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Mark Grindeland: Co-Founder/CEO Of Coda Signature Digs Deeply Into Some Questions

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Coda Signature Chocolates
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I’m just back from Denver and just before that, California. It seemed like every dispensary I walked into carried Coda Signature’s excelsior confectionary products. As I silently smiled inside, knowing that not only have I met the principals of the company in person, plus I’ve also seen where they manufacture the exceptionally fine goods (at least the ones from California) that is a gift that most will never experience. Thank you for allowing me this honor, it means everything to me. Not everyone gets this chance in life. I seized the moment and now it has started to reap the benefits. A far cry from being an executive assistant in a bank. If you knew me then, would you have known? Probably not.

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Five Effervescent Questions With Kat Merryfield Of Kat’s Naturals

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Kat 
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Warren Bobrow=WB: Where are you from originally? How did you decide on hemp? I grew up on a Biodynamic farm, what are your thoughts about this methodology in hemp propagation? Does it matter about being organic or Biodynamic?  

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Five Tangible Questions: Trek Manzoni Of TriGrow, Cofounder Of DOPE Magazine

5 Questions - Trek Manzoni of TriGrow/co-founder of DOPE
Trek Manzoni of TriGrow, cofounder of DOPE 
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Warren Bobrow=WB: How did you discover cannabis? Do you smoke?  Do you prefer indoor or sun grown outdoor? What did you first want to be when you grew up?

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Current State: Which Gourmet Cannabis Muse Fuels Creativity Best?

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My current state WARREN BOBROW: IPHONE XR

The Hall of Flowers, held twice per year in Santa Rosa, California acted as my muse bringing together the best and the brightest to my trained palate. But don’t take it from me directly, you simply must travel to California yourself and take the journey. As I found covering the craft spirits business and writing six books on the topic, there are different levels of good. A couple weeks ago I led a panel at the Berlin Bar Convent for Park Street University on Cannabis Cocktails. The consensus at the end of the panel was encouraging. High quality craft spirits manufacturers are genuinely intrigued by the combination of their excellent craft spirits and the addition of hemp based CBD. Unfortunately here in the USA, even the mere reference to THC is much more oblique. Through marketing, anything can be invented. Just look at the worm in Mezcal. If you ate one of these things please contact me. And if you drink rum based on the color of the liquid in that expensive bottle, you’ve been hoodwinked again. Most of what you pay extra for has been caramel colored. Oh gosh, why would they do that? Because there are no rules in rum! Rhum? Well that’s another story for another day. They have rules, but you are confused. I’m positive. No need for that in cannabis.

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Five Empirical Questions With Cannabis Friendly, Sackville & Co.

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Lana Van Brunt, Hayley Dineen
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I first discovered Sackville & Co at the Hall of Flowers just a few months ago. You might say that I’m late to the party, but hear me out for a moment. First of all, Sackville & Co. is located in Brooklyn. I’m in New Jersey. It’s close by but completely out of touch with cannabis reality evidently.

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Ann Marie Awad, Podcast Host Of Colorado Public Radio’s “On Something”

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AnnMarie Awad
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Warren Bobrow: Where are you from? Why cannabis? Did you go to business school? Who is your mentor?

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An Irresistible Halloween With MagicalButter’s Cannabis Bloody Mary Recipe

Celebrate Halloween with MagicalButter’s Cannabis Bloody Mary

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Cannabis Bloody Mary
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I’m a massive fan of the Bloody Mary cocktail. After all, I have a brilliant version of the classic in my book, Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails and Tonics. My Bloody is made with a national brand of tomato juice that happens to have clam broth added to the mix. I think that nautical element is essential to a well treated Bloody. Up in Canada, they call this version, a Bloody Caesar. This gruesome-to-think-about-named-slurp really does taste differently than the more Americanized version, but I digress. Whatever way or with whichever recipe you enjoy this beverage is up to you. The following recipe, like my own, has a healthy dose of THC in it. MagicalButter, the world’s first countertop botanical extractor designed for creating recipes infusing the essence of healthy herbs, uses a tincture which is a fool-proof way of adding THC to just about any drink. I usually infuse the THC into the spirits or the juices, better balance that way in the mixology realm. You should drink it as you desire. The following recipe is pretty darned delicious and you can do it very easily with the MagicalButter MB2e machine. Go to it! Never more than one per hour because this recipe makes you enjoy life in a different way. Happy Halloween! Cheers! Wb 

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Cannabis Bloody Mary
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An Interview with Bloom Farms President of Sales, Distribution & CBD: Sally Nichols

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Sally is known throughout the cannabis industry for her deep understanding of market structure and dynamics and her expertise in brand and product development, sales strategy, and fundraising.
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Cannabis With A Conscience: Bloom Farms

I love Bloom Farms. Originally I discovered them through their fantastic 510 cartridges. I’ve recently fallen in love with their ultra-high-end flowers.
They do what I want them to do!

Historically I’ve had concern over CBD products, as there is a similarity (in my mind) to the unregulated vitamin market of the 1970s. Those who are old enough to remember may find that everyone who had a mailing address was selling a cure for almost every ailment, in the form of this little pill, or salve, or powder to be taken four times a day. The FDA and the FTC frowns upon multi-level marketing method of “healing” without the phrase, “This drug has not been evaluated by the FDA….”

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Several Questions With Rachael Rapinoe

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Warren Bobrow=WB: Please tell me about yourself? What do you do? 

Rachael Rapinoe won a NCAA national championship with the University of Portland in 2005, played pro soccer in Europe in 2010, and eventually retired to pursue her passion in the health and fitness industry. Leveraging her Masters in Health & Exercise, Rachael went on to build Rapinoe SC–a top soccer performance training company & lifestyle apparel brand with her twin, US Soccer star sister, Megan. Training thousands of players across the U.S., from youth to the professional level, Rachael’s robust and trusted training brand has made her a highly sought after trainer in the Portland area. She was the strength and conditioning coach for the University of Portland Women’s Soccer team, applying her expertise in training and competition in an effort to better understand the role recovery has in performance and the human body. She started concepting Mendi with her other co-founders several years ago as she grew to understand the role cannabis has in keeping athletes at top performance. With her network of influential athletes and passion for competing, Rachael is shaping Mendi’s products to meet the relevant demand in sports.

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Goodbrands: Seeking Inspiration In More Than Great Cannabis

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Cannabis Vending Machine PHOTO COURTESY: GOODBRANDS

I’m charmed by goodbrands, you may not know about them yet, but if you live in California it’s pretty simple, I want you to find them and smoke them.

Wandering around the Hall of Flowers this year, I found their vending machine irresistible. How many vending machines take quarters for beautifully packaged pre-rolled joints that are more than just good?

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