The Cannabis Connection

Mendo Dope Farms is a family built company created by brothers Old E and Bleezy. Located in the Emerald Triangle our goal is to provide the world with natural clean medicine. Growing for the past decade we have a strong passion for the cannabis plant and we take pride in our work. Using unique genetics and teaming up with nature in one of the best places in the world to grow outdoor cannabis, we p...

Ellen Holland spent years writing, editing, and commissioning cannabis news as the former senior editor of Cannabis Now magazine. She has edited books focused on cannabis cultivation and strains and has been featured as a panelist at events such as SXSW and the New West Business Summit. Interviewed on KPFA, and the first listener-supported non-commercial radio station in the US, Holland has also c...

Over the last four years, CJ Russo has been documenting the impacts of cannabis legalization on the legacy community in California, which culminated into the historic feature documentary film, Lady Buds. She's a filmmaker who aims to give visibility to underrepresented communities by telling stories that authentically reflect our beautifully diverse world. Her award-winning short films have s...

My guest is Ari Steffen the founder and farmer at Flying Tiger Farm. We discuss the Emerald Cup, the goodness of Cannabis and the story behind the farm.  About:  At Flying Tiger Farm we believe in mixing business with pleasure. We love what we do, and that drives us to produce some of the finest cannabis in the world. Our company was founded with a rebellious spirit and a mission to bring you bett...

Nick of Full Moon Farms rides the air waves to discuss his generational relationship with Cannabis. His earliest memories are before the CAMP era in the Emerald Triangle playing in fan leaves as draconian raids plagued northern California. Now he and his family live in a new exciting yet challenging era of small family farmers circling their wagons in the spirit of cooperation to support one anoth...

Joseph is a second generation cannabis farmer together with his mother Katie Jeane Emerald Spirit Botanicals has earned recognition this year for their THCV rich cultivar Pink Boost Goddess. We discuss their story, intentions and approach some of the best cannabis in the west.

Breeding, Phenotype discovery, Microbial Inoculation experiments and overall values behind a quality nursery & farm in Humboldt County California join us in our conversation with Daniel Hendricks of Hendrx Farms as we explore their work providing the best genetics to the leading cannabis farms in the Emerald Triangle.

John Casali of Huckleberry Hill Farms is a Second Generation Cannabis farmer with a long legacy of building community in Humboldt County. John is a passionate pioneer in the legal cannabis space. He continues to innovate while also paying homage to his family and those that kept cannabis thriving in the Emerald Triangle through prohibition. The unique seed lines grown at Huckleberry Hill Farms pro...

Elijah of Wildman Genetics joins The Cannabis Connection show for an in depth discussion on cannabis breeding, working the gardens at StaeFli Farms and special new cultivars to try as fruits of his labors from a successful 2021 season.

The Cannabis Connection's conversation with Mean Gene the 2015 Emerald Cup champion for his creation Cherry Limeade. Mean Gene is blessed with divine cannabis breeder instincts, selecting world class genetics and  is an overall unparalleled master of his craft.

My name is Lindsey and I am the founder and sole owner of Native  Humboldt. I am a Native American woman from the Wailaki Tribe. I am also  a veteran and served in the United States Army. Native Humboldt Farms  is located in Southern Eastern Humboldt County, CA. The land was  inhabited by my tribe before white incursion, and then belonged to my  third great grandmother Chow-row after white incursi...

Farmer Ryan of Pajaro Pastures is an ecological rancher stewarding chickens, pigs and goats along with delicious crops in the world  famous Pajaro Valley.   Anders of Arvo Supply is partnered with Ryan  and farms that focus on cultivating healthy soil creating an exceptional  product that is good for the people and planet.   We discuss Santa  Cruz's heritage in leading organic food movement,...

For more than two decades, WAMM has provided the world's best working model of a truly compassionate medical cannabis collective. WAMM has also brought healing, relief and integrative care to thousands of chronically and terminally ill members—many who otherwise could not afford this medicine—while helping pass America's first statewide medical marijuana law. They've even survived a...

Will Grinnell is a music industry veteran of more than four decades. Since moving from the Northeast to Maui with his family in 2010, Grinnell founded Sticky Fingers Seeds and helped co-found Deep Green Agency a Cannabis advisory firm. He then developed Deep Green Genetics as a department of Deep Green Agency.  Grinnell also is honored to be a team partner with Earthdance Global and is inspired to...

Founder and CEO of Humboldt Seed Company Nathaniel Pennington. He has been breeding cannabis and working to restore rivers and populations of salmon in Humboldt County for over 20 years. He worked in Salmon Genomics prior to Cannabis which gave him the understanding for the need for unbiased cannabis genome research. Nathaniel has founded several non profits, most recently the nature rights counci...

JJ NYC, breeder of Top Dawg Genetics provides a serious download of his in person experiences growing up on the East Coast & living through the different era's of cannabis in the New York scene. Starting early, into JJ's high school years and beyond to the times in Central Park to Wetlands he continued to build foundational friendships that bred the lines of legends.  The Cannabis Co...

Joey Burger is a Regenerative Cannabis Consultant, Dragonfly Earth Medicine Pure Certified Educator and Permaculture Teacher with over 27 years practicing in the Emerald Triangle's Cannabis Industry. Most recently, he has been serving as the Permaculture Director at Heartwood Mountain Sanctuary, a wilderness retreat destination, learning village and community hub. in Humboldt County. Tamara T...

Kagyu shares his 50+ years of growing and breeding expertise stewarding his landrace genetics in the Santa Cruz Mountains since moving to Santa Cruz in the late 50's. A must listen for any grower, breeder or appreciator of landrace heirloom cannabis varietals!

Duke Diamond- Breeder, Grower and Macgyver of all things Cannabis. Duke sheds light on his story of breeding seeds, growing organic cannabis and the long strange trip behind the building block strains that created the powerhouses that dominate the industry today.