Cannabis education for everyone.
Manage a cannabis dispensary. Develop a new strain. Blend the best edible supplement. Make connections through cannabis.
What is CannaBusiness?
Empowerment Through Education: Quine Liddell's Cannabis Industry Venture
Each college in the CBE Hub provides education specific to a niche for New York’s medicinal and adult-use retail cannabis industries.
Whether you’re interested in cultivation, refining, cooking, baking, helping customers, or training employees in industry-standard lab facilities, each college can provide a learning solution.
Flexible online courses are often available. Browse our programs and tailor your education to your goals.
SUNY Adirondack
We provide the training and necessary skills to build a successful cannabis operation from the ground up.
- Cannabis Business & Entrepreneurship Microcredential
- Cannabis & Hemp Cultivation
Columbia-Greene Community College
Learn the entire process of cannabis retail – from cultivating seeds to serving as an in-store budtender.
- Cannabis Retail and Sales Microcredential
- Cannabis Cultivation and Processing Microcredential
SUNY Fulton-Montgomery
Grow a high-quality cannabis product and refine it in a state-of-the-art production lab.
- Cultivation Technician Certificate
- Dispensary Manager Certificate
- Quality Assurance Lab Technicians Certificate
SUNY Schenectady
Learn how to integrate cannabis in culinary arts for a commercial setting. Develop skills to understand the impacts of cannabis potency, dosing, and aroma profiles on the creation and storage of edibles, confections and beverages, and savory foods.
- Cannabis Cultivation at Home
- Cultural History of Cannabis in the U.S.
Dianna Dixon
Adjunct Professor, Columbia-Greene Community College
Budtending is my dream job, and it became the start of my rewarding cannabis career. As an esthetician and homeopath, I am exceedingly curious about natural health and wellness, and the modern cannabis industry is a great place for an inquisitive mind. I never tire of learning about how people use cannabis to improve their lives, and about the regulatory framework around cannabis sales and operations. To me, there is no industry more exciting and intriguing.
Leighton Murdock
Chef of Aroma Culinary in Brooklyn, NY and Instructor at SUNY Schenectady
Passionate about the intersection of culinary arts and cannabis, I believe that education is the cornerstone of creating products that not only taste good but are also safe and consistent. By meticulously balancing flavor profiles and dosing, I aim to elevate the customer experience, making each interaction not just a transaction but a journey of discovery.
Barbara Vaughn
CEO of Cannabicity
SUNY Schenectady and the CannaBusiness Education Hub were our first stop when searching for a community impact partner in New York’s cannabis market. As a women-founded business, Cannabicity proudly donates toward scholarships which grant equitable access to cannabis-based learning – knowing that our industry will be well-served by CBE Hub graduates who can immediately contribute to growing the cannabis lifestyle in New York state.
Kim London
Assistant Professor of Business, SUNY Adirondack
Recreational cannabis in NY is an exciting and wide-ranging industry. Our multidisciplinary approach offers students hands-on training on our farm and in our labs combined with rigorous coursework and lectures by our expert faculty, who are leaders in the legal, business, economics, plant science, cannabis and hospitality industries. Our goal is to create an educated workforce for the growing cannabis industry or support our students on an entrepreneurial path in the cannabis industry.
Charlene Dybas
Assistant Professor for Business Technology Applications, SUNY Fulton-Montgomery
As an avid supporter of student-centered learning, I believe the Individual Studies program focusing on the Cannabis industry does just that, affording the passionate student a unique combination of classroom and hands-on learning with experts in the cannabis field. These experiences give them the skills and information they need to find their niche in an industry that continues to grow.