Humboldt Cannabis Council Podcast Series

By Education

The Humboldt Cannabis Council, Humboldt’s braintrust for a new cannabis future holds a regular podcast inviting members of the industry to weigh in on hot topics in our community as we ride the wave of cannabis legalization in California.

In the first episode, “The State of the Humboldt Union” the group discusses the current state of cannabis in Humboldt, where compliant cannabis businesses need to be in the near future and some ideas about what is going to happen as California cannabis industry matures.

Featuring:
Ken Hamik – Futurist and Owner of Hummingbird Wellness
Joanna Berg – Soil Scientist and Owner at Dirty Business Soil
Steve Gieder – Owner of Northcoast Horticulture Supply and Humboldt Green
Dan Mar – Owner of High Tide Permaculture and Compliant Farms
Gretchen Miller – Owner of Kiskanu

In the second episode, “Pesticides, Testing Labs and the Regulatory Rubik’s Cube” the group discusses Integrated Pest Management, how Farmers can test clean and do it right the first time in addition to new tricks being deployed on farms to eliminate mold and pests. The panel also discussed contamination reduction downstream and Certification Regimes.

Featuring:
Joe Moran – General Manager of 1 Degree Consulting
Joanna Berg – Soil Scientist and Owner at Dirty Business Soil
Derek Tolley – Sales Manager at Northcoast Horticulture Supply
Robert Zandi – Representative at SC Labs

In the third episode, “Dollars and Sense in the Current and Future Cannabis Market” the panel talks about the track and trace system versus the black market, the impact on California’s economy now that legalization is underway and what plans are underway to ensure Humboldt and Emerald Triangle products sustain profitable niches in the expanding market. The highlight of the discussion focused on the California Cannabis Bank Bill SB 930 and how to make cannabis banking in the industry safer since it is currently cash based only.

Featuring:
Ken Hamik – Futurist and Owner of Hummingbird Wellness
Steve Gieder – Owner of Northcoast Horticulture Supply and Humboldt Green
Michael McCoy – Chief Compliance Office of Redwood Capital Bank
Chrystal Ortiz – Board Member of International Cannabis Farmers Association

Visit humboldtcannabiscouncil.org for the latest Humboldt Cannabis Council Podcast episodes. Keep Humboldt Green!

Mad Plants Beyond the Thunderclone Kinetics Machine

By Events

The Kinetics Grand Championship takes place over the Memorial Day Weekend. Human powered art vehicles race over land, sand and sea for fifty miles all for the glory!

This year, Northcoast Horticulture Supply, Humboldt Green, House & Garden and Sensational Solutions have teamed up to sponsor the Mad Plants Beyond the Thunderclone Kinetics machine. Kinetics team leader Scott Cocking of Sideshow Designs shared several photos with us of the machine in progress.

We can’t wait to check out the finished machine at the Kinetics Grand Championship starting line on the Arcata Plaza on Saturday, May 26th. Help us cheer the Mad Plants team on to the finish line! The NHS crew will be out documenting the Kinetics team during the race. If you happen to snap a picture and post it to social media, use the hashtag #madplantskgc so we can find it and share it.

KINETICS GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP RACE DETAILS

Race Day 1: Saturday, May 26

Arcata Plaza 9:00 AM to Noon *There will be TWO Noons this year with so many teams.

Manila Dunes Community Center Kinetic Festival Noon to 3:00 PM

Dead Man’s Drop 1:00 PM

Halvorsen Park Finish Line Party 1:00 PM till Dark

Day 2: Sunday, May 27

Wharfinger Building 9:34 AM

Eureka Natural Foods 12:00 PM

Loleta Hill 1:30

Day 3: Monday, May 28

Eel River Crossing Under Fernbridge 10:00 AM

Finish Line 1:00 PM

Check out the Kinetic Grand Championship website for more details about the event.

Fresh Strange Fridays – Next Show June 8th at The Jam

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Things at The Jam Arcata are about to get Fresh and Strange. Humboldt Green is producing Fresh Strange Fridays after Arts! Arcata on Friday, June 8th. Enjoy music, comedy, art and media celebrating the Humboldt commUnity. There will be infused drink and food specials and a Fancy Pants Dance Off. Headlining Fresh Strange Friday is Ideateam. Also taking the stage musical guests LIFE (Lyrics In Full Effect) & Sasquatch Josh will be bringing the hip hop. Crack a smile with local comedians Kim Hodges and Will Toblerone. James Shelton will be doing a live painting during the event. The live art painting will be auctioned off at the end of the night to support the local non-profit Community Pride and Peace. Fresh Strange Friday is a great way to enjoy a night out, get involved in the commUnity and support local artists. Hit up Fresh Strange Fridays at The Jam located at 915 H Street in Arcata on Friday, June 8th starting at 9:00 PM. This is a 21 and over event. Tickets are $13.00 at the door.

 

Canndor Herbarium Pressing Party

By Education

You’re invited to the 1 Degree Consulting office in McKinleyville to learn about the Canndor Herbarium Project. Founders of the project, Eleanor Kuntz, PhD and Kerin Bentley, PhD will be on hand to discuss the mission and activities of the herbarium and how these activities can benefit the greater cannabis community. The discussion will also explore the topics of varietal standards, appellations, best agricultural practices, cannabis in human health and how the Herbarium itself acts as a springboard into linking and deepening our understanding of these topics.

A herbarium is a collection of dried plant specimens. The Canndor Herbarium pressing party will help facilitate Mother Plant Voucher creation. To participate, bring a bouquet of 3-4 cuttings (or starter clones) of each of your mother plants and/or cultivars that you will be growing this season to the press party. It is very important to label these cuttings prior to arriving at the party. Bring a vessel with you to keep the fresh cuttings in water. Canndor will provide the wood flower presses for you to use at the party to press your own genetics.

Vouchering your mother plants is important because the Voucher Specimens provides your farm with a tangible, permanent record of plant stewardship. Your specimens can be linked to additional information (oral histories, pedigree information, genetic data, etc.), adding context and trackable proof of ownership. Vouchers also help document the biodiversity that you cultivate on your farm and provide referenceable metrics of cultivation quality.

The Canndor Herbarium Pressing Party is scheduled for May 19th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the 1 Degree Consulting office located at 1580 Nursery Road, Suite D in McKinleyville. Call 707.890.6600 for more information. This is a free event provided by Humboldt Green and Canndor.

Humboldt Green Empowers HSU Students to Model Cannabis Carbon Footprint

By Education, Government

Three Humboldt State students, with less than a week left before they graduate, are headed to Sacramento on Thursday for the annual California State University Student Researcher Awards ceremony.

Cheyenna Burrows, Jenna Kelmser and Wyatt Kozelka, all of whom majored in environmental science management, have created a modeling tool as their capstone research project, a tool to determine the carbon footprint a indoor or mixed-light cannabis grow.

Read the rest of the Times-Standard article here.

The students coordinated with Humboldt Green, an Arcata cannabis consulting business created by Stephen Gieder, and used some of the information from an earlier model Gieder and others created for use by the city of Arcata.

Gieder’s involvement came from his relationship with HSU professor Kevin Fingerman, who was the faculty advisor for the students, and Gieder was able to provide support in the efforts.

“This project aligns well with the work we are doing,” Gieder said Tuesday. “I was aware of the project and was able to introduce them to some of the new technology and the best practices that can really help farmers, with indoor or mixed-light grows, to conserve energy.”

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Humboldt Green Has High Hopes for Cannifest

By Events, Media

As the weekend of what would have been Cannifest’s 4th year approaches, Humboldt Green Events has high hopes for the state of temporary cannabis events in Humboldt County, despite having to manifest a new location and date for Cannifest 2018 due to new regulations.

Under the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), temporary cannabis event licenses are only issued for events held at County Fairgrounds or District Agricultural Centers. Humboldt Green reached out to Redwood Acres Fairgrounds and Humboldt County Fairgrounds to hold Cannifest 2018 since they are basically the only two venues in Humboldt that are currently legally allowed to host cannabis events. Unfortunately, it worked out that Cannifest cannot could not be held at either of these State approved locations.

What happened to this year’s Cannifest?

Redwood Acres Fairgrounds in Eureka has been the home of Cannifest for the past three years. With the new policies and regulations surrounding cannabis use at festivals, Redwood Acres informed Humboldt Green Events that their organization is postponing cannabis events for the remainder of 2018. The venue has also evolved into a growing business park that is frequented by children. Under the current regulations, if a cannabis event were to be held at a Fairgrounds location, no one under 21 would be allowed on the premises during the event. Since Redwood Acres is frequented by families, it’s not currently a venue that we would be able to produce a 21 and over cannabis event at.

On our quest to find another State approved venue, Humboldt Green Events also approached the Humboldt County Fairgrounds to hold Cannifest 2018. The Ferndale Chief of Police responded to our request and stated that the Humboldt County Fairgrounds resides within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Ferndale. The City of Ferndale, by ordinance, does not allow the sale of marijuana or its by-products. Ferndale High School is also less than 1,000 feet away from the Fairgrounds. Under the current regulations, all cannabis events must be at least 1,000 feet away from school property. The Humboldt County Fairgrounds also has a no-smoking policy.

New California State Regulations on the Horizon

The silver lining in manifesting a new location for Cannifest has been the recent support from California State Assemblymember, Bill Quirk with Assembly Bill-2020 and Assemblymember, Jim Wood with Assembly Bill-2641. Both bills are in support of special temporary cannabis event permits that would allow consumption and sales at farmer market events and festivals. The aim of both bills is to make it easier venue-wise for temporary cannabis events to take place in order to discourage black market underground events that are not taxed by the State of California. The temporary cannabis event licenses would only be issued for venues approved by local jurisdictions. Producers of events would also be limited to four temporary cannabis event licenses per year.

Back in March, Humboldt Green Events sent a letter in support of AB-2020 to Assemblymember Quirk’s office. A portion of our letter was highlighted in the Times-Standard article titled Capitol Tracker: Cannabis banking, special event bills advance. In the letter, we shared with Assemblymember Quirk that by making a change to the limited venues where temporary cannabis events are allowed to take place, the State of California could provide greater opportunities to small cannabis businesses allowing an emerging industry the same opportunities granted to others, which in turn would provide financial support to local and regional economies.

AB-2020 Cannabis: local jurisdiction licensees: temporary event license was amended in assembly on April 19th, 2018 and was published to the California Legislative Information website on the cannabis holiday 4/20. According to Times-Standard, the bill was passed 13-1 by the Assembly’s Committee on Business and Professions and re-referred to an appropriations committee.

AB-2641 was introduced by Assembly Member Jim Wood back in February. The Times-Standard, reported that the bill would allow for the Bureau of Cannabis Control to grant a temporary license for special events in jurisdictions where the events have been approved at county fair events if locally approved.

What does all of this mean for Cannifest? The power of manifestation works! The cannabis community has been manifesting the path to keeping California Green and helping small businesses in the industry continue to grow by allowing for a State temporary event license to be issued for any venue expressly approved by local jurisdiction. This is huge news and a step forward for Humboldt Green Events to be able to provide the Humboldt community and beyond, a fully regulated and legal cannabis event at any venue approved by local government. This would allow Humboldt Green Events to hold Cannifest at some magical location in Humboldt or even take Humboldt’s Manifest Cannabis Festival on the road. The variety of venue options in California are endless, but each location depends on the opinion of local government and whether temporary cannabis events would be considered beneficial for their surrounding community.

Back in the beginning of 2018,  when we realized we were unable to produce Cannifest 2018 at Redwood Acres scheduled for May 5th and 6th, we felt that we had somehow let our community down despite the fact that the postponement of Cannifest was out of our hands. The cannabis community was really supportive of our announcement about having to manifest a new date and location for Cannifest. We were really hoping to be able to hold the festival at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds instead and be able to keep the May 5th and 6th dates, but come to find out our only other venue option was also not cohesive for cannabis events. The news of the two bills introduced regarding temporary cannabis events is really a blessing for our entire community that has been struggling to find its place in the current state of legal cannabis business. So many of our small farms that produce craft cannabis and little mom and pop shops would greatly benefit from the opportunity of being able to sell their products at temporary cannabis events like farmers markets and festivals. The introduction of the two bills are really important to the livelihood of all types of business in the cannabis industry in Humboldt and beyond in the greater State of California.

What can I do? Participate in democracy!

How can you help make Cannifest, farmers markets and other cannabis events a possibility? Call your elected officials and ask them to vote in favor of AB-2020 and AB-2641. Locate your local California representative here. If you live in the Humboldt area, Jared Huffman US Congressman serving California’s 2nd District is your representative. You can contact him by email or by phone at (707) 981-8967.

The Green Team at Humboldt Green Events appreciates your love and support as we continue to adjust in this new legal cannabis frontier. Stay tuned for updates about our next move with Cannifest on our Facebook or Instagram pages.

– The Humboldt Green Team, Producers of Cannifest

 

Humboldt Green Week Andre Nikatina Live Ticket Giveaway Official Rules

By Events

Win two tickets to see Andre Nikatina Live at the Mateel in Redway Saturday, April 14th. Ticket Giveaway will be promoted on the Humboldt Green Week Facebook page. You must Like the page, Like the Ticket Giveaway Post and comment on who you would take with you to the show to participate. Contest runs Tuesday, April 10th to Friday, April 13th. Winners will be announced on the Humboldt Green Week Facebook page in the comments.

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE THE CHANCES OF WINNING.

  1. Eligibility: The “Two Tickets to Andre Nikatina Live at the Mateel” is open only to those who are 18 years or older as of the date of entry. The Campaign is only open to legal residents of Humboldt County in California and is void where prohibited by law. Employees of Humboldt Green, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and suppliers, (collectively the “Employees”), and immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of Employees are not eligible to participate in the Campaign. The Campaign is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.
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  3. Campaign Period: Entries will be accepted online starting on Tuesday, April 10th at 12:00 PM PST and end Friday, April 13th at 12:00 PM PST. All online entries must be received by April 13th at 12:00 PM PST.
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  5. Prizes: The Winner(s) of the Campaign (the “Winner”) will receive two tickets to Andre Nikatina Live at $50.00 for the pair. Actual/appraised value may differ at time of prize award. The specifics of the prize shall be solely determined by Humboldt Green. No cash or other prize substitution shall be permitted except at Humboldt Green’s discretion. The prize is nontransferable. Any and all prize-related expenses, including without limitation any and all federal, state, and/or local taxes, shall be the sole responsibility of Winner. No substitution of prize or transfer/assignment of prize to others or request for the cash equivalent by Winner is permitted. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for Humboldt Green to use Winner’s name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.
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Humboldt Green Week April 18-22nd

By Events

Humboldt Green Week is a manifestation of culture advancing the ideals of our community while building bridges, honoring the environment, supporting the local economy, and promoting music, art, and solutions through action. Join us in showcasing a week of gatherings to celebrate Earth Day and this special place we call home. Humboldt Green Week 2018 runs from April 13th to the 22nd.

Humboldt Green Week 2018 kicks off this Friday! There’s over 50 events including music, art, comedy, dancing, family fun activities, clean-ups plus free classes/workshops and more. Get up, get green and get involved! #HGW2018

Caring Capacity

By Education

Get our updated Caring Capacity seminar, class, and event listing. Contact Caring Capacity Consultant

With CARING CAPACITY We Reach to Achieve

We at Humboldt Green have been building community goodwill for over two decades by collecting and tilling the values of Caring Capacity best practices throughout our community.  Now we have the capacity to distill these best practices and bring them to service your Legacy Footprint.  Building upon each achievement of success we’ve establish a commonality of standards that just make good sense and practical economics when it comes to the ground we tend, till, grow, and live on.  Caring Capacity ties together a planet based on all our interests as a society, a community, and as individuals.
 
Caring Capacity is a learning pathway and development strategy for best practices in a localized region, watershed, or a farm with fixed boundaries.  Caring Capacity is about working together to establish the most essential environmental actions required to establish your Legacy Footprint and to ensure long-term economic and productive viability for your farm.  Caring Capacity works with you to design and set-up individual plans covering your own farm or it can work with a collective of farmers, neighbors, or a community to come to a consensus of good practices to use together to further the steps toward a cumulative net zero natural footprint.

BUSINESS

Build a basic business plan and SWOT analysis to construct an operational plan including supply chain management, marketing/advertising and brand building, and operation labor strategies to facilitate start-up or attract investors to your project.

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Correlate your financial objectives and incentives to align your caring capacity with existing and projected timelines for optimal financial gain.

EDUCATIONALLearn Together

Build together, drawing strength from your organizational experience, add to the collective pool of knowledge to plan and optimize resources, strengths, and caring-capacity.

EVENTS

Want to bring your people, your community, your staff together?  We can do that…

Caring Capacity Focal Points

  • Soil Environment
  • Soil Building
  • Soil Sustainability
  • Energy Requirements
  • Energy Availability and Delivery Systems
  • Alternative Energy Sustainability Measures
  • Food and Nutrient Environment
  • Food and Nutrient Building
  • Food and Nutrient Sustainability
  • PreHarvest Environment
  • PostHarvest Environment
  • Community Contributions
  • Community Systems
  • Community Commitment to Sustainability
Join us for an upcoming class or personalize a meeting just for you and/or your community of neighbors.  Email us or give us a call at (707) 443-3140.

Cannifest Announcement: Manifesting New Date

By Events

While navigating the recent changes in our Industry both at a state and local level, Humboldt Green would like to advise all of our supporters that we are currently unable to produce CANNIFEST 2018 in May due to lack of policies written by the Humboldt County Planning Division, Redwood Acres Fairgrounds and Humboldt County Fairgrounds.

In establishing our desire to host a fully regulated and legal event, it is clear that even with applying for our Cannabis Event Organizer License from the state, there are other elements that would need to happen first which are out of our control.

Cannabis events in general will take on a new identity this year such as all attendees will be 21 and over, all licensed vendors and only dispensaries may sell to consumers. Knowing this, we have done what we could to gear up, but it seems that the county is not ready-which in turn, has slowed us to a halt.

We will continue to work towards the goal of producing events both locally and afar that shine light on the small farmer, the environment and our community of educators and innovators.

We appreciate all of your support as we readjust. Stay tuned for an update soon.