MINNESOTA CANNABIS LICENSE TYPES: CANNABIS MEZZOBUSINESS LICENSING AND OPERATIONS
October 20, 2023A cannabis mezzobusiness is given many of the same benefits given to a microbusiness licensee and has even more room to grow than a microbusiness, but one key exception is that mezzobusinesses are not permitted to obtain an on-site consumption endorsement.
- Authorized Actions: A mezzobusiness license allows the licensee to grow, produce concentrate, manufacture artificially derived cannabinoids, and producing other cannabis or hemp products. A mezzobusiness can also purchase plants, seeds, and flower, and sell cannabis and hemp products to other licensed businesses and directly to customers.
- Size Limitations: Mezzobusiness licensees may cultivate up to 15,000 square feet of plant canopy indoors and up to one acre of plant canopy that grows outdoors. Limiting the manufacture of products is going to be up to the Office, which is supposed to limit manufacturing to the equal amount of production that could be obtained from cannabis flower harvested from a facility with a plant canopy of 15,000 square feet of space. This is going to be a difficult task for the Office. And while a microbusiness may only have one retail location, a mezzobusiness may have up to three retail locations.
- Multiple Licenses: A mezzobusiness licensee may also hold a cannabis event organizer license.
- No On-Site Consumption: A mezzobusiness license does not come with the opportunity to allow for on-site consumption.
In order to obtain a cannabis mezzobusiness license, the applicant will have to provide a substantial amount of information, particularly if they intend to be vertically integrated.