Aaron McCrary is the first black owner, operator and cannabis cultivator in Nevada, but he doesn’t care so much about the title. “It’s not about being first or second,” the Zion Gardens master grower says. “It’s about breaking down barriers for people who are traditionally excluded from ownership in the…
Aaron McCrary got his start as a cannabis cultivator in Washington state, working first underground and then within the legal medical marijuana market. When Nevada voted to legalize cannabis, he took a chance on the emerging market and is now known as the first black master grower in the state.…
Aaron McCrary, Nevada's first black master grower, uses about a quarter of Zion Gardens' 6,000-square-foot warehouse for growing, but he plans to quadruple that setup and expand to another building by January. “Everyone wants to be the biggest and the best," he said, "but our idea is to grow conservatively…
On one hand, you can count the number of black-owned or -operated marijuana businesses in Southern Nevada: Zion Gardens, Nevada Wellness Center, G5 Cultivation, NLV Organics and Nature’s Kindest. Sixty medical marijuana facilities and 88 dispensaries have been licensed in Nevada since 2015, when the first establishment opened. Nearly…