Where the Dollas At: Kiss My Grass Exposes the Money Gap in Cannabis

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Money makes the cannabis world go ’round… but for Black women in the industry, getting access to that money is a whole different story.

In this season-ending episode of the CashColorCannabis Podcast — A Higher Level of Conversation — Mehka sits down with Whitney Beatty and Jessica “Jess” Jackson, two powerful voices featured in the new documentary Kiss My Grass, a film that exposes the uphill battle Black women entrepreneurs face when trying to fund their cannabis businesses.

We dig into: Why access to capital in cannabis is still so broken, how the “green rush” left Black and Brown founders behind, the added challenges Black women face when raising funds, Kiss My Grass, and why this story matters now and more

This is the final episode of our 9th season — and we’re going out with a conversation that cuts right to the heart of the industry.

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