Ep 08 Worth Knowing: 4/20 In 2018 *Bonus Episode*

In honor of 4/20 (otherwise known as National Marijuana Day) I am joined by Mikey Steinmetz, CEO of Flow Kana, to learn more about the current state of the marijuana industry in 2018.

ABOUT MICHAEL STEINMETZ
Michael Steinmetz is CEO and co-founder of Flow Kana, California’s largest distributor of beyond organic, sun grown cannabis from small craft farmers in Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity Counties. Steinmetz is leading Flow Kana to transform cannabis into the world’s first fully sustainable and equitable agricultural product, and advancing an entire ecosystem from seed-to-sale that is rooted in transparency, integrity, and shared-equity.

Steinmetz combines business strategy and community outreach skills that leverage his diverse background and experiences. Prior to founding and leading Flow Kana, Steinmetz built and sold a Venezuelan national brand management company Distribuidora DanMic that manufactured and distributed category-leading food products. He previously served as an investment banking analyst at Merrill Lynch and data analyst at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Steinmetz is originally from Caracas, Venezuela, and pursued a double major in Mechanical Engineering and Economics with a minor in Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

ABOUT FLOW KANA
Flow Kana is a pioneer in the cannabis industry, creating the first sustainable, sungrown cannabis brand that embraces California values and the small independent farm ecosystem. Flow Kana partners with and gives scale to craft farmers, who focus on beyond organic farming practices. As one of the largest cannabis companies in California, Flow Kana offers a range of distribution and white label services to a variety of licensed cannabis companies who share the company’s values to provide consumers with clean, compliant and sustainable products through delivery to licensed retail operators throughout California.

ABOUT THE FLOW CANNABIS INSTITUTE
Once occupied by a historic family winery, Flow Kana's 80-acre property in the heart of Mendocino County has been reborn as Northern California's premier processing center, as well as the world's first cannabis education and wellness campus. Today the Flow Cannabis Institute provides a centralized location for independent cannabis farmers to dry, cure, trim, process, test, grade, package, manufacture, store and distribute their crop cost effectively, and at massive scale. Flow Kana's long-term vision is to develop the site as a cannabis retreat, education, and resource center, where other states, nations, industries, and businesses can learn and collaborate on how to create an agricultural model centered around the small farmer and sustainable farming practices that can be replicated around the world.

The Plan To Save California’s Legendary Weed From Big Cannabis:
https://www.wired.com/story/the-plan-to-save-californias-legendary-weed-from-big-cannabis/