{"id":98428,"date":"2021-12-14T09:48:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackcannabismagazine.com\/?p=98428"},"modified":"2021-12-14T09:48:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:48:10","slug":"state-of-florida-announces-a-cannabis-license-for-one-black-farmer-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcannabismagazine.com\/state-of-florida-announces-a-cannabis-license-for-one-black-farmer-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Florida Announces a Cannabis License for One Black Farmer in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunshine State\u2019s finally launching an initiative for awarding cannabis cultivation licenses to improve the chances of people of color getting into the industry. The plan is for the program to start in March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s Department of Health will accept applications between March 21st\u201325th, 2022. The lucky recipient will become a member of the Florida medical cannabis industry.<\/p>\n<p>There are several requirements for obtaining the license. The applicant must have a company that\u2019s already registered in Florida. Said business needs to have been in operation for at least five years. The business is also required to have a certificate of nursery issued by Florida\u2019s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">The Long Wait for Cultivators<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>The initiative to award black farmers a license was originally announced in 2017. That&#8217;s when the state first passed the medical marijuana use act. Only now is the state putting its plan into practice.<\/p>\n<p>Official lay the delay at the feet of external legal obstacles and ongoing lawsuits. Unfortunately, that just doesn\u2019t do much for black farmers who have faced one restraint after another while trying to grow a business. During the struggle, they watched 22 currently active licensees build one of the country\u2019s top profitable cannabis markets, estimated to be behind only California and Colorado. And none of the 22 businesses are black-owned or -operated.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Cost of Cannabis License Doubled<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>One notable aspect of the awarded license is fees. Applicants can expect double the price of original licensing. Whoever gets the license is going to need to cough up a non-refundable $146,000. That\u2019s twice the average $60,000 fee from 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Still, that six-figure price is cheaper than getting a business license from an existing Florida cannabis company. In those cases, prices are going as high as $50 million.<\/p>\n<p>But even Nikki Fried, Commissioner of Agriculture, finds the six-figure fee odd. The gubernatorial candidate asked the state attorney general to check it out. Fried is also expected to request alleviated fees from the state. The goal is to assist black farmers who hope to get into the weed business without exuberant fees.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Things Change and Remain the Same\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>There remains a variety of obstacles and discriminatory challenges for cultivators of color.<\/p>\n<p>Fried said through the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services\u2019 website, \u201cThe way that the state of Florida has handled the medical marijuana licensure process for Black farmers is completely unacceptable and discriminatory on its face. We should be leveling the playing field for Black farmers who have faced discrimination and other structural obstacles in the farming industry, not doubling their fees and creating additional regulatory burdens for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, a single black cannabis farmer will get the license. But the governor\u2019s office states it\u2019s prepared to hand out 19 additional medical cannabis licenses in the future. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis promises to prioritize minimizing the hardships black medical cannabis farmers face.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve waited four long years. Let\u2019s hope there aren\u2019t many more years of inequality ahead of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunshine State\u2019s finally launching an initiative for awarding cannabis cultivation licenses to improve the chances of people of color getting into the industry. The plan is for the program to start in March 2022. 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