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Matt Besser wants to smoke your weed
eaching far back into his memories, to the halcyon days of his first youthful engagements with cannabis, comedian Matt Besser thinks of Nancy Reagan.“I was a kid in the ‘80s during the Just Say No campaign,” says the 50-year-old Besser, “and that whole era where marijuana was treated just like crack.”For anyone aware of the “green wave” currently washing over the country, this particular political and cultural memory is an exercise in perspective, one that draws stark differences between the...
Local startups make space for natural growers to talk shop
ead up the steps of Studio A64, above The Original Hemp Cafe downtown, on monthly meetup nights (details below) and find yourself at the taproot of a burgeoning underground scene being spearheaded by local cannabis growers, mushroom farmers and general agriculturalists alike.Bringing them all together is a mutual interest in “natural farming.” Though related in part, natural farming here shouldn’t be confused with conventional organic farming, which often still relies upon manufactured inputs...
Good Weed starts with better cultivation | Cannabis Culture | Colorado Springs Independent
ulling into Good Weed Co.’s parking lot, observers are greeted by a nearly barren black-and-white concrete exterior that does nothing to indicate the dispensary might be engaged in cutting-edge practices that differentiate it from the myriad of other pot shops.That minimalist structure south of downtown — abandoned for over 30 years before it was acquired by Good Weed co-owner Mark Terry in October 2014 — offers little to lure weed consumers, save for a painted “Dispensary” sign above the...
Bokashi could revolutionize weed growing, and maybe agriculture in general | ReLeaf | Colorado Springs Independent
hen imagining where an agricultural vanguard might occur, one could be forgiven for overlooking our sprawling urban playgrounds of concrete and metal in favor of the more historically fertile ground found in the rural parts of our country. But at least one company, Innovative Organics, situated only a few miles west of downtown Denver in a 12,000-square-foot rental space, is proving that you don’t need to dig your toes into the earth in order to rejuvenate it.
The Grow-Off goes medical, drawing local shops into the science-minded competition | Marijuana News | Colorado Springs Independent
Carlos Valencia wears his sunglasses indoors. It's not a fashion statement nor workplace practicality. Rather Valencia, a cannabis cultivator who goes by "Los" for short, is required to wear sunglasses as a means of combating the effects of Stargardt disease, a common form of vision loss which has rendered him legally blind. Lest anyone assume this condition impairs his ability to carry out the responsibilities of his job, the 40-year-old master grower at Frank's Farm (715 S.
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