W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff  in the field Special Report
From the convention floor of the Emerald Cup Harvest Ball, 2022:
Freedom Grow Helping Prisoners

Randy Lanier is the Vice President and a Board Member of Freedom Grow. He joins W420 Radio to tell how they help cannabis prisoners regain freedom while supporting their sacrifices through ’The Wish Program’. This is a program helps prisoners with commissary money, books, magazines, family outreach, and public education. Prisoners tell what they wish for, and Freedom Grow does their best to provide it! Freedom Grow is an all volunteer effort to help cannabis prisoners regain freedom while it support their sacrifices with commissary money, prison outreach, and public education.
https://freedomgrow.org/

Women In Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
Women in Cannabis Expo – Founder Brooke Westlake

Brooke Westlake: Owner, Founder, Business Engineer. The Women in Cannabis Expo, Ganja Garden Goddesses, Neon Nite Apparel & ADA Lake Labs were all developed in 2020 & 2021. Brooke took a direct career change from healthcare after 20 years into the cannabis industry. Through the building of her four companies, she realized that it wasn’t just about having successful business, but it was also about being a big voice within an industry that was illegal for far too long. She is proud of her entrepreneur spirit that shines through her businesses. The importance of cannabis and health presented itself as a critical life measure after she had life-saving emergency surgery in August of 2020. With the help of cannabis she is fighting off nausea, malnourishment and pain.

Education being a special interest & first time generation college graduate, Brooke holds three degrees, including a Bachelor’s degree & Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada, Reno. She has served on state commission boards, serving two full terms for Nevada Commission for Women, and currently sits on the Board of Examiners for Long-Term Care Facility Administrator & The Northern Nevada Disciplinary Bar Board. Being appointed by former Nevada Governor Sandoval, and current Nevada Governor Sisolak.

Brooke is also a single mother of two sons, loves to spend time at Lake Tahoe and enjoys creating art through photography, painting and jewelry. She also loves to give back to the Alzheimer’s community.

The Women in Cannabis Expo for 2022: March 31-New Jersey, June 30-Denver, September 30-Las Vegas, December 2-San Francisco. Tune in for details!
WomenInCannabisexpo.com

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
The Cannabis Trail!

Brian Applegarth founded the Cannabis Travel Association International, a fully registered 501c6 organization.  It serves to promote the development of safe and responsible cannabis tourism, unify the cannabis and tourism industries, and advocate for an enabling regulatory environment.   He is also a board member of the 420 Archive and the California Travel Association, Chairs the CalTravel Cannabis Committee and is a member of the Sonoma County Tourism Marketing Committee.  What’s more, he is also on the Board of Directors of The Cannabis Trail, which is the famous Northern California Corridor in Emerald Country where the battle for legalized marijuana was waged.  Here the conversation with Mr. Appelgarth and to catch the interesting tales of cannabis trails on – The Conversation
BrianApplegarth.com

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W420 Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
Traveling Hemp Museum

Amy Fisher is a long time medical cannabis activist and founder of her Traveling Hemp Museum.  She learned about the medicinal healing properties of cannabis when her late husband was stricken with ALS.  After that experience, she was determined to educate people on the use of cannabis and hemp. From her travels as an activist and working with the California Cannabis and Hemp Initiative, she developed her traveling hemp museum. Its collection is a plethora of artifacts representing diverse uses of hemp for food, fuel, fiber, textiles and medicine. Amy now uses the Traveling Hemp Museum to educate communities on the benefits of cannabis for medical use, and the historical industrial uses of hemp.
Facebook.com/TravelingHempEducation

Women In Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
Marijuana Business Daily – part 1 of a 2 part series

Jenel Stelton-Holtmeier, Editorial Director, MJBiz has journalism experience that began two decades ago at her hometown newspaper in Wahpeton, North Dakota. Before joining MJBiz, she spent nearly a decade writing and editing for a B2B publication focused on analyzing management, strategy and trends for business owners and executives. Her expertise ranges from best practices around M&A to how businesses can adapt to demographic shifts in the workforce. Her work earned several editorial excellence awards from the Specialized Information Publishers Association. She will be discussing the Special Report that MJ Biz Daily researched and released “Women & Minorities in the Cannabis Industry.”
MJBizDaily.com

Changing Licensing & Regulation

Omar Figueroa is the Founder of the Law Offices of Omar Figueroa. This is a firm has been practicing for more than 20 years to help clients with permits, licenses; contracts, documents, intellectual property, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, client representation and more.  Omar participates on many boards including: National Cannabis Industry Association, and the, California Cannabis Tourism Association.  Omar Figueroa authored a series of books documenting the evolution of cannabis laws in California, and now, New York, as well. They are:
2021 California Cannabis Laws and Regulations &
New York Cannabis Laws and Regulations 2021
Join The Conversation as we explore what you need to know to navigate the quickly changing regulatory landscape while building a thriving company.
OmarFigueroa.com

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OUR LATEST RELEASE ON 4/20 @ 4:20PM

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff
in the field Special Report:
Luma Farms Growers

Enzo & Curtis Wall from Luma Farms join us and an in depth interview on their growing operation in Penngrove California. Learn about their specialized growing and packaging process as they take our own, Rich Walcoff on a tour of the farms. Their unique process develops organically grown, regenerative and sustainable practices that use living soil, cover crops and organisms. It is a fascinating method, and you can hear how its done.

Luma in California is a full sun cannabis farm focused on harvesting top quality resin on its distinctive Sonoma County terroir, on adobe soil in the PetaLUMA Gap.

Women In Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
Lemonhaze: B2B Cannabis Events

Penny Cook is the acting Chief Operating of Lemonhaze, a B2B cannabis events company.   They launched a unique company that specializes in premier boutique events to facilitate connections within the cannabis space.  In so doing, they bring thousands of people from the industry together by providing Up-Fronts for Brand Salespeople and Retail Buyers, hosting Executive Golf Tournaments, Budtender Events, Education, Conventions, Industry Reports, and more.  This is an interacting world of connections!

New York Gubernatorial Candidate on Legalization
LARRY SHARPE

Larry Sharpe is the New York candidate for Governor from the Libertarian Party.  He joins the discussion with co-hosts David Katzmire and Mitchell Rabin to talk about the methods of legitimatization that often come into being, and how we can improve them.   As he says, “It is time for New York state to be liberated from the lost ‘war on drugs’.”  He further explains that, “Cannabis is a way of growing our state. It’s a way of making people free, growing jobs, and increasing our tax base without increasing taxes.”  Criminalization of users needs reform, and cronyism in legalization and licensing can be eliminated.  The simplest approach is more freedom.  Listen in to this exciting and eye opening interview!

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Larry Sharpe is the New York candidate for Governor from the Libertarian Party.  He joins the discussion with co-hosts David Katzmire and Mitchell Rabin to talk about the methods of legitimatization that often come into being, and how we can improve them.   As he says, “It is time for New York state to be liberated from the lost ‘war on drugs’.”  He further explains that, “Cannabis is a way of growing our state. It’s a way of making people free, growing jobs, and increasing our tax base without increasing taxes.”  Criminalization of users needs reform, and cronyism in legalization and licensing can be eliminated.  The simplest approach is more freedom.  Listen in to this exciting and eye opening interview!
LarrySharpe.com/

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..:: Special 4/20 Anniversary Issue ::..
Listen in as we celebrate the growers, business owners, legislative proposals and more, as well as all the people whose businesses and livelihoods are making a difference in the world of cannabis.

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
Luma Farms Growers

00;01;01:
Enzo & Curtis Wall from Luma Farms join us and an in depth interview on their growing operation in Penngrove California. Learn about their specialized growing and packaging process as they take our own, Rich Walcoff on a tour of the farms. Their unique process develops organically grown, regenerative and sustainable practices that use living soil, cover crops and organisms. It is a fascinating method, and you can hear how its done.
LumaCalifornia.com
Listen to “Luma Farms Growers of California” on Spreaker.

Women In Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
Lemonhaze: B2B Cannabis Events

00;19;41:
Penny Cook is the acting Chief Operating of Lemonhaze, a B2B cannabis events company.   They launched a unique company that specializes in premier boutique events to facilitate connections within the cannabis space.  In so doing, they bring thousands of people from the industry together by providing Up-Fronts for Brand Salespeople and Retail Buyers, hosting Executive Golf Tournaments, Budtender Events, Education, Conventions, Industry Reports, and more.  This is an interacting world of connections!
Lemonhaze.com
Listen to “Lemonhaze: B2B Cannabis Events” on Spreaker.

New York Gubernatorial Candidate on Legalization

00;40;57:
Larry Sharpe is the New York candidate for Governor from the Libertarian Party.  He joins the discussion with co-hosts David Katzmire and Mitchell Rabin to talk about the methods of legitimatization that often come into being, and how we can improve them.   As he says, “It is time for New York state to be liberated from the lost ‘war on drugs’.”  He further explains that, “Cannabis is a way of growing our state. It’s a way of making people free, growing jobs, and increasing our tax base without increasing taxes.”  Criminalization of users needs reform, and cronyism in legalization and licensing can be eliminated.  The simplest approach is more freedom.  Listen in to this exciting and eye opening interview!
LarrySharpe.com/
Listen to “Larry Sharpe NY Gubernatorial Candidate on: How to Manage Legalization” on Spreaker.

..:: Also See ::..
The Men Who invented the term: ‘420’

Dave Reddix & Steve Capper are the Bay Area guys wound up starting the phrase ‘420’ which became a widely recognized term for marijuana.

w420radionetwork.com/rich-walcoff-w-dave-reddix-steve-capper-the-w420-guys/ »

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W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
How Pot Got Legal

Wayne Justmann, sometimes called “the Godfather of Legal Weed,” he will forever be known as Patient #1 in the California medical marijuana program.  This pioneer in the cannabis legalization movement tell us that “All use of cannabis is medical.”  Wayne worked on the words of Proposition 215 in the years leading up to legalization in 1996.  This held that a patient, with a doctor’s recommendation or approval, could possess or cultivate cannabis for their illnesses and health related issues.   If you’re living in one of the 36 states which has legal marijuana, or one of the 16 states that permits growing and adult use for any reason, you may owe some debt of gratitude to Mr. Justmann.  He received the very first legal marijuana use card in the United States.  Hear the story of this pioneer trek toward legalization and the obstacles they faced.

Women In Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
Curated Cannabis to Your Door

Eliza Maroney joins us from Lucky Box Club, a family-owned and operated business with fine cannabis products. This is a company that rose to become California’s number one cannabis subscription box company, online dispensary service. They offer a cannabis club and weed box with luxury, curated cannabis products. These include curated boxes filled with vapes, edibles or flowers. Their order and delivery services make obtaining fine cannabis easy.
LuckyBoxClub.com

Verdant Oasis on the Importance of Hemp Oil

Carl Germano, CNS, CDN is Vice-President and Chief Business Development Officer at Verdant Oasis, which produces high quality phytocannabinoid-rich hemp oil products. Mr. Germano is a NY Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist who provides product and business concepts, development and commercialization, reformulations and line extensions, assistance with research and claims, and marketing support for clients of Verdant Oasis. Verdant Oasis is a unique company that works with ancestral hemp genetics and geographically strategic European artisanal farms in their proprietary solvent-free extraction that produces Panoramic Entourage IP Hemp Oil. This is a vertically integrated grower and manufacturer of the highest quality phytocannabinoid-rich hemp oils and specialized dietary ingredients. They have unique end-to-end control of the entire process, which includes specialized plant genotypes, refined agricultural & farming practices, proprietary extraction methodology, and advanced post-extraction techniques. Verdant Oasis products are made in FSMA-registered facilities and operated under strict HACCP & GMP controls.
Carl Germano authored the book ‘Road to Ananda: Simple Guild to the Endocannabinoid System, Hemp Phytocannabinoids / CBD and Your Health.’  He created this work to get the word out about the benefits of hemp products and why it is important that we come out the ‘dark ages’ of learning.
VerdantOasis.com

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Repeal Rally Day in Delaware, December 4, 2021

Zoë Patchell is the Executive Director and co-Founder of the Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network.  They were actively involved organizing the:
Repeal Rally Day of December 4, 2021.  This is a presentation of the Delaware Cannabis Policy Coalition who continues the annual legacy of these events.  The 2021 rallies were organized for Wilmington and Rehoboth Delaware.  These events are to rally support to influence Delaware legislators to legalize adult use of cannabis, has has been done in many other states.

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COMING UP – THIS SATURDAY  October 9, 2021
SEASON 3 • EPISODE 26

● The Honorable Willie Brown – former Mayor of San Francisco
● Erin Gore – CEO of Garden Society
● BigMike Straumietis – the ‘GodFather of Cannabis’ is an iconic pioneer, and founder in the cannabis-growing industry.
● Special guest clips

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BigMike on the Cannabis Industry

W420 Lifestyle Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff
in the field Special Report:
National Changes for Cannabis,
with Former Mayor Willie Brown

NEW!
WOMEN IN CANNABIS
with W420 Radio Correspondent Chase Roberts
Erin Gore – Founder and CEO, Garden Society

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BigMike on the Cannabis Industry

BigMike Straumietis  is pioneer and founder in the cannabis-growing industry who used his combined experience in business, marketing, horticulture, and engineering.  His company, Advanced Nutrients, revolutionized the industry by offering highly developed fertilizer made specifically for marijuana.  This made Advanced Nutrients one of the most popular nutrient brands in the marketplace.  BigMike became widely known as the source that teaches growers about hydroponic gardening.  He offers an array of successfully marketed growing products, he also teaches growers in gardening techniques.  His leading company, Advanced Nutrients, is premiering a line of products this quarter called, ‘BigMike’s Blend.’ This line includes pre-rolls, concentrates and vape pens, all developed with state of the art technology.  Now we have legalization, decriminalization and the need for relief from COVID sequestering.  BigMike lends his expertise on what he has seen in the industry, where is, and where he sees it going in the next 20 years and beyond.
AdvancedNutrients.com   Instagram.com/bigmike

W420 Radio Correspondent Rich Walcoff in the field Special Report:
National Changes for Cannabis, with Former Mayor Willie Brown

Willie Brown is the former Mayor of San Francisco and one of the leading Democratic figures for more than a generation.  He is also the former president of Harborside, the first and largest marijuana dispensary in California.  Mr. Brown has a deep understanding of California and its business, and he tells us about some of the challenges facing the cannabis industry.  California did legalize medical marijuana, and not long ago, it legalized recreational marijuana.  But California, like many other states, realizes the limitations that come in the absence of federal legalization.  This means no national change in how you manage the resources, the banking, the payment systems and more, when you enter the legal system.  As a result of that, you don’t have the normal kind of acquisition and opportunity with regular, ongoing businesses, like those who sell tobacco products.  This forces an all-cash business in many cases.  Added to this are high taxes and restrictive access to the product which makes it more challenging for the growers and the distributers to do it the right way.  All of this encourages the black market which undermines the state-legitimizes businesses.  That’s because black market entrepreneurs are not subject to the same regulations, costly guidelines and taxation.  But because of the opportunities that abound, many businesses have found profitable avenues for their endeavors as they keep the industry growing.  Hear insights from a man who is closely connected to the ever changing world of cannabis.

Women in Cannabis with Chase Roberts:
Erin Gore – Founder and CEO, Garden Society

Erin Gore is founder and CEO of Garden Society, a California-based, cannabis-focused benefit corporation serving women in search of new, more holistic ways to rejuvenate from the rigors of their daily lives. Garden Society offers high quality, low dose artisanal confections and sun-grown pre-rolls that connect biodynamic farming, sustainable ingredients and strain-specific cannabis.

Erin is an active member of the Northern California cannabis community, and frequently speaks on the topics of cannabis and entrepreneurship. She’s a fearless advocate for women-owned cannabis businesses, and equally dedicated to breaking the stigma and rewriting the script around the plant. With a degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Erin is also fluent in the science-based language of cannabis and production.

Prior to Garden Society, Erin worked with her husband Tom on their joint venture with Constellation Brands on Tom Gore Vineyards, an award-winning farmer’s wine, and previously had a decade-long corporate career at Henkel, where she managed a global adhesive business valued at nearly $100 million.

Currently, she serves on the Board of the Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County as well as the Healdsburg District Hospital Board of Directors, and International Cannabis Farmers Association. She is a member of the Sonoma County Growers Alliance and belongs to the Circular Board, a collaborative accelerator for women entrepreneurs.

TheGardenSociety.com | Erin Gore on LinkedIn

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A Review of Vaping

Andrew Kline addresses the important of vaping.  After some surprising deaths and many injuries, a while ago, investigations into vaping ensued, legal questions arose and some states banned it altogether.  Many of the deaths and injuries resulted from the illicit market, but legitimate practices are understandably under scrutiny and reform.  Producer concern were for people to have the opportunity to purchase regulated, tested, reliable products, and to weed out the bad actors in the illegal market.  Research also shows that, when vaping cannabis, it must be done at a temperature that doesn’t change the molecular structure of the cannabinoids.  The critical issue of vaping drew the coordinated concern of research, law and production to immediately seek solutions.
TheCannabisIndustry.org

W420 Lifestyles with Rich Walcoff:
Rio Anderson (Lady Sativa Farms) & Johnny Casali (Huckleberry Hills Farms), legacy Humboldt County growers – 2 of the “Humboldt High 5”

A look back to the Emerald Cup event in Santa Rosa, California.  W420 Lifestyles correspondent, Rich Walcoff, was on the field at the event, where he met with Rio & John, legacy Humboldt County growers with decades of experience.  They share their stories from then to now from the convention floor amid the cannabis convergence.

Rio Anderson reviews how growers have gone from the shadows, to marketing and telling people about what they do.  It is our legacy growers who are bringing their endemic values into to modern market that they welcome.  These values include, living close to the Earth, family heritage and small farms with regenerative agriculture.  Our pioneers feel that it is part of their duty to share something that was unique and beautiful and to preserve it as we go from the underground and into the bright light of modernization.
Trychemistry.com/

Johnny Casali reveals how, as much as things have changed, they have also remained the same.  Still, Johnny bears grave testimony of how eight years of his life were spent behind bars, merely for cultivating cannabis.   From his experiences, Johnny reminds us of the importance of community, family and friends.  This supersedes the quest for profit and blind ambition.  Experienced, down home growers are the roots of this plant business, and it is they who are instilling the core of what we need to move forward.
YouTube.com/watch?v=Fn9BBIVFG-U

Cannabis in Cancer Research

Dr. Jordan Tishler of the Association of Cannabis Specialists brings us up to date in how cannabis is playing a role in cancer research. Breakthroughs in treatment are becoming greater and clinical trials are also covering diverse aspects of cannabis treatment.  This reveals how cannabis has been under utilized.  More work is needed to broaden outreach and acceptance of cannabis because it is under-utilized.  Dr. Tishler’s underscore’s why.
Cannabis-Specialists.org

CBD in England

Jibril Farah is a pharmacist based in London who discovered e of the benefits of cannabis for people who were in treatment.  He tells us about CBD products in England, which became legal in 2019.  Marijuana became permissible with a prescription.  However, England did not readily have marijuana dispensaries so consumers had to have their prescriptions sent to The Netherlands, from where it would be shipped.  This added import fees to the cost.   Doctors were also nervous about prescribing cannabis because of potential legal repercussions if any problems were to result from its use.  These stories show reflect upon the universal problems that arise as we are in the transition of legalization.
YouTube.com/channel/UCcqQJk7BAF_H8UIJ5SyWB6A

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