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Contact: Shawna Seldon McGregor

C: 917.971.7852

Email: shawna@mygrasslands.com

Cannabis Sustainability Symposium to Focus on Technological and Regulatory Changes Impacting Cultivators’ Bottom Line

Industry Leaders to Gather in Denver on Friday, Oct. 26

Denver—July 17, 2018—The Cannabis Certification Council in partnership with Denver’s Cannabis Sustainability Work Group is pleased to present the third annual Cannabis Sustainability Symposium. Early bird tickets are available now through August 30 for $85. After August 30, regular tickets will be $105.

The Symposium has become a leading platform for top industry executives and sustainability experts to convene, learn and network. Attracting attendees and speakers from across the cannabis industry both domestically and abroad, the 2018

Symposium will feature two tracks:

Optimizing Cultivation and Business Management and Policy. All content is geared towards helping operators anticipate changes in technology and regulation, and to help improve their bottom line by becoming more efficient and sustainable.

The Council is proud to announce that LED light manufacturer ProGrowTech has agreed to become the Sustaining Partner for the 2018 Symposium. “Becoming a part of the Symposium and working with the Council is important to our business and
core to our values of promoting energy efficiency and clean and ethical production,” said ProGrowTech CEO Andrew Myers.

The Symposium has become a touchstone event in the cannabis industry convening executives and experts alike to share findings, network and discover new ways to drive efficiencies and improve bottom lines for operators.

Sponsorships and speaking opportunities are also still available.

The Cannabis Sustainability Work Group is organized by the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment and members include representatives from Boulder County Public Health, Cannabis Certification Council, The Cannabis Conservancy, The Clinic, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver Office of Marijuana Policy, Denver Relief Consulting, Energy Outreach Colorado, Good Chemistry, Grasslands: A Journalism-Minded Agency, Integral Consulting, L’Eagle Services, National Cannabis Industry Association, Native Roots, Needle Consultants, Oak Services, Organa Labs, Scale Microgrid Solutions, Surna, Sustainabis, Vicente Sederberg and Waste Farmers.

For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Shawna McGregor /
Grasslands at 917-971-7852 or shawna@mygrasslands.com.

About The Cannabis Certification Council:
The Cannabis Certification Council is the presenting sponsor of the Third Annual Cannabis Sustainability Symposium in Denver on Friday, Oct. 26. Further information and tickets are available at CannabisSustainability.org. More information about The Cannabis Certification Council can be found online at CannabisCertificationCouncil.org. Continue the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Organic and Ethical Cannabis Organizations Announce Merger

Newly Re-Named Cannabis Certification Council Receives Legacy Funding Mandate to Ensure High Labor Standards and Organic Integrity for Cannabis Produced and Sold in the United States

DENVER (June 6, 2017) - The Organic Cannabis Association and Ethical Cannabis Alliance, non-profit organizations respectively based in Denver, Colorado, and Portland, Oregon, are merging and adopting a new name, The Cannabis Certification Council (CCC).

The CCC will independently certify cannabis products as Organically Grown and Fairly Produced. Producers that are certified will receive seals for marketing products. The CCC will serve the cannabis industry as an independent non-profit body upholding clear, achievable, yet robust standards. Certification will be conducted by third party conflict-free experts to ensure integrity. Dr. Bronner’s, the internationally recognized leader in the organic and fair trade movements, has committed to provide seed funding and a matching grant to the CCC, and their Director of Constructive Capital Les Szabo will take an initial board seat.

“The Cannabis Certification Council (CCC), with its unique mission, is a perfect vessel for us to support our values in the cannabis space,” said David Bronner, CEO of Dr. Bronner’s, the top-selling soap brand in the US natural market place. “We are committed to making socially and environmentally responsible products of the highest value, and we are excited for the CCC to begin driving that ethos in the cannabis industry.”

Founding board members include Laura Rivero of Yerba Buena Farms; Amy Andrle of L'Eagle Services Denver; Nick Richards of Dill and Dill and Vicente Sederberg; and Ben Gelt of Par. Ashley Preece of the Ethical Cannabis Alliance is also a founder and will be Executive Director of the new organization.

“This is a huge step for the cannabis industry,” Preece said. “Our collaboration reflects the priority of the mission ingrained in both parties, and together we will immediately be greater than the sum of our parts.”

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More information about The Cannabis Certification Council can be found online at: http://www.CannabisCertificationCommittee.org/us/com.

The Cannabis Certification Council is pleased to be the presenting sponsor of the Second Annual Cannabis Sustainability Symposium in Denver, Colorado on October 16 and 17, 2017. Further information and tickets are available at http://www.CannabisSustainability.org.

For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Shawna McGregor at shawna@rosengrouppr.com or 917-971-7852.