Warren Bobrow=WB: Why Cannabis? What did you want to be when you (were younger) grew up? Who is your mentor? Indoor or outdoor grown? Why?
Category: Interviews
JESSICA LEHRMAN
I had the great, good fortune to make a friendship with some dyed in the wool New York City B-Boy kids who are well on their way to making it big in life. What they do for a “living” is work in the legal cannabis industry within their alternate universe known as “Talking Terps”. Music, cannabis and Talking Terps? What do they have to do with each other? Should you be in the place and time to know what Talking Terps are, and more importantly what they represent, please read on. I was pleasantly surprised as to their maturity and their deep knowledge of the universe. Through Talking Terps, a wheel of discovery spins opposite of what we all know is going forward. You move forward and then back, expansion and retraction. To me, this represents the balance of the universe. To truly succeed in life one needs to push forward and then retract, then move forward again. Exactly what Talking Terps are all about. Confusing? Not at all. Hard work is the engine of success. Thank you friends, you did it your way. Through hard work and fortitude.
WB: Erica, please tell me about yourself? What is your inspiration to our plant? I understand your son has been helped by the healing component of cannabis? Please tell me about this?
Erica Daniels=ED:I am an activist, entrepreneur, author, healthy cook, loud music lover, community educator and mother. After my son was diagnosed in 2007, my life changed and gained new purpose. Since, I have focused on research, education and advocacy of natural health treatments for autism.
NATALIE MEADOWS
Warren Bobrow=WB: Tell me about your company? Who is your inspiration? Do you have a mentor(s)? Who are they?
TM = Troy Meadows: The Legion of Bloom is a values-driven company founded by myself and four of my long-time friends and partners in advocating for cannabis. As established cultivators in the medical market, we started the LEGION with the ethos to craft unique cannabis experiences that we would be proud to share with our friends and families.
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Warren Bobrow=WB: Where are you from? Why cannabis? What is your background in technology? What are the highlights so far?
Jeremy O’Keefe=JO: I was born in Ohio and spent almost a decade in the military, so I’ve lived in all regions of the USA. I served in the Air Force as an electronic warfare technician and after I transitioned to civilian life, I decided to use my G.I. Bill to pursue a computer science degree from UNLV. I’ve been in the desert ever since!
IAN SHIVER
I had the opportunity to smoke a small sample of Cut & Dry cannabis recently and wanted dig deeper into the brand. What follows is an interview with Seti, which is his real name, like Madonna or Sting also go by one name. I get it Seti, I’m the one who is honored to know someone with just one name, it’s really cool.
Jay Evans, CEO –
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Warren Bobrow=WB: Please tell me about yourself. What was your path to our plant?
Jay Evans=JE: My fascination with cannabis really took off around the time it became legal for medical use in Canada in 2001. I saw how resource-intensive the production of medical cannabis was – the harvest and production of cannabis took tens of people, if not more. The result was a lot of strain on the supply chain and, ultimately, meant that the people that needed it most were having systemic issues accessing good quality, reliable cannabis.
WB: Please tell me about yourself?
Scott Goldie=SG:
SG: I’ve spent most of my 30-year professional life in real estate – in finance, consulting, entitlement, development, environmental remediation and homebuilding. In the past five years, we started looking at opportunities to acquire operating companies that had valuable real estate assets. The first major investment was the Napa Valley Wine Train, where in addition to running a great and profitable excursion train, we acquired 17 parcels of land not required to run the railroad. We have sold some and will develop apartments, hotels, workforce housing and commercial on the others. It is a long-term hold.
KRISTEN ANGELO 2019
Tina Gordon is the founder and owner of Moon Made Farms, a small Emerald Triangle cannabis farm in Southern Humboldt County. With a background as a rock drummer, producer, event promoter, and documentary filmmaker, Tina moved to Humboldt in 2007 when, through a serendipitous twist, a special stretch of land belonging to her female drummer mentor became her home. Tina set about developing the 40 acres that would become Moon Made Farms — a farm, collective, and center of agricultural innovation. Today, Tina thrives as an active cannabis farmer and advocate, serving on the boards of the International Cannabis Farmers Association and Sun + Earth Certified and providing flower to the prestigious Northern California cannabis distributor Flow Kana.