Cannabis Wrap-Up

Stay on top of the cannabis world. In this (soon to be) frequent feature, we’ll bring you a sentence or two on stories of interest for our marijuana community and link to where you can learn more. And, we’ll throw in a bonus photo or two. 

Washington State marijuana growers convicted on federal charges:

In spite of the cannabis being legal in the state, a federal jury convicted three family members in Washington with growing between 50 and 100 marijuana plants yesterday…and this was considered a victory. (Read more here.)

Local Folk Featured in Story About Cannabis Futures:

Friendly to the small farmer, this piece features Hezekiah Allen from the Emerald Growers Association. In it, he says, ““The war on pot is over….We are starting to write the terms of this industry state by state, county by county, and we want to make sure that the farmers who fought that war, who were on the front line, are still part of the conversation.” (Read more here.)

Trimmigrant Talk–the Outside World Looks at Our Migrant Workers:

Not a pretty picture of what might be coming for our traveling trimmers. ” Trimming will start to look a lot like picking [fruit]. Just another low wage farm job.” (Read more here.)

And…just for fun…The Emerald Almanac from the Redheaded Blackbelt:

For all those who don’t know what happens in the outdoor marijuana world, we’re going to include a little local color. At this time of year, traditional cannabis farmers start their seeds.rhbb1-1

Small mom and pop farmers normally sort through seeds they’ve grown themselves, bartered with neighbors, or, more recently, purchased from vendors. At this time of year they, like gardeners everywhere, are making the final decisions about what strains will be grown.

The farmer must be alert to signs of what the fickle market place will want this harvest. Depending on how much of their last year’s harvest has been sold, the grower faces the coming year with a mixture of hope and trepidation.

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Uti Deva
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9 years ago

Cannabis Cache, good title, I like it a lot.

Staff
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9 years ago
Reply to  Uti Deva

Makes me chuckle!

Uti Deva
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9 years ago

On the trimmigrant story: I’ve only know one person who hired trimmers off the street. It ended badly and the neighbors were furious that he brought them into their midst. I wound up having to bag up an haul the trash they left on a friend’s property. The other side of it is I have met some great kids from all over the world who come here every fall to work.

Kristen Nevedal said it well: don’t come here if you don’t already have a connection. But I would add, for those who do have a connection, are skilled and get along with the crew, there’s work and you can move around from farmer to farmer trimming the crop.

Uti Deva
Guest
9 years ago

On the trimmigrant story: I’ve only know one person who hired trimmers off the street. It ended badly and the neighbors were furious that he brought them into their midst. I wound up having to bag up an haul the trash they left on a friend’s property. The other side of it is I have met some great kids from all over the world who come here every fall to work.

Kristen Nevedal said it well: don’t come here if you don’t already have a connection. But I would add, for those who do have a connection, are skilled and get along with the crew, there’s work and you can move around from farmer to farmer trimming the crop.

Staff
Member
9 years ago

I’ve met some wonderful trimmigrants from around the world but most of them had some sort of connection here already.

Staff
Member
9 years ago

I’ve met some wonderful trimmigrants from around the world but most of them had some sort of connection here already.

grr
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grr
9 years ago

Another good article in Willets News about Allen’s EGA
‘Marijuana: Growers launch co-op; Laying groundwork for legalization’
http://www.willitsnews.com//general-news/20150304/marijuana-growers-launch-co-op-laying-groundwork-for-legalization

grr
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grr
9 years ago

Another good article in Willets News about Allen’s EGA
‘Marijuana: Growers launch co-op; Laying groundwork for legalization’
http://www.willitsnews.com//general-news/20150304/marijuana-growers-launch-co-op-laying-groundwork-for-legalization

YesIah Garvey
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9 years ago

caché ? doesn’t quite work as a pun, unless you mean the modern term computer cache ..

Staff
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9 years ago
Reply to  YesIah Garvey

Not cache’ but cache–a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden…place.

YesIah Garvey
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9 years ago

caché ? doesn’t quite work as a pun, unless you mean the modern term computer cache ..

Staff
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9 years ago
Reply to  YesIah Garvey

Not cache’ but cache–a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden…place.