Equity and Repair

Education as repair is not a tagline. Prohibition's costs in Minnesota, and what repair looks like in practice.

Sponsors and Partners

Sep 15, 2026

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4 min read

Equity Before the Market Hardens

After more than a decade of participating in cannabis markets across the country, one lesson keeps repeating itself: the earlier we learn from what happened elsewhere, the more choices we still have about what happens next.

Mike Lomuto

Equity and Repair

A Bike Shop, a Dispensary, and the Same Move Twice: What Social Equity Actually Means Here

Sep 10, 2026

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7 min read

A Bike Shop, a Dispensary, and the Same Move Twice: What Social Equity Actually Means Here

One of our trustees has now built the same thing twice, ten years and one industry apart.

Minnesota Cannabis College

Equity and Repair

The Case for Equity in Cannabis Workforce Development

Aug 13, 2026

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4 min read

The Case for Equity in Cannabis Workforce Development

For every owner in Minnesota's cannabis industry, there will be many employees. For every license, dozens of jobs, budtenders and growers, production techs and compliance staff, managers and specialists.

Minnesota Cannabis College

Equity and Repair

Prohibition's Legacy in Minnesota and What Repair Looks Like

Aug 13, 2026

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4 min read

Prohibition's Legacy in Minnesota and What Repair Looks Like

Every so often, someone asks us, sincerely, not unkindly, why a cannabis college talks so much about history. The industry is legal now, the argument goes. The market is growing. Why keep looking back?

Minnesota Cannabis College

Equity and Repair

We use three words constantly, education as repair

Aug 13, 2026

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4 min read

We use three words constantly, education as repair

This is the plain-language explanation of what we mean, what we don't, and why workforce training is our lane in the cannabis equity movement.

Minnesota Cannabis College

Equity and Repair

Equity Before the Market Hardens

A Bike Shop, a Dispensary, and the Same Move Twice: What Social Equity Actually Means Here

The Case for Equity in Cannabis Workforce Development

Prohibition's Legacy in Minnesota and What Repair Looks Like

We use three words constantly, education as repair

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