Panel Discussion on the State of ...
Panel Discussion on the State of the Dutch Experiment
4Twenteezs with Pablo Zuanic by Pablo Zuanic
S3 · E15
Jun 25, 2026
01:08:36
Episode notes

Speakers:

Orville Bovenschen, President, Village Farms Canadian Cannabis & Leli Holland

Mike Gorenstein, CEO, Cronos Group

Rick Bakker, CEO, Hollandse Hoogtes

Discussion Points:

  • Feedback from producers, coffee shop owners, consumers, and town officials, and regulators
  • Will the central government add more towns to the pilot in the next 1-2 years
  • Enforcement (grey market suppliers; coffee shops)
  • Are pilot towns adding more coffee shops
  • Consumer traffic from non-pilot towns
  • State of the 10 licensed producers in the pilot
  • VFF: Leli capacity expansion, new SKUs, listings in coffeeshop menus, leveraging BC expertise
  • CRON: Canadelaar integration; facility improvements; market share trends; rolling out new brands
  •  ... 
Keywords
MSOs
medical cannabis
Investing Cannabis
VIllage Farms
coffee shops
Leli Holland
Cannabis law
Cronos Group
Hollandse Hoogtes
Dutch Cannabis
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