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Kentucky Hemp was King before Reefer Madness
Kentucky hemp was king before steamships, free trade and reefer madness FEBRUARY 21, 2016 4:10 PM BY TOM EBLEN teblen@herald-leader.com Hemp has been branded an outlaw for decades because it looks like its mind-altering botanical cousin, marijuana. But before steamships, free trade, synthetic fibers and reefer madness, this useful plant was Kentucky’s biggest cash crop.…
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Certified Organic Cannabis – Do Consumers Care?
April 28, 2015 – While a growing number of consumers and growers appreciate the concept of organically-produced cannabis, right now the legal industry occupies a gray area when it comes to verification. Technically, the cannabis industry can’t lay claim to the organic label. That requires certification by the US Department of Agriculture, a federal agency,…
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‘Wal-Mart of Weed’ Gardening Store Opens to High-Fives
February 28, 2011 – This wasn’t going to be a typical grand opening, just another staid ribbon cutting where fellow business people welcome the newest merchant to town. The turnout was a bit more eclectic – and decidedly more fragrant – Saturday as a giant hydroponics store – which embraces its moniker as “the Wal-Mart…
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The New Pot Gardener
October 3, 2010 – Call it the newest gardening trend: Marijuana activists, dispensary owners and growers say there’s been an uptick of medical marijuana patients growing pot for themselves. The new profile of the home grower is primarily middle-aged or older. It’s someone who chooses to grow indoors to get a more frequent harvest and…
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Save the Grow-Op Bears!
CALGARY – Word a gang of black bears in B.C. found guarding an outdoor marijuana grow-op might be euthanized is too much to bear for some learning of their potential fate. A group of up to 15 bears were found a few weeks ago near Christina Lake, hanging about near a patch of more than…
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Medical Marijuana Growing – T5 Grow Lights
August 20, 2010 – Some people who grow medical marijuana don’t even realize that you can use fluorescent T5 grow lights during your grow to help save energy and still get great results. Fluorescent lights, as everyone knows, run on a very low amount of energy, especially compared to HID grow lights such as Metal…
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Grow Medical Marijuana Outdoors, The Easy Way
If you have seeds, sun, soil and water- then growing Medical Marijuana should be one of the easiest ventures you’ve set out to accomplish. As of this writing, only California, Oregon, Hawaii, Alaska, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington have passed legislation for their qualified patients to cultivate Medical Marijuana.…
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Oakland’s Plans for Mega-Medical Marijuana Growing gets Attention of DEA
August 4, 2010 – OAKLAND — The nation’s top narcotics watchdog, the Drug Enforcement Administration, has requested information about Oakland’s ordinance permitting large-scale medical pot growing facilities. DEA spokesman Rusty Payne said agents wanted to know if the ordinance on the city website was a draft or a final version. He would not specify why…
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Legal Pot: Death of the Emerald Triangle?
Aug. 3, 2010 — Tucked away in the very northwestern-most corner of California are three relatively small rural counties that are, despite their size and isolation, known around the world in certain circles. These counties — Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity — have, since the mid-’70s, specialized in the production of a much-sought-after export that was,…
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Will Oakland Become “the Silicon Valley of Pot?”
July 21, 2010 – When your state is completely broke, you have to get creative to pay the bills. That’s why the city council of Oakland approved an ordinance that could authorize four massive marijuana factories, making it the first city in California to approve industrial production of pot. The decision didn’t come easy, though.…