PROFILE

Christy Getz
Researcher
Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist
Division of Society and Environment, UC Berkeley Environmental Science, Policy & Management
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Christy studies the political economy of food and agriculture with a focus on farm labor, governance and sustainability.
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Publications

Two photographs of cannabis. On the left, a densely planted field where budding live plants are covered by a green plastic mesh. On the right, an indoor storage space with bagged cannabis flower.

Smaller Cultivation & California Cannabis Policy: Recommendations for a Multi-Scale Cultivation Sector

2023

Polson, M., Bodwitch, H., Corva, D., Getz, C., Laudati, A., Petersen-Rockney, M., Runsten, D., Taylor, K.

Left unaddressed, smaller businesses and farms will likely collapse. Of all actors in the cannabis market, the impacts of this current moment rest most heavily upon smaller producers.

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Macro-scale photograph of cannabis plant with webs of spider mites, a common pest.

First known survey of cannabis production practices

2019

Wilson, H., Bodwitch, H., Carah, J., Daane, K., Getz C., Grantham, T. E., & Butsic, V.

California Agriculture

Cannabis legalization opens opportunities to study and share best practices. Our survey of growers reveals starting points.

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Photo of cannabis plants growing outdoors in individual planters with irrigation and a forested background

Growers say cannabis legalization excludes small growers, supports illicit markets, undermines local economies

2019

Bodwitch, H., Carah, J., Daane, K. M., Getz C., Grantham, T. E., Hickey, G. M., & Wilson, H.

California Agriculture

Small cannabis farms are common. Permit licenses are not. A survey of grower incentives and economic implications of California's cannabis legalization.

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