Op-Ed: Get Big Agriculture out of cannabis farming in California (via latimesopinion)
These farmers now confront a make or break moment. Faced with stringent regulatory requirements that can cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, smaller producers are becoming indebted and struggling to stay afloat until they can finally turn a profit. Maybe some will find a competitive edge. But under current conditions, many, if not most, will drop out of state regulatory programs and many more will never enter at all.
If we want to ensure that small farmers become legal and diminish the allure of the underground market, we could prohibit the practice of permit stacking and cancel the issuance of large farm permits in 2023 as specified in state law. If coupled with minimum prices set by the state government, as Beau Kilmer of RAND
, we could ensure support for small farmers, farmworkers and environmental stewardship, especially if production costs begin to fall.Short of such reforms, other approaches can help. For example, small-scale, genetically diversified farming would be encouraged if
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