REGENERATIVE
Emerald Cup Spotlight: Sun Roots Farm
By: Direct Cannabis Network
Sun Roots Farm is a small family run homestead in Mendocino County specializing in food and medicine. Established in 2015 by Forrest Gauder and Patricia Vargas our belief is that, when the land thrives, we all thrive. The farm serves as a place of learning and reconnection to our greatest teacher, the Earth…
Festival Update: When & Where, Tastings & Sharing, Weather Improvements, Festival Experience
By: Jim Lewi aka Indica Jim, Co-Producer of The Emerald Cup
As we “spring ahead” and full-season cultivators prepare for their year, the Emerald Cup team is deep into planning our 2019 event and want your input. Here are a few things to know…
Cannabis and Polyculture
By: Briceland Forest Farm
Our cannabis culture has always at its roots been one that defies being boxed. The legacy market, by necessity. created a diverse array of techniques, strains and farms. The push to enter the regulated market as homogenized cookie cutter products is huge. Regulatory agencies, distributors and to some degree customers want us to turn this bright tapestry of small farms and homesteads into a…
For us it is clear: the future, as was the past, is regenerative.
By: Jesse Dodd
Respect to all of the seed stewards out there! The health of our future, medicine, food and native ecosystems is stored in seeds. Growing cannabis from seed – under the sun, in living soil – is a great way to reduce the environmental impacts of cultivation…
Healthy Soil Equals Healthy Humans
by: Dragonfly Earth Medicine Plants and Humans are the descendants of micro-organisms and live in a symbiotic relationship on this planet. Since plants and humans have the same origins their similarities are vast. In modern times we have grown apart from our earthly...