Kweku Mandela. Photo credit: Ylva Erevall. Kweku Mandela believes his life isn’t his own, but rather, “it's the life of those who are yet to be born, those who are going to inherit this earth,” he told Emerald. Having the last name Mandela comes with a lot of pressure to do great things. But Mandela has handled it well. Mandela is a film director and producer known … [Read more...] about Kweku Mandela on Cannabis, COVID-19, and More
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Jim Belushi: From Screen to Green
I’m a hands-on guy—I dig the soil We could have called this article “Oregon’s Funny Farmer,” because Jim Belushi is funny and a farmer, but we didn’t want to seem disrespectful. Growing cannabis is no joke. Frankly, neither is comedic acting. Ask Belushi—he’ll tell you. Although he makes his work look easy, this man takes comedy and farming very seriously. In fact, he … [Read more...] about Jim Belushi: From Screen to Green
Cannabis has an Inclusivity Problem
Cannabis has an Inclusivity Problem: CannaClusive wants to solve it Approximately 4 percent of businesses in the cannabis industry in the U.S. are owned or founded by black Americans, according to a survey conducted in 2017 by Marijuana Business Daily. Yet, 80 percent of people in federal prisons, and 60 percent in state prisons, who are serving time for drug offenses are … [Read more...] about Cannabis has an Inclusivity Problem