📰 The Cannaverse Newsletter | October 29, 2025

Hello, Canna Connect community. Minnesota’s cannabis scene is growing, learning, and showing up for each other. Here is what is happening this week and how you can get involved.

Headline: The Canna Connect Show launches next week

The Canna Connect Show is set to debut next week, and we’re excited to share real conversations from across Minnesota’s cannabis community. We will highlight people doing the work, bring community spotlights and product features to life, and make space for thoughtful talk around policy, compliance, and innovation. We are still shaping the flow with your input, so keep an eye on our socials for the launch next Wednesday. Want to join us or pitch a guest? Reply to this email and tell us what you have in mind.

Speak up for low-dose. Use the U.S. Hemp Roundtable tool to contact Congress today.

Legal Update: Hemp needs your voice now

Congress is moving to ban full-spectrum hemp products, including CBD, THCA flower, Delta-8, and Delta-10. This threatens farmers, small businesses, wellness brands, and consumers who rely on safe, plant-based options for relief and rest. It also risks handing hemp’s future to pharmaceutical interests and undoing years of reform progress.

There is a clear education gap within the House Appropriations Committee about hemp regulation and consumer safety. Minnesotans can help close that gap.

How you can help today

  1. Contact Congress using the U.S. Hemp Roundtable’s letter tool.

  2. Share this action with your network and tag #CannaConnectMN to amplify.

  3. If you operate a hemp business, add a short note about jobs at stake in your district.

Community Spotlights: New Facebook album

Meet the people behind Minnesota cannabis. Explore the full album on Facebook.

Our community includes growers, makers, operators, and neighbors. We pulled recent features into one easy-to-browse Facebook album so you can meet the people shaping Minnesota’s market.

What you’ll find

  • Stories from cultivators and community builders

  • Practical lessons on growing, operations, and collaboration

  • A place to cheer folks on and help their work reach more people

Toast to one year of Bloom and the new autumn issue.

Upcoming Event: Bloom turns one: North Bloom Issue Drop Party

The North Bloom Issue Drop Party is almost here, and we can’t wait to help spread the word. Join the celebration at Earl Giles Distillery, Minneapolis on Wednesday, November 5 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Come raise a glass, connect with Minnesota’s cannabis community, and celebrate the power of storytelling, small businesses, and local voices. Quick note: we are promoting this event and plan to stop by, but we may not be on site the entire time.

Where

  • Earl Giles Distillery, Minneapolis When

  • Wednesday, November 5, 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

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The Forbidden Sessions panel promo featuring Natalie from Canna Connect.

Tune in Thursday at 2:15 PM.

Tune In: The Forbidden Sessions podcast

Natalie from Canna Connect joins The Forbidden Sessions on Thursday, October 30 at 2:15 PM for the panel There Goes Motherhood: How to Cope When Your Neighborhood Goes to Pot with Elizabeth Sage and Monica Roerig Olano. They will discuss cannabis, parenting, and how women are breaking stigma and redefining modern motherhood.

See you at Canna Club tonight.

Tonight: Earl Giles Canna Club

Stop by Earl Giles from 5 to 9 PM for Canna Club and say hi to Stephen from Canna Connect after 7pm on the mezzanine floor. Enjoy a great selection of cannabis beverages, meet industry peers, and unwind with the community.

About Canna Connect

Canna Connect is Minnesota’s hub for connection in cannabis. We bring people, knowledge, and opportunity together to grow a healthy, sustainable, locally rooted industry. We make it easier for Minnesotans to meet, learn, collaborate, and build.

What we do

  • The Cannaverse Newsletter and The Canna Connect Show

  • Events, after-parties, and collaborative programs that turn introductions into working infrastructure

  • Marketing support across email, social, and live experiences

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