{"id":9443,"date":"2021-10-21T07:01:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T07:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2021\/10\/21\/massachusetts-farmers-sidelined-at-worcester-dispensarys-farmers-market-say-industry-equity-programs-need-work\/135519\/"},"modified":"2021-10-21T07:01:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T07:01:17","slug":"massachusetts-farmers-sidelined-at-worcester-dispensarys-farmers-market-say-industry-equity-programs-need-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/massachusetts-farmers-sidelined-at-worcester-dispensarys-farmers-market-say-industry-equity-programs-need-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts farmers &#8216;sidelined&#8217; at Worcester dispensary&#8217;s farmer&#8217;s market say industry equity programs need work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/massachusetts-farmers-sidelined-at-worcester-dispensarys-farmers-market-say-industry-equity-programs-need-work\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Oregon_Marijuana_National_Guard_38351-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/massachusetts-farmers-sidelined-at-worcester-dispensarys-farmers-market-say-industry-equity-programs-need-work.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/massachusetts-farmers-sidelined-at-worcester-dispensarys-farmers-market-say-industry-equity-programs-need-work-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2021\/10\/21\/massachusetts-farmers-sidelined-at-worcester-dispensarys-farmers-market-say-industry-equity-programs-need-work\/135519\/#comments-anchor\"><span class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"135519\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-website yarpp-template-yarpp-template-inarticle-right\">\n<aside class=\"article-related right\">\n<h3>Related Articles<\/h3>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Farmers who say they have been boxed out of the lucrative cannabis industry due to the high costs of entry were confronted by police as they protested a so-called \u201cCannabis Farmers Market\u201d event at a Worcester dispensary over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFarmers aren\u2019t even getting in the parking lot, let alone sitting at the table,\u201d Westport farmer Averyl Andrade said.<\/p>\n<p>Andrade and her husband picketed a so-called \u201cCannabis Farmer\u2019s Market\u201d event at Worcester pot shop Resinate alongside a mother-daughter farming duo Ominique Garner and Goldie Piff of A.V. 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