harvest issue 2016

These Are the Nine Cannabis Products We're Excited About Right Now

Tangerine Dream fruit gummies and an oil blend that gives you a boost of energy and rebalancing of spirit—welcome to fall.

Here Are Four of Our Favorite New Pot Shops

Walking into New Amsterdam is like scrolling through the Instagram profile of an advertising major who calls himself a “creative.”

Are Growing Regions the Next Defining Factor for the Oregon Cannabis Industry?

This is one aspect where the state’s aggressive oversight of the cannabis industry might pay dividends. The state is implementing a seed-to-sale tracking system that will standardize information on the origins of any cannabis product, says Morse of the OCBC.

Why Hemp and Marijuana Farmers Had a Messy Breakup—And What Happens Now

Even before legalization, Oregon had plenty of marijuana farms serving the medical community. But before last year, nobody in Oregon was growing legal hemp. And if outdoor recreational marijuana growers had their way last year, nobody would be growing hemp now either.

Why Isn't Our Cannabis Sustainable Yet? It's Complicated.

In 2012, a study showed indoor marijuana grows accounted for 1 percent of America’s energy consumption—the equivalent of 3 million cars—and that was before full legalization in Washington and Oregon.

What We Learned In Our Second Year of Growing Weed in the Office

Here’s what we learned during four months of growing a Texada Timewarp plant from seeds smuggled across the Canadian border, plus clones of BC Pinewarp, the Purps and the Big that were generously gifted by our friends at Satchel dispensary on North Interstate Avenue.

Now That Weed Is Legal, What Will Become of Stoney Old Events Like Hempstalk?

On Sept. 25, I consumed some edibles and swung by the 12th annual installment of the event at Tom McCall Waterfront Park to assess the remains of a counterculture that doesn’t have much left to counter.

Welcome to the 2016 Harvest Issue

The future of Oregon cannabis is sunny—literally. Legalization means that this state’s cannabis industry has newfound freedom to grow cannabis naturally, with nothing but sky and sun above, as the God of Abraham intended.

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