Sun-grown cannabis, living soil, and the growers building a regenerative future while federal money flows everywhere but their fields This past June, President Trump signed an executive order expanding a pilot program the USDA had already funded, routed through conservation programs like EQIP and the Conservation Stewardship Program, which pays farmers for building soil health.… Keep Reading
Legalization promised a future for small growers. In Michigan, one would-be craft operator found a market built for speed, scale, and deep pockets. Growing up in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I remember a local police officer from the D.A.R.E. program coming into my elementary school classroom with a high school football player who… Keep Reading
Cannabis culture survived through decentralized human connection. Its future depends on whether the people building it can start working together on purpose. There is a moment before every cannabis event that belongs only to the people building it. Before the doors open, before the booths are finished, before the crowd arrives and turns an empty… Keep Reading
A closer look at the past, present, and future of that tiny thing at the end of the joint you’re either totally ignoring or celebrating as high art. There was a time when the business end of your joint — the part that touched your lips — consisted of nothing more than rolling paper material… Keep Reading
A closer look at the past, present, and future of that tiny thing at the end of the joint you’re either totally ignoring or celebrating as high art. There was a time when the business end of your joint — the part that touched your lips — consisted of nothing more than rolling paper material… Keep Reading
The hearing that could decide weed’s federal future starts June 29. The DEA invited seven participants, and every one of them is against reform. It won’t be livestreamed. And loading the room this hard might be the thing that gets the whole rule thrown out in court. On June 29, the federal government will hold… Keep Reading
By Rob Pero, Founder of Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association The most exciting future for cannabis in the U.S. isn’t coming out of Congress or corporate boardrooms. It’s happening in Indigenous communities across North America. Tribal Nations are organizing and making moves to destigmatize plant medicine, build sustainable and generational wealth, and plan for a better… Keep Reading
