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STAR POWER DIDN'T GET HER THAT LICENSE-SHE AND WIFE LINDA AND PARTNERS JOZEE AND CRICKET ROBERTO HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE AFTER YEARS OF WAITING SHE MADE IT OFFICIAL DURING HER CONCERT APPEARANCE AT THE MOUNTAIN WINERY IN SARATOGA THIS WEEK. "WE JUST RECEIVED TODAY , THE FIRST MANUFACTURING LICENSE IT WAS A DAY FOR CELEBRATION FOR MELISSA ETHERIDGE. ETHERIDGE IS COMMITTED TO THE MEDICINAL USE OF MARIJUANA. SHE HAS BATTLED BREAST CANCER AND IS CURRENTLY CANCER FREE "ONE THAT FOCUSES ON HEALTH, THAT FOCUSES ON PLANT MEDICINE AND HOW IT CONNECTS TO THE BODY THAT FOCUSES ON CANNABIS AND THE BENEFITS THAT WE CAN HAVE FROM IT." ETHRIDGE AND HER WIFE LINDA HAVE FREQUENTED SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FOR YEARS THEY MET BUSINESS PARTNERS JOZEE AND CRICKET ROBERTO THROUGH MUTUAL FRIENDS, ALL SHARING A COMMON BELIEF IN THE BENEFITS OF CANNABI "OBVIOUSLY, SHE'S A STAR. SHE MAKES MUSIC. I MAKE MUSIC. I'M NOT THE STAR BUT WE RELATE ON THE MUSIC LEVEL AND THE WELLNESS LEVEL." NOW THE FOUR BUSINESS OWNERS OF ETHERIDGE FARMS ARE PREPARING TO OPEN A MANUFACTING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN THIS SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IN SOQUE "IT IS NOT A RETAIL LOCATION OR DISPENSARY WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND PURCHASE PRODUCTS. IT'S WHERE WE TAKE RAW FLOWER-RAW MATERIAL CANNABIS AND WE CREATE BEAUTIFUL PRODUCT LINE WITH THAT AND THEN WE GET IT TESTED AND THEN WE SCHEDULE TO GET IT DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO DISPENSAARIES OR DELIVERIES." IN THE MEANTIME, THERE'S A LOT TO DO BEFORE THE MANUFACTURING AND THERE ARE ANOTHER TWENTY BUSINESS THAT ARE IN LINE FOR FINA APPROVAL FROM SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FOR THEIR NON-RETAIL CANNABIS LICENSE AS WELL.#