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Content Hippie Revival:
Where Will the Cannabis Tour Take Us?
By
Yundie Li
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION AND
JOURNALISM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM)
May 2024
Copyright 2024 Yundie Li

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Acknowledgements
Thank you, Dan Birman, for pushing me to complete this documentary. Your guidance
made the daunting "black box" less intimidating and helped me, a long-time text reporter, to
overcome the barrier to visual storytelling.
Thank you, Gabe Kahn, for your unwavering trust, tolerance, and encouragement
throughout my journey at USC. You have instilled great faith in me.
Thank you, Mark Schoofs, for discussing the cannabis story with me since autumn.
Without that story, this documentary wouldn't exist. Hoping to continue that investigation later.
Thank you, Victor, Season, Steve, and Jesse, for the assistance during the filming. It's
your faith in your career that has brought me into this fascinating world.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………….………ii
Abstract………………………………………………………………………………….……..…iv
Chapter1: Reflection………………………………………………………………………………1
Chapter2: Script…………………………………………………………………………………...8
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………......34

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Abstract
The Cannabis Tour offers more than just a physical journey—it's a deep dive into the
burgeoning acceptance of marijuana as a legalized substance. We traverse the Emerald Triangle,
California's historic hub of cannabis cultivation, kicking off with the founder of Emerald Farm
Tours. Led by Victor Pinho, a seasoned industry veteran and tour operator, we gain an insider's
view of the cannabis world in northern California, meeting a vibrant mix of growers, industry
experts, activists, and multi-generational participants from the era of prohibition.
Traveling along the iconic Highway 101, we visit historic farms, an award-winning hash
production lab, and join in a local celebration. Season George, the proprietor of Five Sisters
Farm—the first cannabis farm visible upon entering Humboldt County—guides us through her
pesticide-free cultivation methods. She shares the full story of cannabis, from its clandestine past
to its current legal status. Aria and Carter, who run Catch A Cloud Farm at a 2,700 ft. elevation in
Kneeland, share their experiences of managing a year-round operation that includes everything
from planting to production, all under their own brand. Steve Morning Glory, a hash expert from
Heritage Hash Co., takes us into his lab to demonstrate hash production using ice, echoing scenes
reminiscent of "Breaking Bad."
As marijuana legalization expands, the Emerald Tour provides our audience with a
comprehensive insight into this dynamic industry, keeping them informed of its developments
and cautious of its rapid growth, all through a rhythmic, diverse, and visually engaging
experience.

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Chapter1: Reflection
In the 1960s, the Volkswagen bus was the beloved transportation for hippies in the U.S.
and became an icon of the American counterculture movement. Now, as bus culture (this time
with weed on board) resurges, musician and graffiti artists begin to operate dispensaries1
, and a
police officer becomes cannabis CEO2. Even Lonely Planet3 has incorporated cannabis tours into
its guides. When nine -in -ten4 Americans say marijuana should be legal for medical or
recreational use but far fewer have actually experienced it, we present to them a realistic
portrayal of marijuana, this plant known as either a spiritual herb or referred to as a poison ivy,
seamlessly integrates into every aspect of life.
This was the original motivation for my documentary. However, my interest in focusing
my thesis on the cannabis industry was initially piqued by observing the involvement of Chinese
businessmen in illegal cannabis cultivation. This sequence of events intrigued me and compelled
me to delve deeper into the industry.
Beyond these sensational stories, there are more substantial and worthy reasons to focus
on the cannabis industry. Since 2014, legalization policies have provided states with a high
revenue stream. Through the end of 2022, states have reported a combined total of more than $15
billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use cannabis sales. In 2022 alone, the number is more
than $3.77 billion, with California contributing over $1 billion. For California and the entire
United States, this is an immensely lucrative industry. However, California’s long history of
1 Respect My Region. (2020). Litco vs. Everybody! An exclusive interview with notorious la dispensary
owner/operator, Rez. 2 FlowerHire. (2021). Police officer to cannabis CEO with Kyle Kazan of Glass House Group. 3 Lonely Planet. (2021). The 10 best cannabis tours and experiences in the US
4 Pew Research Center. (2022). Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal for medical or
recreational use.

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illicit cannabis production, favorable growing conditions, and continued demand from
prohibition states has also meant illegal cultivation remains prevalent.5
The cannabis industry generates substantial revenue6 and taxes, inevitably having a
profound impact on society. As the legalization of cannabis progresses or stalls in various states,
it is crucial for citizens to become informed about cannabis and have a clear understanding of the
pros and cons of its legalization.
In the fall of 2023, as I delved into an investigative report on illegal cannabis farms run
by Chinese businessmen, Dan Birman suggested I explore a legal cannabis farm for my
documentary class. This approach would serve as a gateway to better understand the industry. I
found his advice to be insightful, and it led me to discover a diverse array of business models
within the licensed, legal cannabis world, including the intriguing concept of a cannabis bus.
At that time, two companies caught my attention—one in LA7
, specializing in short trips
with popular routes around cannabis dispensaries near Hollywood. The other company8 was in
Northern California, led by someone who claimed to be a veteran with over 20 years in the
cannabis industry. It offered journeys along the legendary Highway 101 and the Pacific Coast
Highway, deep into the mysterious Emerald Triangle, the birthplace of California's cannabis.
This company provided a unique opportunity to meet legacy farmers who have been in the
business since the illegal days. Without a doubt, the second company captured my attention. Of
course, up to that point, I hadn't yet established any contacts with either of them.
5 Marijuana Policy Project. Cannabis Tax Revenue in States that Regulate Cannabis for Adult Use.
6 BOTEC Analysis Corporation. (2013). How much revenue could the cannabis tax generate, under different
scenarios?
7 Weed Bus Los Angeles
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When considering the feasibility of this documentary, my initial focus was on the visual
elements. I envisioned a wild cannabis bus filled with crazy cannabis enthusiasts, accompanied
by individuals who never do weed at all. There would be people from states where cannabis is
illegal trying it for the first time, along with an array of unexpected characters like cannabis
artists and industry professionals. Also, for some reason, when I think of buses and cannabis, it
recalls the image of hippies, puffing on marijuana, hopping onto a bus bound for never-ever land,
all while advocating for nonviolence and love, which inspired me to give my theme a bit more
historical depth. Again, I'm unsure if there's a real connection between the hippie counterculture
and this newly legalized cannabis industry, or if the whole tour is just a superficial consumer
trend.
In any case, to prepare for cannabis-related projects, whether investigative or
documentary, I got my California driver’s license during the fall break, bought a second-hand
SUV, and embarked on my first road trip to Northern California on China's Lunar New Year.
Well, this first trip to Northern California wasn't exactly successful, but it was definitely
crazy—just not in the way I imagined.
Due to the tight schedule of my main subject—Victor Pinho, the owner of Emerald Farm
Tours—my first visit was quite rushed. I basically only interviewed him, watched him record his
own podcast and visited only one farm. Coincidentally, that farm was robbed on the day of my
visit. The robbers' BMW SUV was parked right next to me, and they even tried to prevent me
from filming by claiming they were some private guests though I didn’t film them at all. Despite
the farm owner calling the police, the authorities didn’t respond until I returned to my
accommodation. Illegal marijuana farms, lacking legal protection, are frequent targets for
robberies due to the valuable plants and cash they possess. However, even legally licensed farms,

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authorized for cultivation, processing, and sales, face similar risks, underscoring the underlying
fear within the legal cannabis industry. This seemingly pervasive fear is, according to the
farmers, why there are many fortified gates deep in the mountains.
At the same time, I had the opportunity to speak with operators who disclosed the
industry-wide challenges posed by excessive taxation and labor instability, which they used as
justification for operating in the gray area. While I wouldn’t take their word as the whole truth,
these conversations revealed that the issues in this industry are more complex than I initially
thought. Additionally, I stayed at the farm of one of Pinho's friends (who, for some reason, didn’t
allow filming but kindly provided lodging, for which I am grateful). Even though the house was
filled with cannabis smoke at night, the inhabitants didn’t turn into the impaired drug users I had
imagined. Instead, they became overly talkative and prone to laughter, yet remained coherent,
which helped dispel some of my fears about them.
Even then, I was unsure of the story's angle and structure, and I doubted the feasibility of
the documentary after learning that passengers usually refuse to be filmed.
So, before my second visit, I called Pinho a month in advance and clarified my specific
needs. This time, the contacts he provided far exceeded my expectations, who are also some of
the characters who are featured in the documentary.
As I travelled along Highway 101, the Five Sisters Farm9 at the border of Mendocino and
Humboldt Counties is one of the first fully licensed cannabis operations in the area. Season
George, a legacy farmer and advocate for marijuana legalization in California, applies strict
natural farming principles, avoiding chemicals and greenhouses to cultivate high-quality
9 Five Sisters Farm

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cannabis naturally. Her family's history of cultivation began last century when her father used
marijuana to treat his cancer, resisting police intervention.
Deep north, situated at 2,700 ft. in Kneeland, Humboldt County, this farm10 is operated
year-round by a husband-and-wife team. They manage everything from planting to packaging
under their own brand, blending natural and greenhouse cultivation methods to modernize legacy
farming. Both bringing rich backgrounds—Aria in commercial farming and business, and Carter
in wildlife biology and elite carpentry. It is with their combined experiences rooted in farming,
science, artistry, and business that their modern-day cannabis farm was established.
Heritage11 is the world’s first public cannabis hashery where visitors can observe the
production of solventless hash. It recently won six awards at the Emerald Cup, apparently a
prestigious award offered by California's cannabis industry. Steve is not only a professional and
passionate hash maker working there but also a DJ for Burning Man and various festivals.
Despite the 2020 Oak Fire in California, which consumed his home and belongings, he is
steadfastly rebuilding his life.
In addition to these individuals, I gathered many potential characters and stories. Tim
Blake, founder of The Emerald Cup and Area 101, is a prominent advocate for legalization in the
Emerald Triangle. Many farmers from the area come from hippie backgrounds, with some
parents even involved as environmentalists and members of the Industrial Workers of the World,
participating in the famed anti-logging movements of the last century, highlighted in the
documentary "Who Bombed Judi Bari?12"
10 Catch a Cloud Farm 11 Heritage Hash Co. 12 Mary Liz Thomson. (2012). Who Bombed Judi Bari?

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To better understand the jargons in the cannabis industry, I also purchased two small
books recommended by Season: "Stuff Every Cannabisseur Should Know13" and "The
Flowerdaze Farm Regenerative Guide to Cannabis.14"
As journalists, we often work on stories based on breaking events, while observations of
people often remain superficial. However, “facts” that don't take into account human nature
aren't the complete truth. That's also why the real world nowadays is full of complex,
unpredictable outcomes.
After several years as a journalist, I've come to realize the importance of understanding
human nature deeply. It goes beyond what a few thousand words in a news article can capture. It
requires allowing all audiences, like us, to hear their voices and see their expressions. It also
involves truly opening their doors, living with them, engaging in countless conversations, and
investing much time — this is true documentation, not just interviews.
Before our initial contact, I sent several emails and direct messages to Pinho on
Instagram but received no response. Later, when I called him, he mentioned seeing my messages
but was too busy to reply. He admitted that several others had approached him, but he eventually
agreed to my request because of my persistence. One thing he said stuck with me: “Because you
believe your matter is important, I believe it's important too.” So, if access isn't granted initially,
keep persisting.
As a result, this documentary unveils (at least tries to unveil) the stories of those who
endured the war on drugs, once hidden in the illegal era, and the struggles they continue to face
13 Marc Luber. (2019) Stuff Every Cannabisseur Should Know. 14 Jacob Johnson, & Karla Avila. (2020). The Flowerdaze Farm Regenerative Guide to Cannabis: A Season-Long
Recipe Book for the Beyond-Organic Gardener

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even after legalization—they've paid a price and aren't necessarily the ones benefiting most from
legalization.
At the outset, I wrote down this in my notebook: "Why should I, or anyone else, take the
time to learn more about cannabis?" I feel like I need to address this question, even though my
response may not be perfect. Now, my answer is, I believe, simply as humans, their love for
nature, soil, plants, and fellow beings resonates with everyone. Eventually, I came across reports
of violence, crime, and environmental pollution stemming from cannabis, but I gradually
realized that many of these stories involve outsiders, drawn here by the prospect of profit. Yet,
having interacted firsthand with this community, hidden amidst crime stories and urban legends,
I've come to realize that, because of their past hardships, this community is more united and
adept at sharing and learning from each other than many others.
Of course, this documentary is far from perfect. The plan to continue filming in Northern
California before graduation was shattered by a rear-end collision. I'm aware of the shots I still
lack — including stories from interviewed subjects — and I know there are more people with
compelling stories I haven't reached yet, though I have their names and contacts. So, I hope this
thesis isn't the end; this story deserves to be continued.

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Chapter2: Script
SOT Victor Pinho
Founder & CEO of
Emerald Farm Tours
My college days in freshman year or
sophomore year. And a friend of mine gets
locked up first day of school for possession in
the dorms. And this is in Maryland at a very
different time.
SOT Steve Morning Glory
Hash maker of
Heritage Hash Co.
But for so long, we had to hide; for so long,
we couldn't talk about this; for so long, we
were in these hills, not being able to take
pictures.
SOT Season George
Owner of
Five Sisters Farm
I had been busted, actually in the state of
Florida. And I had finished out my sentence
of house arrest. But If I had stayed in the state
of Florida and got caught with any
paraphernalia, a seed in my car or anything,
they could have given me my full federal
sentence.
SOT Kyle Greenhalgh
Co-founder of
Heritage Hash Co.
I went to jail in 2012. And so that's in Lake
County jail over there for six months. Now I
have the same permit that I went to jail for,
you know, I went to jail for owning a place
where cannabis either sold or distributed. And
now I own a place where cannabis is sold and
distributed.
SOT George So as soon as I was done, I just had a baby,
my baby girl, and I was ready to get out of
that state and move to a place where cannabis
was more accepted and normalized. And I had
the safety of, you know, the 215 Law.
SOT Morning Glory For me, it was a culture shock where in the
hash lab I work now, a police officer comes
by and I get to wave, as opposed to when I
first started hash making, if a helicopter flew
over in the woods, I had to hide.
SOT Pinho Her arrest set a bunch of us, a community of
us off in a way that started us down this path
of working to legalize cannabis for medical
and eventually recreational use. This was over
20 years ago.

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NAT SOUND
Forests
NAT SOUND
Scenery of Northern California
NAT SOUND
Pinho gets out of his car and opens the gate to
the farm
VO Pinho
Pinho returns to the car and starts the engine
The story of the Emerald Triangle goes back
many generations to a time where people
were trying to grow cannabis and the federal
government was trying to not let us grow
cannabis and put people in jail. So, the escape
from the city up to the Emerald Triangle…
SOT Pinho …or the area that has now become known as
the Emerald Triangle, was really an escape to
freedom, but freedom found in the folds of
these mountains.
VO Pinho
Pinho drives across a bridge
People visit San Francisco, they land, they
only see San Francisco and then they get back
on an airplane and they leave. So, what I’m
doing is taking a journey. And this adventure
that we take for a full day follows the story of
the Back-to-the-lander…
SOT Pinho …the person in 1967 who picked up their
family and got on their VW bus and rode up
the 101…
VO Pinho
Scenery on the road
…and made it to the Mendocino, Emerald
Triangle, made it to Mendocino, made it to
Humboldt, made it to Trinity County, in
search of a simpler, better, more natural life.
SOT Pinho
Pinho is answering a call from a potential
guest seeking information
- So typically, what I’ll do, I just give
you a land to land, I go out with my
guests in Anderson Valley, you’re
familiar with Anderson Valley?
- No.
- Ok, so Anderson Valley is about 2
miles from San Francisco. And you
are based where exacltly?

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- Uh, in Los Angeles.
- Oh! In Los Angeles! Ok, ok…
SOT Pinho So when I came around years ago, 7 years
ago, people were still incredibly skeptical
about letting me and my guests onto the farm.
Now here we are 7 years later. We've come to
this place in the ark where farmers call me
weekly, come to my farm, bringing on my
farm. Because in 7 years the culture has
shifted. And I think that is partly what I’m
doing here, is shifting that stigma. We're
removing the stigma, shifting the ideologies.
VO Pinho
The scenery on Pinho's drive to George Farm,
with a podcast he recorded with George
playing in the car
Hello friends and welcome to another episode
of High On Tour with Victor Pinho and April
black.
SOT Pinho
Pinho explains about this episode playing in
the car
This was recorded three years ago.
VO Pinho
Clip
A reveal shot transitioning from the car's
interior display to the scenery outside the
front window;
A reveal shot transitioning from Pinho’s face
to the steering wheel.
Jump cuts of quickly driving over the bridge
In the heart of the Emerald Triangle, Season's
farm is poised and now licensed to offer her
guests an unforgettable regenerative ecotourism experience. Season's success story,
while fraught with familiar and contemporary
challenges, adversity and risks is a true
testament to unrelenting hard work and
incredible focus. We hope you enjoy our
conversation with Season George of Five
Sisters Farm in Humboldt County.
VO Pinho
The scenery to George’s farm
SOT Pinho
Pinho is driving.
Real deep into the Emerald Triangle.
And we are still on the 101 travelling north,
but we’ve only covered like a small fraction
of the total area of what is the Emerald
Triangle, I mean, a small small fraction.
It's so hard to get to somebody’s places by
design. People won’t want to be found when
they are growing weed, you want to be in a
place where nobody will find you. And look

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around, if you really want to get lost and
never be found, this is the proper place.
NAT SOUND
The scenery to George’s farm
VO Pinho
The scenery to George’s farm
Here we are.
NAT SOUND
Arriving at Season’s farm
SOT Pinho
Pinho tries to unlock the gate.
This is locked. She locked the shear.
I don’t know. She’s out coming to get us.
SOT Pinho
Pinho sits in the car
The big running joke is that, whenever like I
have to go to a farm, the first question I asked
the farmers is like “How many gates do I have
to go through,” because it’s a lot of time
you’ll encounter 3,4,5, 6, 7 gates on one road.
And as you can see, it can be a nightmare.
Here's Rosco. Hey, buddy! Hey, Rosco.
SOT George
George comes to unlock the door
Hi.
SOT George
Pinho is driving the car inside the farm
Rosco, it’s OK.
SOT George
Pinho stops and Rosco runs towards him.
George is introducing the dog
My little fox dog. He’s a greeter. He’s eight,
but he loves visitors.
SOT Pinho & George - How are you, Season?
- I’m good.
- Yeah.
- Hi, you cut your hair.
- A little bit. Not all of it, but a little bit.

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- Yeah, I see. That’s nice. I cut my hair
a little bit, too. I don’t really like what
she…
- You can’t tell because you’re like so
much longer than mine. So…how’s it
been going?
- Good.
- It’s cold.
- It’s cold.
- Put a jacket on.
- I need to make a fire.
NAT SOUND
Woods; wind bell
NAT SOUND
Eel River
SOT George My dad grew up in rural east county San
Diego. And we were very close to Mexico
there. And so there was a lot of cannabis
culture being imported from Mexico, but also
what he called home grown, which was
anything that was grown on the side of the
border. It was very secret; you know, it was
very hidden. It was in the hills, sometimes
even in the trees, people would grow and
platforms up in the trees.
VO George
Photos of George’s dad
My dad was a cancer survivor. He got his
prescription in like 98. It was a big deal to see
it go from something that we could be
ashamed of…
SOT George …Something, you know, shameful for our
family to…it actually helping him heal.
VO George
Photo of George’s dad & her daughter.
And he stayed in remission for 12 years
before he died.
SOT George At that time there was like 12,000 farms in
Humboldt County and only 1800 of us came
forward. And I think out of those 1800, I'm

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pretty sure only like 500 of us actually made
it fully through the entire permitting process
into the annual and state licensing.
SOT George
George walks into the garden
I'm so happy you're here with me. And you
can see what the garden looks like in the
winter, because I hardly get any visitors in the
wintertime.
VO George
Establishing shot of the whole farm.
And it's actually when a lot of the action is
happening because I only have one harvest
and I'm not replanting the soil. It allows me a
lot of time to build and add nutrients through
the winter to where I'm not having to liquid
feed too much.
SOT George
Reveal shot from Season to the soil.
So this has already been chopped and dropped
once. And you can see I've layered in the hay,
brought in new logs to what I call recharge
the Hugo mounds.
SOT George
Showing the seeds.
These will act as living mulch is as the LSM
and white clover and the clover will um, add
nitrogen. And then I save the seeds of the
calendula here.
VO George
Sow calendula into the soil.
And the calendula has a lot of antiseptic
properties. It's really great for skin and hair. I
like to use it in the bath soaks. It also attracts
a lot of beneficial insects. But also I have
discovered that any plant and the Aster family
hosts the same species of mycorrhizal as
cannabis does. And so when I'm choosing a
living mulch or a companion plant, I want to
make sure that there's a symbiotic relationship
and they're not going to be competing with
the cannabis.
SOT George
Show the plant.
The Mr. Sums are a culinary herb they have.
You can eat the greens. That's very spicy like
mustard, but they also deter slugs and snails.
VO George
Smell the flower.
Most of the people in our community didn't
want to go legal. And it was mainly because
we all knew that the price was going to go
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SOT George be all sorts of business, other types of
business people coming in and more for the
money and not for the plant or the medicine.
SOT George But me being a mother and me having seeing
a future in horticulture, I was very proud to go
legal. I had an interesting message about,
preserving these heritage farming practices
and not scaling up to be a giant corporation.
SOT George
George is showing the root and soil
So I don't want to disturb this soil. And that's
why I really leave these root balls. And until
almost right before I'm ready to get ready to
plant again and look at this is all mycelium
and mycorrhizal on these roots.
The soil is just still very alive and active like
this is like you can see the hyphae, these
white threads, and here that's fungal hyphae
and cannabis wants a fungal dominated soil.
And that's why I use so much woodchips,
woodchips, woodchips and just tons and tons
and tons of organic matter. Look at all the
worms just right here.
So many worms. It's pretty amazing. You
know, all in here, all different stages. You
know, there's definitely worm eggs and
worms, worms hatching. It's taken me years
to make this soil like this.
VO George
Dog; George
You know, a lot of growers, they have this
period at the end of their cycle where they
flush and they're flushing the salts out or
there.
And there's no need to flush here because I'm
hardly most of all the nutrients that they're
these plants are getting are already in the soil.
I hardly have to hand-deliver it through water.
SOT George
Reveal shots between tanks and George
This entire garden is watered with rain
catchment. I don't take any water out of the
Eel River watershed. That's about 10,000
gallons of storage. And then I pump it across
and into these gravity tanks behind us up on
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And the gravity is important because in the
mountains we lose water, I mean lose power a
lot. And if I don't have electricity on this
system, I'm not able to pump it.
And the equity program paid for those tanks
back there. I'm super proud of that.
VO George
Establishing shot of George’s warehouse
(outside)
SOT George
I was actually the first farm in the state of
California to receive weed grant money
through Humboldt County Economic
Development. And they also made the equity
program. if you lived in the area during camp,
if you've gone to jail and served time for
weed, if your like women owned company,
there was a pretty wide list of being able to
get equity qualified through Humboldt
County. And I checked every box. Then they
were giving us funding for that.
VO George
Establishing shot of George’s warehouse
(inside)
There was like war on drugs forever and now
the government is paying me to grow it. I just
it's like I'm just over is just amazing to me. It
really is.
NAT SOUND
George Walks into the warehouse and wears
the gloves
SOT George
George is wiping the scissors
I always keep them in alcohol in between,
because they get so sticky in here that you
gotta keep it in a in a cup of alcohol. And then
I prefer the Chikamasa, which is a Japanese
scissor. And these are actually made,
especially for trimming by a company that
imports them for weed daisies supply, which
is a local company that started in Redway.
SOT George
George shows Fiskars
Fiskars are what you'll find mostly, that's the
traditional ones.
SOT George
George is bucking
But I like the Chikamasa. And I like the
curved blade, you can see it has a curved
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usually it's called bucking and they'll bring
their buds off of the stems. Get the stems out.
SOT George
George is cleaning off the water leaf
And we also clean off the water leaf first,
because when you take the water leaf off and
get your tray really nice and clean, it will
make your your trim that you're going to sell
for hash more valuable you don't want any
waterleaf or any stem in that.
SOT George
Reveal shots from hand to face
So, woo, that one just fell. All right.
SOT George
George is trimming the bud
And that's like, you know, obviously the most
valuable and I usually just hold it in my hand
and run the scissors along and get down in the
inside the bud a little bit and you want to take
off any leaf petioles in there.
VO George
Light
Have a nice light that you can look, look at it
afterwards, make sure there's no mold under
the light.
NAT SOUND
George is trimming
SOT George You can see all the Keef that's coming off on
my gloves. And that's because this is a sour
diesel strain. And that's a lot of a lot of drops
a lot of Keef.
NAT SOUND
George pours the trimmed buds back into the
bag
NAT SOUND
George puts the bag back into a box
SOT George There are very few cannabis tourism
experiences are even offered in California. I
was one of the first. And people were very
much like worried like, oh, you know, forever.

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we never told anybody about our grow. We
would never tell them where it is. We don't
invite anybody new, you know. And now I'm
like, Hey, come on in. And so it was, you
know, a little bit of healing of that trauma of
me carrying all this like anxiety and shame.
SOT George
Reveal shots from George to the notebook
There’re several ways to visit Five Sisters
Farm, there's you can book a day tour through
a tour service or you can book a two hour
visit. Just on the hip camp. My hip camp
listing. And when people come to stay
overnight in the bell tents or in their own tent
or in an RV, they get to use the kitchen
amenities of the barn.
And I try to get people to talk…Tell me a
little bit about their experience. You know,
I've been hosting for four years, so it's a big
joy to come back and read what people have
said. I've gotten thank you letters. It's like
people from all over the world
VO George
George is showing the notes
SOT George
I've hosted people who just got of jail serving
a 15 year sentence. And I was a little bit
worried, you know, like I was like, man, this
person could be upset. Like, what the heck, I
just got out of jail and you guys are giving
tours now, like, but he was actually so happy.
He was like, it really made him feel like his
time and his sentence was served for
something good.
SOT George
Reveal shots from the notes to the picture
It's been fun. Look at this guy just said
“weeeeeed”. And then this is a picture of me
back in the 215 days before we could had
state licensing and we were still afraid to
show our face and a lot of these pictures. But
this is one koala and it's as big as my my body
there. This is a 23 foot plant in the
background.
SOT George
Showing the shirt in the picture
So this shirt is a picture of Obama. And
instead of obey, it says Disobey. That was just
a coincidence I happened to be wearing that
shirt that day. But as we were harvesting
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bud. And I was like, I want to take a picture.
It was so heavy and so big. And Blue Dreams
was a very easy plant to grow, and they just
grew really fast. But that was like maybe my
third or fourth year here. And we just, I could
not believe how big those plants got.
SOT George At first, I didn't know what my tourism
experience would be. A lot of people is like,
Well, what is it? You know? And I'm like, it's
literally just a new form of access of being
with the plant.
NAT SOUND
Outside George’s house
SOT George & Pinho
Pinho and George are coming out of the
house.
- I got just a little bit.
- Alright, let’s go!
- Lets go! Make sure it's locked.
Always. There we go. Locked.
SOT George & Pinho
Pinho and George are getting into the car
- I'm excited. I've never been to
Kneeland before.
- Go to Kneeland, Catch a cloud.
NAT SOUND
The car drives out of the gate, and George
gets out to lock it.
SOT Pinho
A reveal shot from Pinho's profile to the
rearview mirror.
So we're traveling up the 101, to the town of
Kneeland, California, where we're going to
meet Aria and her partner at Catch A Cloud
Farms can travel about 90 miles to get there.
Today should be a great time. And looking
forward to meeting with Aria for a minute.
And thanks Season for bringing us along on
this journey.
SOT George
A reveal shot from the front windshield to
George’s face and hand
Yeah, I'm excited to meet her. You know, she
just recently was added to the tourism group
last year and her facility is amazing. I've
heard, you know, she has a micro-business.
She does a little bit of everything, outdoor
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excited to learn from her. So, you know, we're
we're never in competition with each other
because we each have our own story and
something different to offer the customer.
VO George
The rearview mirror
It was a really good example of how fast this
community can unite.
VO Pinho
Forest scenery
We’ll soon be cruising through the avenue of
the giant which is not mistaken for a 26 miles
of just redwood trees that this highway cuts
through.
VO George
Forest scenery
This is the south entrance to the Avenue of the
Giants. We've just come out of Miranda. And
people would always say, like, why did only
Southern Humboldt get, you know, all the
licensing? And we said, well, for one thing,
there was more of us down here. But it's also
where the sun is.
VO Pinho
Forest scenery
The heat and the cold difference, it changes
between the morning. Early morning cold and
the midday, you know, really high heat in the
deep summer is what these plants love.
VO Pinho
Forest scenery
The distance you travel is part of the journey.
But once you get there, there's so much more.
SOT George & Pinho
Talk in the car
- You need it in a text message in case
your phone isn't going to work.
- Yeah, I've got like a set of instructions
here that'll just, like, blow your mind.
It's like cut left to right. Three rights.
Go over a gate. At the fork by the first
fancy stone gate. Stay to the right,
Turn right three times. Stand on one
hand.
- No.
SOT Pinho
Reveal shot from the scenery to Pinho
We're about three quarters of a mile past there
on the right hand side.
SOT Pinho - Hey, Victor.

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Talk on the phone
- Hey, Aria. How are you?
- Hi, I’m well. How are you doing?
- Great. I think we're where we're
supposed to be. I froze. I would. As to
not drive on anybody's property that
I'm over here by the by the Toyota
Tundra and the brown house, the
beautiful little garden.
- Oh, okay, great. I'll be right outside
then.
NAT SOUND
Greeting with Aria
NAT SOUND
Aria, George, and Pinho are walking together
NAT SOUND
Aria, George, and Pinho are walking to the
Nursery Room
SOT Carter
Co-owner of
Catch a Cloud Farm
Carter opens the door to the Nursery Room
- Welcome to Catch a Cloud Farm.
- Thank you.
- Look at these healthy moms.
SOT Aria
Co-owner of
Catch a Cloud Farm
Reveal shots from Aria to the plants
There's like 28 different strains altogether in
the nursery right now. And a lot of these
genetics, you know, came through
recommendations from other farmer friends
and it's about a year in advance you know,
from when we need to be testing out stuff
before we run it out in pivot, some dedicated
canopy here. So it's, that's kind of a new thing
for us. We've been growing seed plants for
probably a decade or more of our own
genetics and partner was breeding.
SOT Carter
Reveal shots from Pinho to Carter to plants
You know, the OG that used to be really
popular and then like a headband. And all that
is, and Sour Diesels, now it's all sweet. So I
brought some of the OG in the UK, and then I

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just crossed my stuff with the …, and then
that's what the genetics and I'm bringing up
phenotype from that genetics, like four
different phenotypes that came from the one
seed, the one mom, so flower goes out pick
the most desirable ones instead of popular
ones.
SOT George
Reveal shots among these people
It's a good idea to bring back the old genetics
or just like keep them because I've always
been really worried about losing the diversity
that we have. And I have found, you know,
people definitely advise me to grow things
that are popular. And I tend to grow like the
opposite of that. It's not because I'm just a
rebel. It's because I feel like I have such small
batches that I can't bring a batch to the market
that somebody can have a much larger batch
of.
SOT Pinho
Reveal shots among these people
But it’s more than that, like the nostalgic
itself, like the history of, I mean, like,
ultimately, like you smell something that
brings you back to 40 years ago. And you're
like, I want this. (Yeah) You know, it brings
you to a time and a place and I think that
these new strains for as potent as they may be,
their profiles that bring you back 20 years.
SOT George
Reveal shots among these people
I try to tell people that it's like so easy to
change the name and metric that that it's
really can't count on what you're getting from
the dispensary to be an accurate
representation. You know.
SOT Aria
Reveal shots among these people
Which is you know, brings me back to the
whole tourism thing like something that
caught me off guard with this and that I've
absolutely loved is being able to make those
you know one on one connections where you
know, you're you're like spreading a message
directly to the consumer who is interested and
then that goes out into their, their community.
I mean, this last year in 2023, we had a
number of people from New Jersey actually
where their market opened up like

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housewives that you wouldn't expect, you
know, that are coming on these tours, and,
you know, and, and they're blown away, but
they're coming back with like, real important.
(They become evangelists for you.) It’s pretty
much. And so, it's like we're, you know, it's a
way to really spread the message on a
grassroots level.
NAT SOUND
Establishing shot of the Nursery Room
NAT SOUND
Aria is taking care of the plants
SOT Aria
Introduces about mom plants and their clones.
So these are mom plants, this is a Gershman
strain from Purple city genetics, we'd love this
strain. It's a really great producer. So here's a
good example of pretty well established
Mom, this is three, about three and a half
months old. And we've been pruning it to get
as many cuts off of it as we possibly can.
And here's a good example of this same strain
that was cloned about a month ago. And so
this is a plant about three and a half, four
weeks old. And it's an exact clone of this
mom plant. So yeah, little teen teenager.
Pretty good roots, four weeks old.
So from here, these can go into a couple of
different avenues, these particular specimens
are going to be turned into more more mom's
stock. So we like to recycle them about every
three to four months. And that keeps the
moms really healthy, really fresh, and the
clones are much stronger, more vibrant, their
immune systems are much stronger.
We do four to five harvests a year and we try
to rotate genetics throughout that in those
greenhouses. That's kind of fun. Gets it's like
Christmas every three or four months.
NAT SOUND
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NAT SOUND
People go outside the nursery room
NAT SOUND
People stand out of the greenhouse
NAT SOUND
Aria walks into the greenhouse
NAT SOUND
Establishing shot of greenhouse
SOT Aria
Chelsey is working
Chelsey has been working really hard to clean
up the bottoms and get them all prepped.
SOT Aria So this particular greenhouse we consider this
to be a sun assisted indoor, it's, it's a light
assist greenhouse, we generally operate and
use as much of the sun as we possibly can.
And we just have a little bit of lighting for
supplementing in low light conditions in the
morning and the evening, or on really cold,
rainy days. So this is putting out a really,
really beautiful product that's very consistent
with the indoor cultivation quality, but we're
getting to use all the amazing natural elements
and work in that and in our favor and the
plants love it. They're happier, they're
healthier, bigger, and it's it's a really fun
complicated style…
NAT SOUND
Chelsey is working
NAT SOUND
Bucket full of leaves
NAT SOUND

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Carter is talking with Chelsey
NAT SOUND
Aria and George are walking inside the
warehouse
NAT SOUND
Establishing shot of warehouse
SOT Aria So this product was harvested February 5ish.
So this is our winter run in the greenhouses
that we've visited this is a strain called
Pinnacle. This is a Gush Mints Thirty-three
cross from also from Purple city genetics,
again, huge fans.
SOT Aria
Put the bag onto table; reveal to the face
Generally just hearing hanging out and caring
for you know a few weeks we're in no hurry
to move stuff into the market we want it to be
really perfect if we can
SOT Aria
Show the flower
So because it was winter run it definitely got a
lot more purple it's just really absolutely
beautiful. So this product is destined to go
into our brand and in particular we're going to
feature this in our Artist Series.
NAT SOUND
Whiteboard on the wall
NAT SOUND
Aria went into the package room
SOT Aria
Show the package
So here's the packaged up product. This is
Alex's getting ready to ship out.
It's not an accident that we're named Catch A
Cloud because we're so coastal. We're about
13 miles from the ocean. So we get a lot of
coastal influence, and the clouds roll up to the
farm in the evening. And so we, sunsets are a

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big deal around here. So we it's like the
clouds come in, consume the farm, and then
go back out to the ocean almost every
evening. So, Catch A Cloud.
SOT Aria
Aria is organizing the box
A lot of steps. So this is very new for us.
We've only been packaging for one month.
And it took us a couple years to get the
permits to be able to do this on site here at the
farm. So it's pretty special. There's not a lot of
farms that are actually able to package and
self distribute. If there were it'd be a heck of a
lot easier for some of us.
SOT Aria
Reveal from the shelf to Aria
This is all of our compliance tested flour. The
labs come here and they take their own
independent sampling. And then it goes into a
quarantine waiting to get the test results. And
once we get the thumbs up from the lab, we're
able to put it into production. So when we do
it gets the little label on top and every batch
has a unique ID number that's in the state
track and trace system. It has the package day
and the manufacturer who packaged it which
is us.
SOT Aria
Reveal between Aria and Carter’s picture
I love this picture of Carter. He was working
out in the greenhouse one day. So we got to
get this moment. So this was one of our big
greenhouses that this is the style we used to
do. These plants are about 22 feet tall, just
shortly after this, we would prune the plants
up to about his head height. He's six, five, and
then we'd open it up, get your airflow in and
put in big orchard ladders, clip onto the
trusses of the ceilings for safety. And we
would just work from the top down to clean
and open up plants. So these these plants
would produce about eight to 10 pounds per
plant and very different style than what we do
now. This is back in about five years ago, six
years ago, I think. So we've changed a lot.
NAT SOUND
Establishing shot of the farm

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NAT SOUND
Tallest tree in the farm
NAT SOUND
Establishing shot of home
NAT SOUND
Cat
NAT SOUND
Pinho is preparing for the new episode with
Steve of his podcast
NAT SOUND
Steve comes into the camera
NAT SOUND
Steve smokes
SOT Pinho
Pinho is recording a podcast
OK, alright, ladies and gentlemen, welcome
to another episode of high on tour with Victor
Pinho.
VO Pinho
Pumpkin on the table
It's been a long time.
SOT Pinho & Steve
Reveal shots from Pinho to Steve
I wanna welcome to the show today, very
special guest and friend. Honestly, the person
that I know with the most maybe the person I
know with the most number of emerald cups.
(It's a team effort, but happy to be part of that
team.) Ladies and gentlemen. Stephen
morning glory. Fantastic hash maker of
Heritage Hash Co. find establishment in
Ukiah, California, producing and prevailing
some of the finest hash, hashis and temple
balls, right?

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SOT Steve We actually are the world's first cannabis
public hashery, meaning when you come into
the dispensary, there's a large window kind of
like at a brewery. When you go to a brewery,
you can watch the brewers making the beer
and all the tanks and bats and vessels. As at
Heritage Hash Co., at Heritage Mendocino,
when you walk into the dispensary, there is a
large window. You look right into the hash lab
where I work specifically. You get to watch us
on certain days. You'll be seeing us washing
plant material into ice, water, hashish. And
then other days you'll be seeing the rosin
plates being squished to make the hash rosin.
And the thing is like, everyone can watch it.
There's nothing, there's no non disclosure
agreement. There's nothing we're hiding. It's
all can be watched by the people to enjoy.
NAT SOUND
Scenery on the way to Heritage Hash Co.
SOT Pinho
Pinho drives in the car
The Humboldt Fog.
NAT SOUND
Scenery on the way to Heritage Hash Co.
NAT SOUND
Pinho is walking into Heritage Hash Co.
NAT SOUND
Establishing shot of the dispensary
SOT Pinho & Greenhalgh
Greenhalgh shows Pinho around the lab Steve
works in
SOT Greenhalgh The lab is inside here. This is where we make
all of our hash. This is wash vessel. It's a 500

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Greenhalgh introduces the lab gallon tank, but we don't really put too much
biomass in there. But it was custom built, it
needs to be an old dairy tank.
SOT Worker
Reveal shots: The lab worker is stirring ice in
a bucket and measuring the temperature.
We probably got about 40 pounds of ice in the
machine total which is helping keep the actual
stainless steel cold enough to keep the whole
thing at 32 degrees.
SOT Greenhalgh
Greenhalgh introduces the lab
So I will take all of the material from here, go
through the bags, we pulled the bags out, they
go into our freeze dryers next door over here.
NAT SOUND
Steve is putting bags in the bucket
VO Steve
Steve is pouring ice water into the bags
SO Steve
I am an ice water hash maker, meaning with
the process of ice and water, with that cold
temperature, we're breaking the track home
heads off of the biomass or the plant material
and then collecting them at the different
micron levels being those ages of those resin
heads.
NAT SOUND
Steve is flushing the plant
NAT SOUND
Bucket
VO Steve This will be the trace for the freeze dryer
which we collect the wet resin spread it out on
here and then after the session will be loaded
into a freeze dryer accelerate the drying
process of the ice water.
SOT Steve
Reveal shots of Steve’s hand, face and the
plate while he is collecting the wet resin
There's a certain level of how thick we want it
and how viscous the resin could be. Because
if it's too wet, it'll be accelerate the drying
process of this too fast, and it will lose toffy
into the drying processes.
SOT Steve Spreading it out.

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Shaking the plate
SOT Steve
Following Steve into the freezing room.
Ok, we go to the freezer, and get stored.
SOT Steve After the water is dried out of the resin, we
take it to the next process of whether will
press it into traditional temple ball which is
my personal favorite or more popular is with
the heat and pressure plates squeezing the oil
out of those membrane heads of the tri comb
and making a hash rosin.
NAT SOUND
Dried powder
NAT SOUND
Reveal shots from lab worker’s hand which is
pouring powder into small packages to his
face
SOT Worker The next step of this one is another bag. So I
started off with 15 micron. That is our
primary separation. Everything that we're
trying to remove is at about 40 micron or so.
Some people say 40 Some say 37. Regardless,
we want to go down to the smallest thing that
we are trying to remove.
NAT SOUND
Reveal shots from Exit Route logo to the
thermometer
SOT Pinho & Greenhalgh
Walk outside the lab
- Yeah, you're dealing with a 51 degree
room right now.
- It's freezing. It's absolutely freezing in
it. Too many bodies… in the lab not
here.
NAT SOUND

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Pinho walks into the yard
SOT Pinho
Pinho walks to the table and takes out a joint
It smells really good.
SOT Pinho & Greenhalgh
Reveal shots from the lighter to Pinho’s face
to Greenhalgh
- It always takes me so long to lit a
joint.
- You got a litter, bro?
- Yeah.
- This is Bulk.
- Now so these are the ones that we've
been carrying with Mocha. They're
really good. They are pretty damn
good doobie.
- Yeah, they make good flowers.
- They are all indoor and then it's like
all full mouth hash.
- You want your own? What's your
own?
- No, I'm good. I'm gonna take a couple
tracks and they can be a little light
during the daytime.
SOT Greenhalgh I started cultivating in 1997. So I've done this
for almost 27 years. 27 years. (Yeah, it's a
lifetime.) lifetime. So I mean, it was pretty
easy hustle back from 1997 to 2006. Pretty
well. Yeah. And then that's 2007 is when I
really started doing outdoor cultivation in
depth. So we started doing that big farm in
Lake County had a big three warehouses
down in Oakland. I bounced back and forth
from there. Yeah. And it was just that we'd
invest and buy more property and be able to
do a little bit more.
SOT Greenhalgh I've learned for me a cultivator for 27 years
on spent the last three years of like how to run
a business. And the majority of us cultivators,
we don't know shit about running a business.
Well, yeah, we know about growing weed and
having fun and beyond spending money and
taking five months off and then go back.
That's great. You know, I mean, it was very
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also you're changing overnight, but then
you're dealing with an industry that's fucking
got so many roller coasters, it's very hard to
be predictable. So when you can't predict
about running your business, it's very hard to
budget. And so that's why you've seen people
like herbal go down. And now there's other
people that had like the best herbal they were
old distributors from. What I hear is, I think
from, from Whole Foods, right? And so if
those guys couldn't make it, if these people
can make it, like the system's broken. you
know what I mean? It's like, you know, I
drove by Flow Kana the other day, and like,
you see, see the signs up there. But then you
see this dreams, and I can say that, like,
money was very misappropriated over there.
But it was just on built on this like cultural
dream that was kind of going off in there.
That was, you know, someone took a leap and
bounced if I can build this like amazing, epic
shit.
NAT SOUND
Emerald Award
NAT SOUND
Scenery to the next place
SOT Pinho
Pinho & George in the car
We're on our way to a place called the area
101. And area 101 takes its name from area
51. Which is like UFO central like America,
and takes his name from the 101 which the
highway it's on. And by putting those two
things together, you in essence create the
work of Tim Blake, who is kind of the leader
of the free cannabis world here in the Emerald
triangle. He's a legend. He's a historic relic.
And he basically has, over the years created
the Emerald Cup and brought together
growers in the name of legalization, in the
name of any process ending prohibition and
the name of creating a legacy farm culture. (It
was straight up just competition.) The
competition at first. (Yeah.) He's a really
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Emerald triangle. He's a legend. And so being
able to, you know, spend time with him in an
environment like this, where he's invited his
whole community of growers and friends and
family is something really special and we
don't take it lightly. So when we're invited we
go and we're happy to be a part of this and it's
gonna be a great time tonight.
NAT SOUND
Establishing shot of Area 101
NAT SOUND
The first Emerald Cup poster
VO Pinho
Reveal shots from “Buddhist And Cannabis”
picture outside the door to Pinho going inside
and the party
I think the trajectory of this whole industry is
kind of bittersweet. It's really nice to know
that people are not going to jail for this plant.
But this is one big experiment. It is one big
petri dish of policy, and it's trial and effort and
trial of mistakes. I think that we have a long
way to go as california in terms of canabis's
policy.
SOT Pinho I think that right now, the most important
thing is to give the legacy people, give the
equity people, an opportunity to stand on their
own, and not be saddled by bureaucracy and
taxation.
VO Steve
Steve is preparing DJing
I live in this valley because someone offered
me a spot to move here after a fire destroyed
everything I had. It's been really hard
rebuilding after you lose everything. If I had
pain and I smoked it, that's. Yeah, it's a
medicine.
SOT Steve No stress, relaxation, euphoria, positive
feeling. That's the feeling of high.
VO George
George at the party
As a very young girl, I was taught that, you
know, some laws are made to keep bad people
in line and some laws are made to control.

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SOT George
NAT SOUND
The Jesus and cannabis painting

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Abstract (if available)

Abstract The Cannabis Tour offers more than just a physical journey—it's a deep dive into the burgeoning acceptance of marijuana as a legalized substance. We traverse the Emerald Triangle, California's historic hub of cannabis cultivation, kicking off with the founder of Emerald Farm Tours. Led by Victor Pinho, a seasoned industry veteran and tour operator, we gain an insider's view of the cannabis world in northern California, meeting a vibrant mix of growers, industry experts, activists, and multi-generational participants from the era of prohibition.

Traveling along the iconic Highway 101, we visit historic farms, an award-winning hash production lab, and join in a local celebration. Season George, the proprietor of Five Sisters Farm—the first cannabis farm visible upon entering Humboldt County—guides us through her pesticide-free cultivation methods. She shares the full story of cannabis, from its clandestine past to its current legal status. Aria and Carter, who run Catch A Cloud Farm at a 2,700 ft. elevation in Kneeland, share their experiences of managing a year-round operation that includes everything from planting to production, all under their own brand. Steve Morning Glory, a hash expert from Heritage Hash Co., takes us into his lab to demonstrate hash production using ice, echoing scenes reminiscent of "Breaking Bad."

As marijuana legalization expands, the Emerald Tour provides our audience with a comprehensive insight into this dynamic industry, keeping them informed of its developments and cautious of its rapid growth, all through a rhythmic, diverse, and visually engaging experience.

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Creator Li, Yundie (author)

Core Title Hippie revival: where will the Cannabis Tour take us?

School Annenberg School for Communication

Degree Master of Arts

Degree Program Specialized Journalism

Degree Conferral Date 2024-05

Publication Date 05/22/2024

Defense Date 05/09/2024

Publisher Los Angeles, California (original), University of Southern California (original), University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Tag cannabis,Dispensary,Emerald Triangle,Hippies,Industry,legacy farm,legalization,Marijuana,OAI-PMH Harvest

Format theses (aat)

Language English

Contributor Electronically uploaded by the author (provenance)

Advisor Birman, Dan (committee chair), Kahn, Gabriel (committee member), Schoofs, Mark (committee member)

Creator Email yundie.lee@gmail.com,yundieli@usc.edu

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/usctheses-oUC113953629

Unique identifier UC113953629

Identifier etd-LiYundie-13000.pdf (filename)

Legacy Identifier etd-LiYundie-13000

Document Type Thesis

Format theses (aat)

Rights Li, Yundie

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Source 20240522-usctheses-batch-1159 (batch), University of Southern California (contributing entity), University of Southern California Dissertations and Theses (collection)

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Repository Name University of Southern California Digital Library

Repository Location USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 2810, 3434 South Grand Avenue, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, California 90089-2810, USA

Repository Email cisadmin@lib.usc.edu