Business View Magazine | September 2020

99 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 DARK HEART NURSERY BVM: Dark Heart Nursery has a fascinating backstory. Can you share how it came into being? Grace: “I have an unconventional background. I got into the space primarily through activism. I left college in 2003 to fight against the war in Iraq, which took me on a path of social activism and travelling around the country. I grew up in California and came back here in 2006 at the age of 22 during a very interesting time in cannabis. California had medical cannabis since 1996, but from my perspective, it was right around the time that the underground medical cannabis world was starting to get a foothold. There were localities that were more permissive to medical cannabis operators and I became aware of more friends and colleagues who were getting into the space. “It ended up being a perfect storm for me. I was pretty young and able to take on some risks. I felt really good about moving forward with the