RE:Let me make some clear points on VFF"Selling to third parties, distributors, rather than directly to the retailers ensures lost profits that could be easily captured."
This is not how the distribution framework for recreational cannabis in Canada currently works. LPs are required to sell through a provincial government run distributor in all provinces except for Sask in order to get product to retail stores (brick and mortar and online).
LP to LP direct sales are okay but to get to the retail channel LPs must go through provincial and margin gets eaten up there, usually run by the liquor and or gaming authority in each province.
I've appreciated your posts to date but some of your comments seem a bit shaky on the facts.