Do ‘Landrace Farmers’ Need Modern Hybrid Strains?
Finally, “icons” from the world of pot are starting to talk about landrace preservation. To date, the biggest corporate foray into the landrace realm is the now-infamous Strain Hunters. Watching […]
Finally, “icons” from the world of pot are starting to talk about landrace preservation. To date, the biggest corporate foray into the landrace realm is the now-infamous Strain Hunters. Watching […]
Old friends of ours in Chitral are organising food aid to the hardest-hit households along Yarkhun and other valleys. Jason has made a page at Curious About Cannabis where you can donate. […]
Hybridization is the main cause of extinction and biodiversity loss in Cannabis. Indigenous Asian populations hold the vast majority of Cannabis biodiversity. For “drug-type” Cannabis (aka, subsp. indica) that particularly […]
The new Curious About Cannabis episode with Jason and Angus on endangered landraces and wild-type populations of subsp. indica is out! Get access to an exclusive extended 2.5 hour version […]
Among the earliest evidence of Cannabis cultivation comes from sites on the Western Steppe associated with tthe Yamnaya culture (3300–2600 BCE). Recent studies indicate the Yamnaya are also the strongest […]
A classification of endangered high-THC cannabis (Cannabis sativa subsp. indica) domesticates and their wild relatives is an essential new study from John McPartland and Ernest Small, published April 2020. Since […]
After posting ‘On Indicas and Afghanicas’ I then discover that on April 3rd 2020, John McPartland and Ernest Small already published a new taxonomy for Cannabis. Crucial reading, it’s entitled […]
NOTE: A week or so before I posted this to the blog, John McPartland and Ernest Small’s new taxonomy for Cannabis was published without my having realized. It’s essential reading. […]
The full deep dive into landraces with the excellent Jason of Curious About Cannabis is now up at Youtube. NOTE: In passing, I inadvertently misrepresent the Schultes taxonomy as it […]
The full near-3-hour chat Angus had with Jason for the Curious About Cannabis podcast is now out on Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts. Landraces were what […]