https://mygrasslands.com/2020/06/24/cannabis-cocktail-culture-warren-bobrow/
Author: Warren_Bobrow
CANDERA
As a rule in my journalistic career, I’m pulling away from CBD, but Derek’s story made perfect sense to me and I felt that world deserved learning about his scene. I wanted to do this primarily because of his understanding of the pharmacological benefits of the plant. Not just another snake oil product. This is accurate for me because what Derek doesn’t do is CBD infused pain lotion, nor another CBD infused toothpick, but a philosophy that is grounded in deep healing. And after writing the book named Apothecary Cocktails, this path that he is taking is very familiar to me. It fulfills the desire to do well by others through healing. Thank you.
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Most entrepreneurs are not at all like Christian Schenk. They just don’t possess his work ethic. He is very clearly driven by a greater internal power than most.
I got that immediately because I feel that I was cut from the same cloth as Christian. Being born to non-stop workaholics and also having an overachieving father and grandparents made that happen for me. After reading through his interview, I discovered that his work ethic was ingrained into him by birth. It was his father who influenced him so deeply, so succinctly. I got that loud and clear.
Frances González
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Frances González is recognized as one of the leaders in the women’s entrepreneurs movement in Cannabis. With more than 15 years of experience in corporate telecommunications, operations and international relations in 2015 she decided to launch her own business in Puerto Rico as founder and executive director of Millennia Solutions, a provider of digital communication tools and solutions for business. Months later medical cannabis is legalized on the island and she pursues further education with subject matter experts. Through her educational journey, Frances launched Latinas Cannapreneurs, a non profit organization based in Puerto Rico with a mission to inspire, educate and elevate the latino community about the culture and industry of cannabis through education, activism and entrepreneurship. Through our network of partners and collaborators we provide educational tools and support to break down stigmas while promoting inclusiveness in the growing green age. Frances was also invited to speak on Cannabis entrepreneurship in Puerto Rico in May 2019 for Canna Ciencia 2019 in Bogota, Colombia, which is the largest cannabis conference in Latin America. She also took the stage to speak last September in CanEX 2019 in Jamaica where she shared the stage yet again with personalities like Steve DeAngelo and Vicente Fox. She attended and presented in Cannabis Salud 2019 in Mexico, and in December she was a featured speaker at the National Women of Cannabis conference in Las Vegas. Her companies are sponsors for all these conferences and also sponsored the Women in Cannabis Study. Frances is also a member and Chair of the Caribbean Policy research of the Minority Cannabis Business Association whose mission is to support equality and diversity in the cannabis industry through policy, empowerment, and connection.
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Historically speaking, smoking pure CBD flowers are not to my taste. But when Dave DiCosola reached out to me with some new information on his line of (very cannabis-like) CBD flowers, I thought I should at least hear him out. Because hemp is legal in all fifty states, I can now receive CBD legally at my home. So I got the opportunity to taste through his line.
I was very pleasantly surprised!
Who would have thought that Maryland, the historic and in my vision, a deeply conservative state located only a few hundred miles south of New Jersey. Would they allow cannabis? Well it’s true, Maryland does allow medical cannabis and companies like Curio Wellness are setting the bar extremely high for this nascent industry. Wellness is the name of their craft and their goal in healing ills.
Photo credit: Sam Gehrke
On July 10th (710), the cannabis community celebrates all things concentrates. The terminology goes like this — 710, the word “oil” spelled upside down, is the “stoner” holiday that occurs every year on July 10th. A tongue placed firmly in the cheek of “stoner” lore, 710 has become a full-fledged celebration of all things concentrates and oils; and it embraces the more scientific and technical aspects of the cannabis industry, such as the laboratories that turn flower into oil, the scientists and extractors who are constantly innovating in the space, the tools we use (like the Puffco Peak) to consume concentrates, and the people who adore these methods of consumption. This special day occurs just a few months after the more widely known holiday 420 on April 20th, a day that celebrates cannabis culture and activism. So this year, on this day, take a moment to appreciate the magical fluid we call cannabis oil in all of its many formulations!
Southern University made history on Wednesday by becoming the first historically Black university (HBCU) to release its own line of THC medical cannabis products. The university has more than 12,000 students with over 7,000 based on its Baton Rouge, Louisiana campus. Currently celebrating its 140th anniversary, Southern was founded in 1880. The newly launched product is called AYO which means “joy” in Yoruba a Nigerian language, the line was made possible through a partnership with Southern University’s Agricultural Research and Extension Center and the medical cannabis solutions company, Ilera Holistic Healthcare (Ilera Holistic). AYO is only available in the state of Louisiana and will join Southern and Ilera Holistics hemp-derived CBD line “ALAFIA” which translates to “good health” in Yoruba. Making Southern the first and only HBCU operating in both cannabis and hemp industries.
RAW PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO DON HALES
Cannabis brings amazing personalities to the my column. The way that they find themselves to me is sometimes creative. Take Jenny-Beth Dills, the founder of Kind Cannabis Consulting. She found me on the interweb, Instagram to be exact.