County “Track and trace” workshops for growers and canna-biz held June 14 & 15

MENDOCINO Co., 6/07/17 — The county’s cannabis cultivation permit program is under way, and for growers who have applied to the program, a new layer of compliance will soon be implemented: a “track and trace” system designed to electronically record and track legal cannabis plants “from seed to sale,” as plants make their way through the commercial medical cannabis market.

Participation in a similar statewide system will be required of all licensed cultivators and cannabis business owners once the state issues licenses in 2018, but Mendocino County has selected a vendor and will be implementing a pilot program this year for cultivators and cannabis business owners in the county’s permit program. The selected vendor, SICPA, will be holding a series of educational workshops on June 14 and 15 in Fort Bragg, Boonville, Laytonville, and Ukiah to help local cannabis growers and cultivators learn how to use the system.