Why is Your Pot Not Organic?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6G4NWVb8kE&feature=player_embedded]   Think you’re smoking organic pot?  Well, you’re not.  Oh sure, it might be pesticide and chemical free but it’s not organic.  And it’s not the grower’s fault.  It’s the feds.  Read my latest article in High Times Medical and learn all the ways some folks are trying to help you get clean, green marijuana and the Feds are

Read more

NPR and Humboldt:The Environmental Cost of Growing Pot

Newt of a Giant Salamander under diesel scum NPR has been doing a series on Marijuana.  Yesterday’s piece was about the environmental costs of growing the plant.  Here is a transcript or follow the link to listen. Recently I returned to Hacker Creek and still (2 years and $200,000 later) was able to smell diesel over a hundred yards from

Read more

Reefer Madness–The Environmental Costs Of Pot

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv5IgrDksLk&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Marijuana won’t make you crazy but the ways people grow marijuana might.  Pesticides, diesel spills, invading public lands, stealing water are all part of irresponsible growers’ behavior. Some growers work to be as light on the earth as they can. But others don’t. Consumers are the ones who can change that behavior. As often as possible, they must …

Read more

Greening the Grow–KQED Talks About Marijuana and the Environment

Indoor and outdoor growers in Humboldt both hope that explaining the environmental damage of indoor grows will cause consumers to rethink their choices.  If buyers start realizing the value of organic outdoor marijuana, then prices for outdoor will rise and growers can farm in the sun.  Growers can choose the method that is easier on the earth and produces what

Read more