Cannabis-focused chain of specialty hydroponic and organic garden centers GrowGeneration Corp. (NASDAQ:GRWG) announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Harvest 360 Technologies, LLC, to launch a national program to support education and training for social equity applications.
"Today we announce NEXTGEN, the first initiative in our goal of supporting social equity and the inclusion of diverse applicants, including minority, women, and veteran entrepreneurs, to identify and empower small cultivators in New Jersey," Michael Salaman, president and co-founder of GrowGen said. "We expect over 500 teams to enter this competition, and GrowGeneration will be fully supporting 25 teams. That's over 100 people provided with a full scholarship with H360."
