Who Told Y’all Mississippi Can’t Grow?
Written By Jessica Reilly-Chevalier
And yet if you said there was no good weed in the South, you’d be wrong. The Mississippi medical program is new (opened in 2023) and small (currently numbers hover around 32,000 enrolled) but to say either of those things equals poor quality product is off-base and rooted in Southern discrimination.
I visited Mississippi in February 2024 blissfully unaware of even the slightest movement towards legality, but when I left the state, I did so with a much deeper understanding of and respect for the Mississippi medical marijuana program.
Every Question Deserves An Answer
Written By Kellie Frederick
“As I dealt with bugs and mold, some things had to be dealt with leaf by leaf sometimes all the way back to the tent. I realized because the nets were locked into the tent, there was no way to turn the plant around if I had a rotating stand to sit it on. I bought some of those trying to fix a problem, and that worked until I trellised the plant. So, okay, I need the trellis to rotate too. And I'm a product developer. I'm an inventor. I write patents. So I began to think about an invention that would suffice.”
How EOS Farms Breaks Boundaries with Cannabis Cultivated for Desired Effects
Written By Isabella DeChard
As rapidly as we’ve watched cannabis legalization unfold, the health and wellness industry has dramatically transformed its focus around the plant. From hemp-derived CBD to help with sleep disorders, or THC-isolated products promoting higher energy, the market is full of innovative products claiming to promote natural wellness. Yet despite the long history between cannabis and humans, we’re only scratching the surface of the health and wellness benefits the plant provides – especially as the scientific world attempts to measure and define these benefits more clearly.
How Cannabis Became My Lifeline: A Personal Journey
Written By Tim Collett
Sharing my story is a way to show that cannabis can be a lifeline when life gets brutally tough. It's not a magic wand or a cure-all, but for me, it was a vital lifeline in the most challenging times. In the face of unimaginable loss, it offered a flicker of hope and a reminder that even the tiniest thread is worth holding onto.
Organic Revolution: A Conversation with NubsFarms on Regenerative Farming and the Future of Cultivation
Written By Alex Popoff
Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with Trenton & Dave from NubsFarms, a company on a mission to make future generations healthy by preventing the sickness and diseases that plague our world. Through organic and healthy agriculture farming practices, they aim to shift traditional cultivation methods to cleaner, organic, and healthier growing practices.
“We feel like part of a family, and the majority of our products come from Northern California. We're problem solvers, and we're here to make things simple for farmers.”
Native Veteran: Living Soil and Giving Back
Written By Alex Popoff
Caleb Neal was one of the first fellow veterans that I met after moving to Oklahoma. Caleb is co-owner and head grower at Native Veteran, a licensed craft living soil grower in Oklahoma. Caleb co-owns Native with his Native American partners. Caleb’s warm welcome and invaluable assistance with my own home grow was greatly appreciated, and his friendship to me and other veterans has been an ongoing source of great meaning and support. In this interview, I’ll talk with Caleb about penny grams of flower and hash for veterans, Oklahoma’s volatile medical cannabis market, and the development of Native Veteran’s solventless lab.
Life-Changing Arrest to Living Soil: A Journey
Written By Alex Popoff
The Oklahoma medical cannabis market has experienced significant fluctuations in recent years, with over 6,500 cultivators, 2,800 dispensaries, 1,800 processors, and 355,800 patients licensed*.
The market also faces challenges such as a volatile regulatory environment, oversupply, and a moratorium on licenses.
Despite these obstacles, driven individuals continue to thrive in this market. In this interview, we have the opportunity to gain insights from Jeff Ledbetter, Owner and Cultivation Director at Earthwise Organics, a licensed cultivator located in Glencoe, Oklahoma.
Jeff shares his thoughts on seed selection and quality, cannabis cultivation, and the Oklahoma industry's future.