High Minded with McCarter

Episode 30 is here! We spoke to Shelby Kaminski and Volta Lourias of Edaphic Solutions about permaculture, the beneficial plants and bugs that can help replenish our soil, how they make the liquid plant food that is compost tea, and why natural carbon-based fertilizers are better than processed, chemical-heavy nitrate-based fertilizers to save our soil and planet.

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What a treat! This conversation is so fun and unlike anything we have done before. Matthew Williams is a Denver-based, Kansas City-bred entrepreneur and founder of Escospark LLC; he works with cannabis and ancillary businesses helping to spread the love and education of the plant. We discuss hemp packaging solutions, starting your own business, growing up in the Midwest, the future of crypto and web3, and so much more!

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Lil Pharmer, first name Michael, has been growing cannabis for medical patients in Colorado for over 10 years. Originating from West Virginia, Michael shares his story into how the cannabis caregiver process works, how to create your own genetics with pollen from a male plant, and we test out some of his delectable buds. Find him on Instagram @lil_pharmer or at his website lilpharmer.com.

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This episode is filled with information from Zach Hedstrom, founder and owner of Boulder Mushroom, a culinary and medicinal mushroom cultivation farm and laboratory located in Boulder, Colorado. We discuss turkey tail and lion's mane in detail, two of the most promising species of fungi in terms of medicinal capabilities. Boulder Mushroom is working with the City of Boulder on several soil remediation and fire mitigation projects that have the ability to improve our culture and help our ecological world tremendously. We also touch on foraging, mushroom spores versus spawns, and so much more!

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There's so much stigma around cannabis, but there's even more stigma around mom's who use cannabis, usually for fear that they suddenly become a bad parent. This episode with Katy Ibsen, founder & publisher of Sweet Jane Magazine. We talk about the threat of women (unknowingly) getting drug tested in the hospital and Child Protective Services taking away their baby. We discuss the studies happening right now that are trying to find out if consuming cannabis during pregnancy is safe. We get real and RAW!

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What are NFTs? How are they related to art & cannabis? We discuss all this and more with Denver-based artist Ruben Cabrera, aka RubeZilla (Rube for short), known for his emotion-filled "Faces" street art. Growing up in New York with family roots in Puerto Rico, Rube describes how he got into weed after getting out of the military, and has used art as a way to process his emotions. He explains the basics of cryptocurrency and how they can be used to buy NFT's (block-chain based art collections).

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Have you ever smoked a blunt? It's one of the most iconic ways to smoke weed in America thanks to rap & hip-hop culture. We get deep into the weeds with co-founders Jarell Wall and Austin Pflumm of Gentleman Quinns Blunt Co., high class big ass blunts (with zero tobacco) about how they started a cannabis business from the ground up back in 2015 with little knowledge of the process and investment. And, of course, we smoke one of their new Mini Quinns Blunts together ~ available at Simply Pure in Denver, Dispensary 243, Smokey's 420 and other Colorado dispensaries!

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Hemp and other herbs have long been smoked for their medicinal, self care and ritual purposes, and Laura Murphy's Velvet Roots Apothecary is keeping the tradition alive with her small batch online apothecary based out of Denver, Colorado. We discuss mental health, using cannabis to alleviate stress, mindful consumption and so much more!

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What products are best to carry, from where do you source your weed, what are the most common questions you get from customers, is it hard to keep a reliable budtending staff -- these are all questions we discuss (and much more) with Rachel Sukhovitsky boutique dispensary manager of Village Green Society in Boulder, Colorado.

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In Episode 21, McCarter & SK sit down with hemp-queen Dani Fontaine, founder of the Colorado Hemp Project & Nature's Root. She has been working with the cannabis plant since 2008 when she started Colorados' first all-organic edible company called Tastee Yummees. Since then she has re-focused her work on growing and processing industrial hemp and educating others on how it can heal our bodies and our planet.

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