The Dealer's Diary is where we share the work. Cannabis HR insights, retention math, compliance gaps, and the operational decisions that actually move the needle for cannabis dispensaries, cultivators, processors, and multi-state operators.
We write for the founder losing sleep over turnover. The GM weighing a PEO against fractional HR. The compliance lead who just got blindsided by a state inspector. The cultivator scaling from one license to three.
Every post is real work with real cannabis operators. The math is real. The advice is what we'd say in a discovery call, written down so you can read it before you call us.
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This week in cannabis: the HIGHER Conference lands in Philadelphia as the biggest women-in-cannabis convergence of the year, the Pocono Canna Fair pulls 325+ vendors to eastern Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts operators can catch a real dispensary block-party activation at Zahara’s in Attleboro. Here are the operator picks worth building your week around. Week 2 of […]
July 20, 2026
Cannabis Events Week of July 13, 2026: Operator Picks From MA, NY, NJ, RI, and ME post-710 recovery mode collides with the FIFA World Cup 2026 in full swing, a Massachusetts rally against a potential adult-use repeal, a full networking calendar in NYC, and the fifth annual Maine Women’s Cannabiz Symposium in the woods of […]
July 15, 2026
July is when the cannabis calendar gets loud. The second week of the month carries more events than any other stretch of the year. If your operator calendar still has white space between June 25 and July 12, you are about to miss the easiest hiring, partnership, and budtender training month of the summer. This […]
June 29, 2026
Flower Expo MA 2026 is the unofficial summer kickoff for cannabis in the Northeast. Mark the date. Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Northampton, Massachusetts. I have been to a lot of cannabis events, and this one hits different every year. If you operate, brand, or work in this industry anywhere within driving distance of Western […]
June 16, 2026
Cannabis events June 2026 is a stacked month. Trade shows, policy meetings, retreats, and networking nights are landing across the Northeast and beyond. However, most operators do not need to attend everything. Time is the most expensive thing you spend at events. So we curated eight cannabis events June 2026 that are actually worth that […]
June 4, 2026
Cannabis moves fast. Furthermore, the first week of June 2026 packs more activity into seven days than most months of the cannabis calendar. Specifically, Cannabis Means Business returns to the Javits Center for its tenth annual run. The DEA Schedule III registration deadline lands June 22, 25 days out. State markets in New York, New […]
May 28, 2026
A new cannabis competition just hit the New York market, and as a result it shifts how operators should think about brand-building, talent, and operations. Specifically, Best in Grass New York 2026 launches Saturday, May 30. Furthermore, roughly 2,600 New York consumers will judge 58+ brands across 12 recreational categories. Winners get announced at a […]
