PROFILE

Margiana Petersen-Rockney
Postdoctoral Researcher
UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management
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Margiana studies the social and ecological dimensions of rural livelihoods, public institutions, and inequity as a graduate student at UC Berkeley.
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Publications

A theory of geo-social marginalization: A case study of the licensed cannabis industry in California

2024

Dillis, C., Petersen-Rockney, M., Polson, M.

Journal of Environmental Management

The marginalization of cannabis farms to the fringe areas of our state has created environmental conflict and negatively affects growers.

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Interim Report: Cannabis Bans, Local Control and the Effects and Efficacy of Proposition 64

2023

Getz, C., Petersen-Rockney, M., Polson, M.

After investigating the causes and effects of local cannabis cultivation bans, we recommend policy change.

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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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Policy Findings & Recommendations Regarding California Cannabis: Farming, Regulation and the Environment

2022

Polson, M., Butsic, V., Dillis, C., de Genova, H., Grantham, T., Herrera, L.R., Hossack, J., Laudati, A., Martin, J.V., Parker-Shames, P., Petersen-Rockney, M., Sorgen, J., Starrs, G.

This report presents multiple pathways for consideration by state and local governments in their efforts to improve cannabis cultivation policy.

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Cannabis farmers or criminals? Enforcement-first approaches fuel disparity and hinder regulation

2019

Polson, M., Petersen-Rockney, M.

California Agriculture

Siskiyou County, and many other counties in California, chose not to recognize cannabis cultivation as agriculture. This ethnographic study reveals the effects on parity in farmer rights and access to resources.

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