Recent Buzz In The Press

FRANNY’S FARMACY IN THE NEWS

• How We Roll with Noah Rubin – Legendary weedhead and author of the book How We Roll, Noah Rubin celebrated 4/20 in The Standard Plaza hosting rolling sessions with flower from Franny’s Farmacy
• A Vivid Suite – Creative agency No.9 features a sleep kit by Franny’s Farmacy
• Best Miami Parties – Franny’s Farmacy is featured over two days in the immersive luxury wellness programming experience.
• Spotlight Carolina – Franny’s Farmacy is the most awarded and first cannabis store in Asheville that has expanded it’s product line to include botanicals, mushrooms and foods
• Green Market Report – 2023 Notable Leaders in Cannabis: Franny Tacy
• Muse by CLIO – 2 Minutes With … Franny Tacy, CEO of Franny’s Farmacy
• Franchise Times – Florida Duo Revives CBD Concept – Franny’s Farmacy
• The Nerd Lab – Putting the FARM in Farmacy
• Tribune Papers – Franny’s Farmacy Hemp Franchise Expands to National Reach
• Yahoo Finance – Franny’s Farmacy Expands National Reach Through Its Hemp Franchise and Retail Success
• Smoky Mountain News– “Five Female Owned and Operated Businesses in Asheville, N.C.”
• Citizens Times– “Hemp Pasta Food Truck, Franny’s Pasta & Prana is now open!”
• Athens Banner-Herald– “Athens-Clarke commission to vote on decriminalizing marijuana, $1 fine as a possession penalty”
• Appen Media– “Franny’s Farmacy Alpharetta is now open”
• MountainX– “Heritiage Fire took place on Franny’s Farm in Leicester, where the celebration of live-fire culinary comes alive”
• YAHOO– “Christian Siriano Celebrates His New Boutique The Collective West with Franny’s Farmacy”
• Authority Magazine– “Wisdom From The Women Leading The Cannabis Industry, With Forozan ‘Zan’ Karim of Franny’s Farmacy”
• Citizen Times– “CBD supporters in WNC anxious for state to affirm hemp legality”
• MountainX– “Supporters of medical marijuana and the local hemp industry want to see the state allow the use of cannabis as a treatment option for debilitating medical conditions.”
• WLOS– “A state law that legalizes the hemp industry in North Carolina is set to expire at the end of June.”
• The Weekly Roundup– “Ben Kinney speaks with Franny Tacy, the Owner & CEO of Franny’s Farmacy, a woman owned health and wellness company. The birth and growth of her company and her involvement in the evolution of the hemp industry in NC, among other things.”
• Medium– “Wisdom From The Women Leading The Cannabis Industry, With Sondra Hellund of Franny’s Farmacy”
• Prepared Foods– “Franny’s Farmacy Debuts CBD-Infused Bonbons”
• RiderFlex YouTube– “Franny Tacy; CEO, Franny’s Farmacy | Riderflex”
• MJ Biz Daily– “As more states legalize marijuana, CBD retailers face an identity crisis”
• The Frankie Boyer Show– “Franny Tacy of Franny’s Farmacy, Victor Pinho of Emerald Farm Tours, Jack Roosevelt of Lucida Club for the Cannacurious”
• Business Of Cannabis– “How legalization might threaten the CBD industry”
• The Know Woman– “NINE BRANDS TO KNOW AND SUPPORT THIS MOTHER’S DAY”
• CEO Review Magazine– “FRANNY TACY, THE FIRST FEMALE HEMP FARMER IN NORTH CAROLINA IN OVER 75 YEARS”
• WLOS– “Some fear North Carolina’s hemp industry is in jeopardy with law set to expire”
• The Dime Podcast– “91: Franchises in the Cannabinoid Industry ft. Franny Tacy”
• Business Talk Mag.– “FRANNY TACY: Pioneering the Hemp Market and Franchise Model with the “Highest” Quality Products & New CannaCafe”
• AVLToday– “Ten questions with Franny Tacy”
• myCannabis– “INTERVIEWS Franny Tacy, CEO at Franny’s Farmacy- Interview Series”
• Business Talk– “FRANNY TACY: Pioneering the Hemp Market and Franchise Model with the “Highest” Quality Products & New CannaCafe”
• LeafWire– “Building a Seed-to-Shelf Hemp Empire – Franny Tacy, Founder and CEO of Franny’s Farmacy”
• Nancy On Norwalk– “Norwalk photos: ‘Rebel Daughter Day’ in Art Park”
• Red & Black– “The Athens Frontline Podcast: Cannabis”
• Smoky Mountain News– “Franny’s Farmacy Opens South Slope Location”
• Green Lane Communication– “Episode 40: Franny Tacy Breaks Down What Courage in Cannabis Means to Her”
• Honey Suckle Mag– “Franny’s Farmacy CEO Franny Tacy is a Hemp and CBD Pioneer Embodying Nature in Motion”
• Speaking of Travel– “A Special Conversation With Franny of Franny’s Farm And Mike of Pasta & Prana”
• The Canna Mom Show– “Finding Courage and Joy in Cannabis – Episode One”
• Cannabinoid Connect– “Podcast #242: Franny Tacy, Franny’s Farmacy”
• Benzinga– “Growing Hemp On Government-Owned Land? One Connecticut Cultivator Is Doing It”
• Hemp Industry Daily– “Negative online reviews can sink your business. Here’s how to handle them.”
• Honeysuckle Mag– “Damian Marley: From The Most High”
• Delta-8 Magazine– “Best Delta-8 Flower 2021 and Where to Buy”
• The Charlotte Weekly – “Franny’s Farmacy expands to Charlotte”
• KISS 95.1 FM – “Franny’s Farmacy in Charlotte Gives Back to Local First Responders and Fire Departments”
• Mountain X – “The delta-8 debate”
• Exeleon – “Franny Tacy: A Trailblazer in Hemp Farming”
• Epic Entrepreneurs – “Episode 38: Franny Tacy | The Revival Of Retail”
• Trichomes – “The Growth & Shift of CBD Sales in The U.S. – HiO Interview: Franny Tacy of Franny’s Farmacy”
• HEMPIRE Radio – “Franny Tacy, CEO of Franny’s Farmacy today on Hempire only on Cannabis Radio.”
• GREENLANE – “Episode 28: The Revival of Retail with Franny’s Farmacy’s CEO, Franny Tacy”
• CALACANN – “The First Legal Female Hemp Grower on Pioneering and Expanding the Southeast Cannabis Industry”
• USA CBD Expo ATLANTA 2021 – “The Future Of Retail For CBD And Hemp-Wellness With Franny Tacy”
• Hartford Courant – “The Art of Cooking with Cannabis’ author leverages newly legalized pot”
• The Leaders Globe – “Franny’s Farmacy: The Pioneering CBD Franchise”
• Carolina Spotlight – “WLOS Interview’s Franny for Carolina Spotlight.”
• MJBizDaily – “Cannabis retailers ease COVID restrictions, but many require masks, others steps”
• Kight of Cannabis – “Delta-8 THC and State Law”
• WNC Magazine – “Seed of Change: Utopian Seed Projects Tackles the Climate Crisis Through Crop Diversity”
• Hemp Industry Daily – “Choosing the best location for your retail CBD business”
• Packaging World – “Retail and E-Comm: 4 Considerations in Uncertain Economic Times”
• WRAL.com – “The NC Hippie in High Heels – From Big Pharma to Hemp Farm”
• BostonHerald.com – “The NC Hippie in High Heels – From Big Pharma to Hemp Farm”
• Yahoo! Finance – “The NC Hippie in High Heels – From Big Pharma to Hemp Farm”
• AVL Today – “21 ways to get hygge with it in Asheville, NC”
• Green Market Report – “2020 Holiday Guide: Luxury Gifts”
• Greenville Journal – “Supper club to combine local CBD with farm-to-table menu”
• Women Leading in Cannabis Podcast – “Franny Tacy, Franny’s Farmacy”
• Vanguard Media Magazine – “Farming a Brighter Future”
• Thinking Outside The Bud Podcast – “Episode 200: Franny Tacy”
• The Marijuana Times – “From Big Pharma to Farm: How Franny Tacy Became North Carolina’s First Female Hemp Farmer”
• Mountain Xpress – “Women in Business Issue”
• Medium.com – “Women Leading The Cannabis Industry: “The pace at which this industry is developing is staggering”, with Franny Tacy“
• Benzinga – “Are CBD Labels Accurate? Too Many Brands Are Misleading Consumers, Studies Show”
• LeafReport – “Isolate, Distillate, Full Spectrum: How to know what you’re buying”
• Green Entrepreneur – “Isolate, Distillate, Full Spectrum: Understanding What CBD You’re Buying”
• WeedBudz Radio – “Strategic Partnerships and Marketing with Ellyn Weitzman”
• 420Intel – “5 Ways Cannabis Leaders Profit From Public Relations”
• Green Entrepreneur – “Stay The Course’ – Q&A With Griff Conti On Hemp, CBD Retail Success”
• CTPost – “New stores bring California fashion and more to Westport”
• WestPortNews.com – “New stores bring California fashion to Westport”
• Franchising.com – “Franny’s Farmacy Hosts First Storefront Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony in Westport, CT since March 2020”
• Aspioneer – “The 20 Hottest Franchises in 2020”
• Patch – “New CBD Shop Set To Open In Downtown Westport”
• PR Newswire – “Franny’s Manufacturing is Raising Capital via Equity Crowdfunding to Expand CBD Operations”
• Franchise Times – “Franny’s Farmacy launches CBD franchise stores”
• Hickory Daily Record – “From Fad To Sustainable CBD, Stores Tout Relationships Pain Relief”
• Hemp Grower – “Franny’s Farmacy Opens New Location in Hickory, N.C.”
• Green Market Report – “BUSINESS DAILY HIT The Daily Hit: January 7, 2020”
• Franchising.com – “Franny’s Farmacy Announces Online Public Offering for Manufacturing Fundraise”
• Yahoo! Finance – “The Week In Cannabis: MedMen And Sundial Lose Their CEOs, Santa Cruz Gets Trippy And Much More”
• Benzinga – “The Week In Cannabis: MedMen And Sundial Lose Their CEOs, Santa Cruz Gets Trippy And Much More”
• The Athens Banner-Herald – “Franny’s Farmacy offering CBD products in Athens”
• Franchising.com – “Franny’s Farmacy Opens New Dispensary in Hickory, NC”
• The Red & Black – “New CBD store in Athens will celebrate grand opening on Jan. 23-26”
• FOX Carolina News – “Franny’s Farmacy Cannabis Cookoff”
• Citizen-Times – “Inside dish: More than awards at Food Fan Awards; Fringe Fest shines a little spotlight on food”
• Extraction Magazine – “Franny’s Farmacy Opens New Dispensary in Athens, GA”
• Yahoo Finance – Benzinga – Stock News Feed – The Week In Cannabis: New York, Mississippi, Illinois, Mexico, High Times And More”
• Franchising.com – “Franny’s Farmacy Opens New Dispensary in Athens, GA”
• Ministry Of Hemp – “Franny Tacy, The First Woman To Farm Hemp in North Carolina”
• Seasonal Memories – “Men’s Holiday Gift Guide 2019”
• We’re Far From Normal – “The Best Gift Ideas For Busy Moms”
• Franchising.com – “First Female North Carolina Hemp Farmer Brings CBD Boutique Pop-Up to Bedford Square”
• FSM Media – “FSM Media Holiday Gift Guide 2019” (Slides 76, 77 & 78)
• CBD TODAY – “Franny’s Farmacy Is Home to North Carolina’s First Female Hemp Farmer.”
• Benzinga – “Brazil Regulates Sales, Michigan Starts Adult Sales, Lil Wayne Goes Green, Federal Agencies Move Forward”
• Medium – “Women Leading The Cannabis Industry: “The pace at which this industry is developing is staggering, Franny Tacy”
• National Investor Network– “Interview with Franny’s Farmacy CEO Jeff Tacy – Ep. 2 – The Equity Crowdfunding Report”
• Charleston City Paper– “Invest in Franny’s Farmacy and Carolina Cannabis”
• CBS17– “1st ‘World Hemp Market’ held in Durham in effort to remove stigma”
• The Blue Banner– “Franny’s Farmacy grows quickly, teaching others to do the same”
• The Blue Banner– “Hemp takes a hit in Asheville”
• PBS News– “What’s fueling the growth in North Carolina hemp production”
• Blue Ridge Country – “Fall Fun at Franny’s Farm”
• WLOS 13 ABC – “Spotlight Carolina”
• Biltmore Beacon – “Come Learn About The Growing Hemp Industry in WNC”
• Channel 7 WSPA – “Franny’s Farmacy holding “Girl’s Trip” next Thursday”
• WNC Magazine – “The Green Rush“
• Chicago Tribune – “Women leading way as hemp revival sweeps Western North Carolina“
• Asheville Citizen Times – “Women leading way as hemp revival sweeps Western North Carolina“
• WLOS 13 ABC – “Spotlight Carolina”
• Charleston City Paper – “Asheville-based hemp dispensary, Franny’s Farmacy, opening soon on King Street”
• WLOS 13 ABC – “SBI proposes changes in state hemp laws to clear up confusion”
• FOX Carolina – “CBD shop opens in Greenville”
• WYFF Channel 4 – “Franny’s Farmacy opens in Greenville”
• WLOS 13– “Road Trippin at Franny’s Farmacy Hendersonville”
• Upstate Business Journal– “Franny’s Farmacy opens in Westone development”
• WNC Guide– “Hemptastic Farm Tours @ Frannys Farm”
• WLOS 13- “CBD Oil in Pet Products”
• Mountain Xpress- “Science Pub: A Conversation About Hemp”
• WLOS 13 ABC-“Frannys Full Line of CBD Products”
• WLOS 13 ABC– “News 13 Investigates: Mountain stores aren’t budging when it comes to CBD in food products”
• WLOS 13 ABC– “N.C. lawmakers to help grow local hemp industry with Farm Act”
• WLOS 13 ABC – “Rain more than an inconvenience — it’s threatening the hemp crop”
• Vacation Idea – “25 best North Carolina Wedding Venues”
• Entreprenuer Magazine– “From Seed to Shelf, How This Husband-Wife Duo Created a ‘Hempire’”
• Agri-Pulse – “Farm bill puts hemp on the map and in the ground”
• Biltmore Beacon– “De-stress on Franny’s Farm with baby goats”
• Franny on TEDx – “The adventures of a female hemp pioneer in North Carolina”
• Channel 7 News – “Greenville, SC – We had some special visitors on Carolina Morning Friday.”
• Carolina Spotlight, ABC News – “Franny’s Farmacy offers a full line of CBD and Hemp products from Tinctures, Vape Pens, Smokables, Pet Products, Edibles and Topicals (Healing Lotion, Salve and Massage Oil).”
• Mountain Xpress– “Year in review: Noteworthy WNC farm & garden news”
• Ashvegas – “Hendersonville gets first hemp dispensary as Franny’s Farmacy expands”
• The Free Thought Project– “As Hemp Legalized, Facebook Now Banning Hemp Pages in Apparent Move to Protect Big Pharma”
• Mountain Xpress – “Franny’s Farmacy opens first CBD store in Hendersonville”
• Fox Carolina – “First CBD store opens in Hendersonville, NC”
• WLOS Grand Opening Video ABC- “CBD Dispensary Open in Asheville on Merrimon Ave”
• Carolina Cannabis News – “Franny’s Farmacy radio ad pulled ahead of grand opening”
• 3 Big reasons to visit HempX Asheville 2018
• Well Fed Baker-Chocolate Hemp Seed Butter & A Trip to Franny’s Farm
• WSOCTV – “Local hemp farm owner ups security after increase in visitors”
• WLOS 13 ABC – WNC industrial hemp pioneer to speak at TEDxAsheville 2018″
• WLOS 13 ABC – “Buncombe County farmer puts her high-profile garden on lockdown”
• WLOS 13 ABC – “Reality Check: Industrial hemp 1 year after the movement started, where things stand now”
• Mountain Xpress – “WNC’s industrial hemp growers reflect on experimental first season”
• Capital at Play– “Farmers  Fired up for Hemp”