Nongovernmental organization focused on sustainable agriculture approach to h**p and ma*****na
11/15/2023
Information from the fifth national climate assessment just released. FIGURE 1.6. Human activities since industrialization have led to increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations that are unprecedented in records spanning hundreds of thousands of years. These are examples of some of the large and rapid changes in the climate system that are occurring as the planet warms. (Greenhouse gas concentrations {2.1}; sea level rise {3.4}; global temperature {2.1}; drought {2.2, 3.5}). Figure credit: USGCRP and ICF.
There are many differences to growing indoor vs. outdoor, but how do those differences affect the plant itself? We at MCR conducted an experiment to find out. Here’s what we found.
08/17/2023
Provocative editorial in the Washington Post implying simultaneously that cannabis should be legalized federally, and that a big regulatory crack down is needed on the sector.
As pot becomes more potent, Congress must legalize it so the FDA can regulate it.
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Shutesbury Community Forum Brims Over with Sustainable Cannabis Ideas for Western Massachusetts
What a lively and informative meeting last night in Shutesbury! There is so much to learn and to invent as this sector legalizes and normalizes, and as we explore what a sustainable sector might involve. The Sustainable Cannabis Project, is promoting the sustainability of substituting sunlight for indoor growers’ electric lights, thereby reducing the impact on the global climate emergency.
Our session sustained a lively conversation between panelists and audience members. First we talked with Aimee Burke, who works at Phylos, in the cannabis genetics services field, about the applicability of sustainability concepts to variation in the cannabis plant – and especially correcting the misconception that outdoor farming of cannabis is not viable in our region. There are many “wet region” cultivars of ma*****na and h**p that grow in rainy places, and the outdoor growers of our region are continuing a long exploration of what works best in this environment.
Then, we strategized with Jeffrey Bagg, Easthampton planner, who is a leading community planner in the region when it comes to local regulation of the cannabis sector. He was somewhat wedded to his position that outdoor farming may be too risky relative to the costs and overhead associated with the state’s regulations, and an assumption that most farmers will want to at least use a greenhouse to control their growing environment.
We also ended up strategizing about how the community, investors and local government can best support an emerging sustainable cannabis sector.
We have a high quality audio recording of the session. Let us know in comments here if you would like us to post it online. If there is “popular demand, we will make it happen.
In addition to facilitation by Sanford Lewis, General Counsel of the Sustainable Cannabis Project Western Massachusetts, the meeting was cosponsored by the Shutesbury Planning Board and the Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts.
