Following important cannabis news articles every day can be a real burn-out, we know. That’s why the Emerald rolls up a chronicle of the headiest news hits, and passes them to you at the end of each week. We Bring You: The Dime. New York Issues First Adult-use Cultivation Licenses On Thursday, April 14th, The New York Cannabis Control Board approved 52 licenses adult-use … [Read more...] about The Dime: 4/15/2022
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How Hemp is Helping Decontaminate the Earth
Hemp is cleaning up and absorbing the toxins in contaminated soil in region including Chernobyl. Photo credit: twenty20photos. Not only can people use hemp to make clothes, carpets, rope, paper, food and even plastic, but studies say it can also grow in – and clean – contaminated soil. With its industrial, nutritive and medicinal properties, the magical plant has a … [Read more...] about How Hemp is Helping Decontaminate the Earth
Ananda Farms: the First U-Pick Hemp Farm in New York
A selection of Ananda Farms products. Sourced from Ananda Farms. For CEO and founder of Ananda Farms, Sarah Stenuf, a name is everything. As a student of “other ways of life and culture,” she told Emerald, “I came across this way of being, this way of life called ananda,” known as bliss or divine joy in the practices of Hinduism and Buddhism. Stenuf explained … [Read more...] about Ananda Farms: the First U-Pick Hemp Farm in New York
Sun+Earth Series: Oshala Farm
Unlike many of the farms that we have profiled so far in our Sun+Earth Series, Oshala Farm is first and foremost an herb farm. Jeff and Elise Higley manage a 171 acre farm in Oregon’s Applegate Valley and grow nearly 80 different culinary and medicinal plants for the herb industry. “We grow pretty much everything,” says Jeff Higley. Herbs are wonderfully versatile. … [Read more...] about Sun+Earth Series: Oshala Farm
First Hand: What It’s Like To See A Hemp Farm For The First Time
Anyone who has ever laid eyes on a nug has probably thought to themselves at one time or another, 'how cool would it be to see how this stuff comes to be?' Last month, that dream became a reality for me when the Emerald team took a trip upstate to Tricolla Farms to see the source of Tonic CBD’s hemp. For those like myself who never fully understood the difference between … [Read more...] about First Hand: What It’s Like To See A Hemp Farm For The First Time
