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Writing about Cannabis: “Just Can’t Quit Cannabis”

Dateline: 8-22-24

It’s easy to enjoy some Indonesian Organic Coffee and a couple squares of Tennessee homegrown Chocolate liberally laced with Tennessee homegrown Cannabis Extract on a beautiful Fall-like morning. Not to worry, the Summer conditions will return by the weekend to let us know we still have to live with the threat of oppressive heat for a few more weeks. The idea for today’s Cannabis stream of consciousness comes courtesy of several phone calls with some veteran Cannabis professionals this week. On some of the calls, The Old Hemp Farmer has known these Cannabis folks for a bunch of Sundays, so there was no pretensions of how they are “killing it”. Our Cannabis conversations got very real, very quickly. I hadn’t “chewed the fat” with some of these folks in several months, so it was great to catch up with them. One thing that these Cannabis business owners shared in common, was that all of them had at one time in the past, they made some very good money. Then things beyond their control started to manifest themselves, things like greatly increased competition, regulations and taxes and soon the margins got tighter and the cash flow started to wain. Yet these Cannabis professionals are still staying in the business because they actually like growing and making things from Cannabis, even though the excitement and revenue has ebbed, they love being around the plant. None of these Cannabis professionals are making any good money and some are barely able to stay in the Cannabis business, yet they persist. Trust me, yours truly can relate to staying in Cannabis for less money and three times more paperwork. Seriously, right now, if anything can stop you from getting into Cannabis, let it, because right now it’s not the time for romantics or dreamers, no, Cannabis is in a very harsh time with about 70% of Cannabis businesses losing money. Which means there are very smart Cannabis folks with great work ethic that are getting their asses kicked. Yet, they are hanging with Cannabis businesses they started, that’s got to be love.

The other conversations last week with other Cannabis professionals, were of another bent, these Cannabis professionals aren’t so much enthralled by growing or making things with the Cannabis plant as they are the hustle of putting a Cannabis deal together. I have watched over the years, Cannabis folks (that I’m quite fond of) string together enough eager people with just enough financial backing to start a Cannabis endeavor only to see the Cannabis enterprise fold or the business part doesn’t turn out the way they thought it would, so they move on to “greener” pastures. With these folks the passion is more for the excitement of the deal and not so much for the Cannabis plant itself. It’s like “Where’s Waldo”, where you get out your global map so you can follow these Cannabis professionals. In the past, it was from one “Rec” state to the next “Rec” state to legalize and now increasingly from country to country. In the first few years of International Cannabis hustling, the lure was to go some African or South American country where you could get cheap labor and do a deal with the local authorities, so you could export tonnes of Mid-grade (at best) Cannabis to Europe. Well it turned out, that the Europeans weren’t that much into lower grade Cannabis and it turned out that Europe was capable of growing great weed. As the whole Cannabis Colonial thing started to sour, countries in Europe started legalizing Cannabis and soon these same folks set sail for Europe. One has to have some admiration for these Cannabis “Travelers” because although some of these folks are straight hustlers, a lot of these people genuinely believe that the next Cannabis deal is going to be one they always dreamed about and this time it will work. So even though these folks don’t roll like we do at Tennessee homegrown, we do share something in common, seemingly, we just can’t quit Cannabis. Anyway as always, Hemp Dawgs and Hemp Puppies keep one eye on the weather and the other eye on the market.

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Writing about Cannabis: Denial, Anger, Depression & Acceptance

Dateline: 7-24-24

The heat has broken here in Middle Tennessee and we finally have received a much needed rain. A tannish, brown color had started to creep into a lot of vegetation and crops were starting to show the signs of stress, so the precipitation was timely. This morning as is customary, Organic Coffee and Edibles with Tennessee homegrown extract are being consumed, while pursuing the masochistic endeavor that is writing about Cannabis. You see I’ve been compelled to grow, travel and write about Cannabis for about 40 years now. I’ve always written but nothing has been as interesting or compelling as the subject of Cannabis but that is starting to change. As Cannabis becomes more like any other business the more boring Cannabis becomes. Marketing, spread sheets and compliancy reports just aren’t that exciting. To make it more mind numbing, contemporary Cannabis seems to be stuck in a holding pattern of regulatory Hell, while waiting for the Feds and the states to get their act together. It’s hard to make any bold Cannabis decisions or head in new direction, when you don’t know the rules of the road. One thing I can assure you, is that the World of Cannabis was way more exciting (substitute illegal) and romantic, 40 years ago.

In the 1980’s, a few pivotal things occurred that shaped the face of contemporary Cannabis. The biggest sea change was transitioning from seeded Cannabis buds to Sinsemilla. In the 1960’s and into 1970’s, Commercial Marijuana was dominated by mass produced seeded Cannabis coming primarily from Mexico and to a lesser degree Jamaica on the East Coast. In the late 70’s another Cannabis player came on the scene and shook up everything, Columbia. The gold and red thumb sized buds from South America with names like Punta Roja, Limon Verde and Santa Marta Gold were more expensive but this buddage was several notches above Commercial Mexican, in both bouquet and strength. Which put pressure on the Cartels in Mexico and the Rastas in Jamaica to raise the quality of their Cannabis or lose their customers. Another thing Columbian Cannabis showed was that people were willing to pay more money for higher quality Cannabis. At the same time, the folks that were growing “Homegrown” started realizing that if you grew out those Commercial Mexican seeds and didn’t let those Females get fertilized, it was some of the finest Cannabis, they had ever seen and smoked. At first Sinsemilla (seedless) marijuana was only stash, buds that were shared only with friends and family. Gradually as more domestic Cannabis growers started culling Males a domestic market for Sinsemilla developed and soon people that were complaining about paying $35 dollars for an ounce of Santa Marta Gold were paying $150 an ounce for lime green buds that smelled fantastic and got you high, real high. The other thing that happened in Cannabis during the 1980’s was the introduction of Cannabis Indica. Suddenly because there was a market for domestic high quality Sinsemilla and increasing pressure from DEA Helicopters for the first time Commercial Cannabis started being grown inside under lights. Almost all Cannabis Sativa wants to grow to 9 foot tall or more and take 10 weeks or more to fully mature. So when Cannabis Indica arrived in North America, it was welcomed with open arms. Outdoor growers appreciated the fact that their Cannabis crops matured quicker, in late August or September while pure Cannabis Sativa females matured late October or early November. Less time in the field, the less time for the authorities and “Rippers” to find your Cannabis crop. The indoor growers immediately adopted Cannabis Indica because it was shorter and matured under “12 & 12” in 8 weeks instead 10 or 11 weeks like the pure Cannabis Sativa. Because of being more “user” friendly, everyone started crossing their Cannabis Sativa cultivars with any Cannabis Indica they could find. It was also during this period that high THC seed companies that were producing hybrid Cannabis cultivars started to emerge in the Netherlands and to a lesser degree in Canada. (That’s why in 2024, it is almost impossible to find a pure land race Cannabis Sativa or Indica.) The present day model of indoor Cannabis grows is almost entirely based on technology, methods and genetics that started in the 1980’s. Yes, the grow lights are more efficient and multi-spectrum and the watering and feeding of Cannabis plants are more nuanced but if a Cannabis grower from the late 1980’s, woke up in a grow room in 2024, they would immediately feel at home. Is The Old Hemp Farmer guilty of waxing nostalgic about the 1980’s being a very exciting time in Cannabis? Yes, that’s what writers do. Hopefully someone that is starting to write about Cannabis in 2024 will have something to romanticize about in forty years but I seriously doubt it. Anyway as always, Hemp Dawgs and Hemp Puppies keep one eye on the weather and the other eye on the market.

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Tennessee's Hemp Derived Cannabinoid law gets bumped until October...

Dateline: 7-1-24

The deep heat here in Middle Tennessee continues to be quite fierce. So The Old Hemp Farmer is continuing to go with the Iced Indonesian coffee and frozen Costa Rican Cacao laced with Tennessee homegrown Cannabis extract which seems to take the edge off of the high temperatures. This morning, as we ease into the World of Cannabis, there are a couple things to pontificate on, first, we got our FBI reports (evidently Lee Crabtree and I aren’t criminals, which is nice to know) and so yours truly filled out our Tennessee Department of Agriculture Hemp license application and with a check sent out our application for yet another Hemp license. It’s hard to believe this Hemp license application is my 10th and Lee’s 9th. Speaking of which, this year’s Tennessee homegrown Cannabis crop is in the ground, with 95% of the work was done by the Cannabis Professional known as Lee Crabtree and he was generous enough to let The Old Hemp Farmer’s Wife to transplant as small group of Tennessee Volunteer aka Readyville God Bud that she can use for her topicals and a few batches of Hemp Pesto. TOHFW didn’t get to plant any Cannabis last year and she missed it, so did I. One of the reasons The Old Hemp Farmer got into Cannabis was to grow it. Reluctantly, I got bumped into marketing and sales, which was more important to Tennessee homegrown than yours truly working in the field. Also after 2021, quite frankly we no longer needed to grow hundreds and hundreds of pounds of high CBD Cannabis Flower. Ultimately though it doesn’t really matter much Cannabis we grow, we just love to grow the plant.

Which leaves me to the main topic at hand, today, July 1st 2024, was suppose to be when all aspects of Tennessee’s Hemp Derived Cannabinoid law - HB0403 were to be implemented and enforced. Well a funny thing happened, as the clock was starting to run out, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and Department of Revenue decided to push back implementation and enforcement to October 1, 2024. There weren’t any concrete reasons given for this delay but one can imagine. As The Old Hemp Farmer has said from the get-go that trying to ride herd on over 2,500 Cannabis businesses (half of which are off the TDA grid) in the state of Tennessee was going to be like pushing a boulder up the side of mountain. And finally when October 1st does arrive, how will enforcement proceed? When will the TDA start testing products and how long will it take? Will there be roving groups of agents from Tennessee Department of Agricultural Cannabis division that will “en masse” start raiding stores that sell Cannabis products? And once Cannabis the TDA folks do start checking out stores, how will that work? Will they simply take stock of inventory or will there be in store judgements on products and if deemed illegal will that warrant the TDA or TBI to execute an on the spot confiscation of a stores inventory? If so, what recourse will Cannabis business owners have to challenge any rulings? Realistically, if the testing lab at the TDA has to do literally hundreds and hundreds of tests, what will be the reliability of those tests? It would be brutal to find out that your Cannabis products were confiscated and destroyed because of a misplaced decimal point. Trust me, it happens, after 10 years of reading COAs, labs occasionally make mistakes. Meanwhile until October 1st, the Cannabis professionals in Tennessee are in a kind of limbo, not knowing what exactly is going on and wondering if the implementation of HB0403 will be pushed back again? Anyway as always, Hemp Dawgs and Hemp Puppies keep one eye on the weather and the other eye on the market.

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The Cannabis Road Show heads to Germany…

Dateline: 5-16-24

In Middle Tennessee, it continues to be moist from a plethora of recent hard rains. Meanwhile the Cicadas are here in force and their constant hum fills the background, which after a while you kind of get use to. Well, this morning, The Old Hemp Farmer is enjoying a great cup of Indonesian coffee and vaping some Tennessee homegrown flower that’s quite tasty. This morning’s Cannabis topic pertains to the fact that recently the wonderful country of my birth, Germany legalized Recreational Cannabis. For those folks that don’t travel or pay attention to Europe, this is a big deal. Germany is the most populous country in the World to legalize Recreational Cannabis with a population of about 84 million people. Which may or may not be of interest to you because you live in the good old USA.

USA, USA, USA, USA… sorry about the patriotic chant but every once in a while you just got to break into it.

Anyway, German legalization is of great interest to group of Cannabis professionals that travel to any state or country that has a new Recreational Cannabis market, hoping to make some quick money before Cannabis prices crater and Cannabis Businesses start folding like cheap card tables. Get a few beers and dabs in a seasoned Cannabis professional and they will tell the dirty secret about legal Recreational Cannabis and that secret is, that once that Recreational Cannabis is firmly established in a state and/or country (Canada is a perfect example) that producing or selling isn’t that profitable. But if you can get into a Recreational Cannabis market that is just opening up and you can get your Cannabis on the market first, that’s when you get $2,500.00 per pound or even more. Get there first and that’s when you can make the serious money but this window of opportunity is usually short lived because within 18 months, a gang of Cannabis producers and processors will be up and cranking out Cannabis products. The other way these professional Cannabis vagabonds earn a living is as a consultant. (Full disclosure - The Old Hemp Farmer occasionally works as a Cannabis consultant, although most of the time, my clients usually don’t like my advice.) And the right Cannabis consultant can save you a lot of heartache (time and money) in the process of building a Cannabis company. However, you get the wrong Cannabis consultant and you end up with someone that specializes in spending large amounts of your capital while enriching themselves as they set up your “Dream” Cannabis business. Because of the small window in Cannabis that is highly profitable, it has spawned a group of people (mostly from Colorado and California) that have made a decent living traveling from one new state Recreational market to another, selling their services, equipment and genetics. As more and more Cannabis Businesses “face planted” the ability for Cannabis professionals to sell their services started to wane in the U.S. there were other countries such as Canada and Uruguay that legalized Recreational Cannabis. Suddenly, Cannabis folks, that I’ve know for years were getting their passports and heading to Canada.

And once there, Cannabis folks in Canada were making decent money until the Canadian Cannabis companies began losing huge amounts of money and the “Yanks” started getting their service contracts canceled. But this made a lot of Cannabis professionals realize that the World was their oyster and their knowledge was the knife to open it. Suddenly there were Cannabis endeavors being started in Africa, Central America, South America with the latest Cannabis hot spot being Thailand. So far very few of these attempts at Cannabis Colonialism have been profitable, which is why Germany is so enticing for Cannabis professionals. Germany has a fairly large population with one of the highest per capita incomes in the World, it seems like a great a place to sell a lot of weed at a decent price. So several of my fellow Cannabis professionals are dusting off their business plans/resumes while brushing up on their conversational German. So there will be more than a few "Cannabis" folks touring Germany this Summer. Even “The Old Hemp Farmer’s Wife” has mentioned that it might be a good idea to visit Germany in the near future. Anyway as always, Hemp Dawgs and Hemp Puppies keep one eye on the weather and the other eye on the market.

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