of the indoor grow as part of the E2E (Entrepreneur to Entrepreneur) program where we tour local businesses and hear how they got started and what keeps the owners up at night. I was impressed with how clean, organized and professional the operation was.
