AYR Wellness And Mudd Brothers Partner With Concentrates Line To Support Minority Cannabis Academy

Proceeds from the collab line of concentrates will benefit MCA's community and workforce development programming.

AYR Wellness, a multi-state cannabis operator that seeks to be a force for good, is working with New Jersey entrepreneurs Brendon Robinson and Stanley Okoro to help open doors for disenfranchised communities. Last year, Robinson and Okoro launched Minority Cannabis Academy (MCA), a nonprofit workforce development program designed to equip people from underserved areas with education and training to enter the cannabis industry. MCA particularly emphasizes opportunities for those who were most disproportionately affected by prohibitionist policies during the War on Drugs. This summer, in partnership with AYR, the powers behind MCA debuted their brand Mudd Brothers, a cannabis company that puts community reinvestment into all aspects of the plant “from the grassroots up” - and product sales support MCA’s work.

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