The Cannabis Connection

My name is Lindsey and I am the founder and sole owner of Native  Humboldt. I am a Native American woman from the Wailaki Tribe. I am also  a veteran and served in the United States Army. Native Humboldt Farms  is located in Southern Eastern Humboldt County, CA. The land was  inhabited by my tribe before white incursion, and then belonged to my  third great grandmother Chow-row after white incursion.
 The land  randomly came back into my possession 13 years ago, and I had no doubt  in my mind that it was supposed be the home of Native Humboldt Farms.  Our interview discusses genetics and strategies to organize Farmers in  order to educate buyers and consumers about the love and care put in to  legacy gardens that paved the way for legalization and how these smaller  operators produce a superior product.

Farmer Ryan of Pajaro Pastures is an ecological rancher stewarding chickens, pigs and goats along with delicious crops in the world  famous Pajaro Valley. 
 Anders of Arvo Supply is partnered with Ryan  and farms that focus on cultivating healthy soil creating an exceptional  product that is good for the people and planet. 
 We discuss Santa  Cruz's heritage in leading organic food movement, treating plants and  workers right and how to lead by example in the Cannabis industry.

For more than two decades, WAMM has provided the world's best working model of a truly compassionate medical cannabis collective. WAMM has also brought healing, relief and integrative care to thousands of chronically and terminally ill members—many who otherwise could not afford this medicine—while helping pass America's first statewide medical marijuana law. They've even survived a DEA raid, and successfully sued the federal government in response. -Dr. Lester Grinspoon

Will Grinnell is a music industry veteran of more than four decades. Since moving from the Northeast to Maui with his family in 2010, Grinnell founded Sticky Fingers Seeds and helped co-found Deep Green Agency a Cannabis advisory firm. He then developed Deep Green Genetics as a department of Deep Green Agency.  Grinnell also is honored to be a team partner with Earthdance Global and is inspired to co-manifest more events with the talented Earthdance team.  
Our interview with Will explores his past guerilla growing since the late 70's and his journey working lines that work into exceptional seeds that are now serving the needs of the people in Maui and abroad. 

Founder and CEO of Humboldt Seed Company Nathaniel Pennington. He has been breeding cannabis and working to restore rivers and populations of salmon in Humboldt County for over 20 years. He worked in Salmon Genomics prior to Cannabis which gave him the understanding for the need for unbiased cannabis genome research. Nathaniel has founded several non profits, most recently the nature rights council. Nathaniel believes creative breeding is the way forward for craft farmers. Cannabis is a plant for the people and not a corporate commodity.

JJ NYC, breeder of Top Dawg Genetics provides a serious download of his in person experiences growing up on the East Coast & living through the different era's of cannabis in the New York scene. Starting early, into JJ's high school years and beyond to the times in Central Park to Wetlands he continued to build foundational friendships that bred the lines of legends. 
The Cannabis Connection is extremely humbled by JJ's forthcoming testimony regarding the roots behind legends like Sour Diesel, Chemdawg, RFK Skunk, Hazes galore and more. This interview will shake the bedrock of your understanding of the origin of Sour Diesel and the players behind these timeless cultivars.

Joey Burger is a Regenerative Cannabis Consultant, Dragonfly Earth Medicine Pure Certified Educator and Permaculture Teacher with over 27 years practicing in the Emerald Triangle's Cannabis Industry. Most recently, he has been serving as the Permaculture Director at Heartwood Mountain Sanctuary, a wilderness retreat destination, learning village and community hub. in Humboldt County.
Tamara Thorn is a Dragonfly Earth Medicine Pure Certified Educator, Herbalist, Natural farmer, and owner of Heal Thyself Gardens a regenerative herb farm, wellness product line and Holistic Education Center.

Kagyu shares his 50+ years of growing and breeding expertise stewarding his landrace genetics in the Santa Cruz Mountains since moving to Santa Cruz in the late 50's. A must listen for any grower, breeder or appreciator of landrace heirloom cannabis varietals!

Duke Diamond- Breeder, Grower and Macgyver of all things Cannabis. Duke sheds light on his story of breeding seeds, growing organic cannabis and the long strange trip behind the building block strains that created the powerhouses that dominate the industry today.