Cannabis farmers scramble to protect heirloom seeds from Big Ag David Bienenstock | December 12, 2019 Every June, the cannabis software company Meadow hosts a multi-day conference in a California redwoodRead More
One man’s crusade to open-source cannabis DNA David Bienenstock | December 11, 2019 In the late 1990s, Kevin McKernan worked as a research and development manager on the Human GenomeRead More
This company filed the first cannabis DNA patent—and nobody knows who they are David Bienenstock | December 10, 2019 The world first learned about Biotech Institute LLC two years ago inRead More
Leafly investigation: Inside the billion-dollar race to patent cannabis David Bienenstock | December 9, 2019 “You can’t patent a plant, man.” You may have heard that late one night while passingRead More
Patrick Stewart demands medical cannabis be made legal as he admits arthritis treatment Lucy Johnston | Nov 10, 2019 The award-winning Star Trek actor called on the Government to relaxRead More
The Pheno Project: Is it nature or nurture that makes the strain? Nov. 7, 2019 | Tom Bowers If you consume cannabis, you’ve probably experienced this scenario once or twice.Read More
The 3 Rs: Resin, rosin and live resin Oct. 9, 2019 | Taryn Mickelson As the cannabis community expands and matures, more ways to partake are being found, including aRead More
Nation’s failed weed war turned many into prisoners and others into moguls Eileen Rivers | Sep. 5, 2019 It was 2012, and Ferrell Scott was watching television inside Pennsylvania’s AllenwoodRead More
Marijuana has become big business. So why are small growers struggling to survive? Paul Solman | Jul 11, 2019 As marijuana has been legalized in states across the country, investors haveRead More
How Psychedelic Surf Smugglers Invented Dabs (With Help From the CIA?) David Bienenstock | July 9, 2019 Who invented the dab? All too often in the world of cannabis suchRead More