Something special is happening in New York’s cannabis scene. While corporate dispensary chains expand with their standardized product lines, a different kind of operation is flourishing: microbusinesses, small-scale cultivators who grow, process, and sell their own cannabis directly to you. No middlemen. No mass production. Just passionate growers who care about every plant, every cure, every customer interaction.

Microbusinesses are popping up across the state, and Western New York has developed a particularly strong craft cannabis scene