The past year paved the way for some exciting new research around our favorite plant. Check out Leafly ’s list for some of the more intriguing studies:

Hashtags can be a major help to any brand trying to ensure its target audience finds its content online. But for anyone creating cannabis-related content, they can also alert social media platforms to posts that might violate terms of service. So how do you walk the fine line between hashtagging your way into community and getting left out in the cold? Here are the details: bit.ly/3wiE0Gp

We partner with one nonprofit for every Grasslands Party we throw, and this year we were thrilled to partner with our longtime friends and collaborators at the Cannabis Impact Fund. We are honored to help raise funds and awareness for an organization with the mission of promoting racial justice, healing the planet and supporting communities in need by leveraging a conscious cannabis sector. We also love that their grantees are organizations we already support and value, including The Bail Project, Color Of Change, Minorities 4 Medical Marijuana, The Hood Incubator and Black Futures Lab. If you’d like to donate to the Cannabis Impact Fund or learn more about their essential work, follow the link below. Every amount helps! cannabisimpactfund.org

2023 started on a joyous note: The first adult-use cannabis dispensary in New York City is now open! And that’s not the only way Housing Works Cannabis Co is making history. A recipient of the Empire State’s social equity cannabis licensing program, the longtime nonprofit organization Housing Works has stepped into the cannabis space to generate additional funding for its work providing life-saving support services to New Yorkers. Grasslands couldn’t be prouder to partner with this purpose-driven organization.

The new Grasslands calendar is here. We’re stoked about what the future has in store for the emerging psychedelics space—and the growth of plant-based wellness all around us.