Lucy showed up at the Kinneman farm as a six-month-old Weimaraner mix who needed a home. She fit into the rhythm of the place the way some dogs do instinctively. Farm life is routine: gates, feed, and shadowing whoever holds the bucket. Lucy attached herself to Kurt Kinneman. Kurt eventually left Wisconsin and went west
You can now major (or minor) in cannabis in college. Years ago, “I majored in cannabis” meant you smoked a lot of weed. Today it means something very different: colleges are training students to become professionals in a multi-billion-dollar, highly regulated industry. The spark? Jobs. Cannabis is one of the fastest-growing industries in America. Vangst,
The government might reopen. But only if Congress agrees to something else first: banning intoxicating hemp nationwide. On Sunday, Senate leadership inserted a hemp-recriminalization clause into the must-pass funding bill that would end the longest shutdown in American history, reported Marijuana Moment. On Monday, Cannabis Business Times confirmed that intoxicating hemp is being targeted as
You can spot a real brand in the wild. It walks into a room before the founder does. You see the logo on a skateboard, a guitar case, the back of someone’s neck. That’s the test. If people wouldn’t tattoo your brand on their skin, maybe it’s not a brand. Maybe it’s just merch. Josh
The cannabis reform movement has a new way to influence lawmakers and policy at every level of government, and the organizers want to hear directly from consumers. NORML (the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) has launched its 2025 Cannabis Consumer Survey, inviting people who use cannabis, recreationally or medically, as well as
“We are being erased,” asserts American writer Bruce Wagner, but he’s far from sensationalism, even breathing a certain amount of relief. His latest book, The Marvel Universe: Origin Stories, weaves fables of broken characters and updates his biting, satirical take on the world of entertainment, bringing it into the era of social media. Raised in
“Prop 64 did that… Big corporations started buying up small family farms, thinking they could grow better… Maybe some of those smaller family farms can come back.” California Treasurer Fiona Ma didn’t stop at calling the state’s legalization framework a failure. In Part 1 of our coverage from IgniteIt’s Market Spotlight: California, she broke down
It feels the same. Whether rain’s pouring heavy or the sun’s blazing up above. It feels just like that first time. In my bell—a creeping sensation of uncertainty. Can’t make up my mind on whether to love it or hate it. It’s been there for four years now, and it doesn’t seem like it will
Every November, Americans take a collective breath to honor those who’ve worn the uniform, the ones who stood watch in silence, who carried both pride and pain home with them, and who continue to serve in quieter ways long after their military careers end. For many veterans, returning home can be its own kind of
The cannabis industry has spent the past year battling lawmakers, attorneys general and FDA ambiguity over intoxicating hemp beverages. Then something unexpected happened. Not from cannabis. From alcohol. And not in a united front. A split. A civil war. Earlier this month, several of the most powerful alcohol trade lobbies in the country asked Congress
