The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) awarded medical cannabis licenses to 21 business entities across the state. One of those to receive an award was Antoine Mordican with Native Black Cultivation. Mordican is an Alabama hemp farmer who was featured previously in Alabama Today.
“I am the CEO of Native Black Cultivation,” Mordican told the Commission in his presentation on Monday, November 27. “I am a farmer, an engineer, and an advocate. I spoke in this very room (in 2021) to the Health Committee for passage of the medical cannabis bill.”
“I am originally from the west side of Chicago. I came down here in 2009 for an education,” Mordican said. “I have been farming since 2020 growing hemp.” “I and my ownership team are all residents of Alabama,” Mordican continued. “We have the skills to cultivate a quality product for the state of Alabama.”
In the previous two rounds of award applications, Native Black Cultivation was denied a permit largely because Mordican had been a resident of Alabama for just 14 years rather than the 15 years necessary to achieve residency. Mordican addressed this by giving his two partners, who have lived in the state for decades, a larger ownership stake so that the company fits the AMCC definition of Alabamian-owned.
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