A key tenet of the Ganjier Cannabis Sommelier Training is knowing the source and cultivation methodologies used by producers and farmers and their respective effects on cannabis quality. As more…
Now that we are in a new period of extreme drought, the report of marijuana water use by Scott Bauer, Impacts of Surface Water Diversions for Marijuana Cultivation published in…
Cannabis is global agriculture. Similar to the spice trade, cannabis as a commodity, medicine and revered substance of value has traveled around the globe. As the plant was introduced to…
For years, no one told us about the spiritual dimension of cannabis. We had no Ganjiers around to give us an idea of its long history both as a medicine…
Navigating the cannabis business landscape in a regulated market is difficult. It takes not only a keen business sense, but a deep understanding of the cannabis plant. Many business savvy people think their background in other highly regulated industries is enough to bring success in cannabis. But the truth is, plant knowledge is also required.
For young people growing up in Provence or Champagne, the question is probably always, “Are you going to make wine/champagne when you grow up?” There is an assumption that people…
Surviving the War on Drugs: The 1990’s The War on Drugs was officially declared by Richard Nixon at the passage of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. However, George Bush,…
I like my cannabis like I like my men, sun-kissed and with a little dirt on them. When I was growing up in the 1990’s, I thought cannabis grew best…
Considering this is the 17th year that we have been Flower Judges for the prestigious Emerald Cup, it was a welcome change to do things a little differently this time.…
In the ever-changing new world of cannabis, new ideas, new techniques, new ways of extracting, smoking, ingesting, cultivating, drying, and packaging the magical herb emerge every day. There is one…
