News, nature, and community throughout the Emerald Triangle
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKMW5jPs61g&feature=player_embedded] The bomb drops, civilization crumbles, and you have to survive off the food you find around you. Do you know what berries you can eat? The video above noted several plants that I had never even seen around here. I think they might be native to northern or more coastal areas of our county. Denizens of Humboldt are frequently
Read moreThe indoor pot warehouse grows (some proposed to be up to 7 acres) slated for Oakland face some rough ground before they get built. In what Dale Gieringer, head of Cal NORML, says is “More signs that Oakland’s pot permit plan is facing serious trouble” the Oakland city attorney, John Russo, refuses to sign the city ordinance that allows these
Read morePage 1A of the Sacramento Bee holds a Humboldt story. Of course, it’s about our weed and our growers. Peter Hecht, author of the Bee’s popular Weed Wars, a blog focused on marijuana issues, explores how this county is planning on dealing with the changing face of pot sales. He profiles the local president of the Humboldt Grower’s Association (HGA),
Read moreI spend a lot of time following marijuana related stories. Readers send me some and others I follow online. A lot more than I write about are interesting. Here are a few links that I think you might find worthwhile. DENVER — It is being called the green rush. With more states moving to legalize medical marijuana, the business of
Read moreBig corporations destroy the lives of individuals with no more thought than we give to stepping on an ant. Just yesterday, PJ McIlvaine stared up at the very big boot of Twentieth Century Fox–the 15 million dollar big boot of Fox. The two strangers who knocked at her door representing Fox weren’t just threatening to sue her, they filed suit
Read moreThe San Diego Tunnel Task Force discovered another highly developed underground border crossing Thanksgiving Day near San Diego. The 1/2 mile tunnel stretched from a Tijuana home to a warehouse on Via De La Amistad in the Otay Mesa area near San Diego. Pictured above are bales of marijuana from the bust. Earlier this month a combination of US and
Read moreTurkeys everywhere trembled at the displays of oven bags on Humboldt shelves. Imagine their delight when they learned in the Emerald Triangle, the bags are stuffed with vegetables and the people get baked.
Read moreFirst, published in Grow magazine-Spring 2009: The Emerald Cup: A Ganja Guild Networking in Northern California Between thick redwood forests and wild rugged coastline, veins of a colorful marijuana culture thread through the California North Coast. An illegal cannabis underground lurks beneath the skin of the spectacular countryside. This culture might someday help the region surpass the Napa Wine Country
Read moreCHeba Hut, a stoner themed restaurant chain duplicating the plastic culture of fast food has trademarked the name Humboldt (note they’ve spelled it differently) for a sandwich. According to Nugmag, CHeBA Hut ” is the very first counterculture themed franchise” (isn’t counterculture and franchise an oxymoron?) The chain which announces that the only thing fried is the occasional customer
Read moreThis is last year’s winner of the Emerald Cup–a cotton candy cush “totally coated in icy trichomes.” Think your beauties could compete? The Emerald Cup Cannabis Competition is open to all California Organic Outdoor Entries from Contestants who possess a valid prop 215, doctors verified recommendation. Follow the directions on the Entry forms below: Download Cannabis Entry Form Here
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