A father and son shot, dismembered and burned. This is the dark side of California cannabis November 9, 2023 AggregatedNews California, News & Insights 1 Comment Pátzcuaro, Michoacán — In a small square crypt behind frosted glass in subtropical Michoacán is incontrovertible proof of the cost of California cannabis. The tomb just within the high cemetery gates of the Panteón Municipal de Pátzcuaro, flanked by sunflowers in twin… Read More→
Emerald Triangle communities were built on cannabis. Legalization has pushed them to the brink February 28, 2023 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments HAYFORK — It’s shortly before 8 a.m. and a touch above freezing at the Trinity County Fairgrounds. The food bank’s February distribution won’t begin for another half hour, but the line of cars already stretches into a third row of… Read More→
How Legalization Changed Humboldt County Marijuana May 23, 2019 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments In an isolated Northern California community, the last remnants of the counterculture are confronting the future of cannabis. For more than forty years, the epicenter of cannabis farming in the United States was a region of northwestern California called the Emerald… Read More→
Marijuana is emerging among California’s vineyards, offering promise and concern October 15, 2018 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments It is the fall harvest here in this fertile stretch of oaks and hills that produces some of the country’s best wine. This season, though, workers also are plucking the sticky, fragrant flowers of a new crop. Marijuana is emerging… Read More→
Doing it for the Right Reason and Way: Humboldt Apothecary July 24, 2018 Rob Meagher Company Stories, Processing, Spotlight 0 Comments Humboldt County, CA, the heart of the Emerald Triangle, is known for its ideal climate for producing sun grown cannabis (and arguably the  main source of much of the black market marijuana that has made its way across the United… Read More→
California’s Humboldt County Blazes a Trail on Track and Trace May 4, 2016 Fiona Ma California, Compliance and Regulations, Policy & Legal 0 Comments This time last year, while I was still learning the ropes as a member of the Board of Equalization, my colleague George Runner and I went to Humboldt County. I wanted to learn about cannabis, and there isn't a better… Read More→
The View from the Emerald Triangle November 9, 2015 Hezekiah Allen California, Opinions, Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Hezekiah Allen For generations, rural communities in California have lived timeless lives. As consolidation swept the nation and family farms gave way to industrial agriculture, the cannabis industry was insulated by a geo-politcs. The politics of prohibition forced cultivators… Read More→