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The Potfarmer Wife
Yesterday's video about Pot wives sparked a discussion on my Facebook page with one friend dismissing the women in the video as "Potstitutes."* I have to admit that though I have…
Pot Wives
…An article by her in the Huffington Post talks about the Marijuana Middle Class and wonders whether the corporate world will gobble up the mom and pop farmers. I wonder that, too…
Mainstreaming Medical Marijuana
…The ad is discrete using the term "cannabis" and not showing actual marijuana but, nonetheless, another barrier has crumbled. This last month when Facebook rejected ads with marijuana leave, Google readily stepped…
420 Touri$m—Bringing Money to Humboldt Now
…I got the Camo Cowboy CD from The Hemp Connection, its great. (We stopped in Kansas on the way back to Minnesota to visit my dad, and he liked the cd a…
I Cannabutlaugh at the Cannabis World
With the five growers shot in Northern California this summer by officers and the more recent shooting in a Kneeland garden, sometimes the marijuana world feels like its at war. But the…
Grow it in the Sun
…I suspect the same is true of outdoor buds compared to indoor buds. The Grow it in the Sun website offers information about what the costs to the environment are when weed…
More on the Laytonville Shooting
Mendocino Sheriff Press Release:On 8-18-2010 at approximately 0600 the Mendocino County Sheriffs Office Marijuana Eradication Unit along with Patrol Deputies and Detectives were assisted by The Major Crimes Task…
Ganja and Gunfights: Another Grower Dies in a Mendocino Garden
…The Mendocino community is split with some calling the raids "confrontational." The Emerald Triangle News blogger represents many of the growers' points of view when he asks, "Why is the Mendocino Sheriff…
Your Nightmare, My Photo Opportunity
…I'm writing a book (with SoHumBorn) about the world of growers and need photographs of this aspect. So if you or your neighbor are having a bad day, feel free to…
Indoor VS Outdoor—Does There have to be a Fight?
Facing the outlanders, Humboldters unite and present a solid front. But amongst themselves, there are some painful divisions. Indoor vs Outdoor rivals Legalize vs Not Legalize as one of the most difficult…
This Week with CAMP
…Marijuana plants were seized from the following areas during the last week: Monday 8-9-2010 20,124 marijuana plants were eradicated in the Redwood Valley area near Lord Ellis from two…
Just in Time for Harvest 707 Cannabis College Starts Classes in Southern Humboldt
…Dodds says that she is thrilled and "so grateful for the support." The first classes have been announced for the September 10th, 11th, and 12th. Friday the 10th will be a seminar…
It's a Draw: Coloring Books
Remember playing cowboys with the Johnny West figurines. Local artist Mykol Blackwell has (along with a partner) just released a tribute to the them—-a coloring book of those old characters. Mykol…
15 Things You Should Know about Marijuana
…Can you spot the major inaccuracies? If you were creating a poster, what are some of the "things you should know about marijuana?" (Go here to see where I got the poster…
CAMP in Humboldt
Humboldt County Sheriff Press Release The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) concluded its first week in Humboldt County yesterday after eradicating more than 33,500 marijuana plants in four days. Monday teams…
Rant, Rave and Blog Live—Prop 19 with KMUD, Kym, and Anna Hamilton
Free the weed. Or Save Humboldt. The conversation about Prop 19 can boil down to those two simple ideas but the arguments both for and against are richer and more nuanced than…
"Challenging the Idea of Who the Grower is"
"Challenging the Idea of Who the Grower is"
Putting Marijuana on the Table
…Thank God, I'm feeling hopeful we're going to figure out a way to adapt to the changes that are already happening.
Budding Business?
The High Times Medical Cannabis Cup Concentrate winner—both the bud and the little dot of concentrate to the upper right of the bud—like an accent mark. I'm intrigued by…
Looking at Our Marijuana Culture Through the Eyes of Women
Monday at 1:30 on KHSU Through the Eyes of Women host, Kathy Srabian, and I have a conversation about the our marijuana culture. Last week she did a wonderful interview with…
Oaksterdam, Denver, LA, even Massachusetts are Drinking our Juice
With the latest polls showing 52% of Californians in support of Prop. 19 the Tax and Regulate Marijuana initiative and only 36% against,* Humboldt has got to be proactive or we will…
SoHumBorn Talks About What the People Don't Talk About
"Look! Look at what those ugly pot growers are causing now." SoHumborn explained to KHSU Through the Eyes of Women host, Kathy Srabian why she worries about writing about the bad aspects…
Humboldt Pot Growers Look towards the Future
Like so much about the North Coast, the marijuana was covert, implied rather than stated. The large sign at Saturday’s Cannabis Forum proclaimed Humboldt Medical Advisory Panel as the host of…
SoHumBorn Sunday: Interview with Local Celebrity on KHSU
Missing your favorite fiction writer? You can hear her talk tomorrow on KHSU. (Though her voice will be slightly disguised to keep her anonymity.) Former blogger, SoHumBorn whose tales of the outlaw…
$40 Per Ounce
Will buds soon be worth less than leaves are now? One of the owners of the new mega marijuana factory farms just legalized in Oakland is looking forward to a day of…
Forced to Work on Pot?
The controversy over children and the marijuana industry continues. Here is the story from the Ukiah Daily Journal. A fly-over and a 14-year-old's report of being forced to…
VA Softens Stance on Medical Marijuana
In states where medical marijuana is legal,The Dept. of Veteran's Affairs will begin next week allowing veterans to use the plant without fear of also losing access to their other…
Out in the Open—Growers Converge for a Meeting in Arcata
Times change fast! Saturday’s meeting at the Bayshore Grange in Arcata will gather together in one room growers and people who have a wealth of information to share with them. Last…
Oakland went to Pot
…And, for the small mom and pop growers, whether farming inside or outside, these factory behemoths— by vomiting forth thousands of pounds of product—will destroy their livelihoods. “The regulations will require…
Budding Hopes for Marijuana Legalisation Mite be Weakened by Democrats
…In spite of raucous support at the convention, Prop 19 will not get an endorsement from the party which elected instead to remain neutral on the initiative. The Courage Campaign's public…