Severe weather is the latest blow to cannabis farmers, which has grappled with high taxes, falling sales and increasing competition from vast, indoor farms.
and officials realized cannabis wasn't the green rush once envisioned did California begin to ease regulations and reduce state and local taxes.
and eliminated at least one cultivation tax on growers. It also moved the 15% excise tax from distributors to retailers. But that's of little help to Taliaferro, who said he uses nearly half of his income to pay for permits and taxes. A legacy farmer born into the cannabis trade, Taliaferro, 50, grew up in the Humboldt mountains. His mother moved to the area in 1974 and started a small pot farm tucked deep inside the forest.In 1996, Taliaferro was arrested during a law enforcement"green sweep" while transporting seven cannabis plants. He said his"unjust" arrest and three years of probation made him decide to dedicate his life to growing weed as an act of defiance.
Cannabis fields in Northern California, including Skyline Farms, shown here, were battered and flooded by historic winter storms.Taliaferro’s Spruce Grove farm, perched on a ridge about 3,000 feet above sea level, usually rises atop the fabled Humboldt fog. But on a recent morning, dense clouds concealed the vast valley below and obscured nearby mountain peaks. Across the ridge, a burn scar from the 2020 August Complex fire that destroyed more than 1 million acres slashed the land.
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