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Cannabis ramble at CANNAMANtv

December 5, 2021by The Real Seed Company Leave a comment

New at CANNAMANtv – enjoyed this and looking forward to the next one on Cannabis & Alchemy. The homepage image shows – at the Royal Albert Dock in East London […]

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biodiversity, cannabis, charas, history, landraces

Hybrid Cultures and the Roots of Cannabis

August 19, 2021by The Real Seed Company 1 Comment

The new podcast with Growroom420 focuses on sacramental use of cannabis and looks at the recent PRC study on origins, Scythian death rites and warfare, anarchist qalandars, battlefield yogis, orgiastic […]

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cannabis, charas, history, landraces, policing, slavery

Did Cannabis and its Cultivation Originate in China?

August 15, 2021by The Real Seed Company 1 Comment

The PRC genomics study on origins marks a new era in the racialization of Cannabis TLDR: The dubious received wisdom that “Cannabis comes from China” has very effectively taken root […]

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cannabis, history, landraces

The Ancient Indian Origins of the ‘Sinsemilla Technique’

July 4, 2021by The Real Seed Company 7 Comments

The so-called “sinsemilla technique” was already employed in southern India at least 500 years ago. There is no debate about this. Reason being, there is the evidence to prove it. […]

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cannabis, history, landraces

What’s the Real Meaning of ‘Landrace’?

January 29, 2021by The Real Seed Company 26 Comments

‘Landrace’ was once an obscure technical term employed only by botanists and other experts who understand what it means. Now it’s used worldwide by non-experts who mostly clearly don’t. Confusion […]

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biodiversity, cannabis, history, landraces

Cannabis Use by Yogis in India

December 7, 2020by The Real Seed Company 1 Comment

This is a pretty good talk for SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies by Dr Matthew Clark, who’s also written the most persuasive and rigorously researched book to date on Soma. […]

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cannabis, charas, drug policy, history

Yamnaya Lecture by Colin Renfrew

May 21, 2020by The Real Seed Company Leave a comment

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 […]

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cannabis, history, landraces

Endangered Varieties of subsp. indica: A Few Thoughts

May 13, 2020by The Real Seed Company 7 Comments

According to Genesys, of some 1400 Cannabis accessions in global genebanks, as few as five could be from subsp. indica. A classification of endangered high-THC cannabis (Cannabis sativa subsp. indica) […]

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biodiversity, cannabis, charas, history, landraces

Scythian lecture by Barry Cunliffe

May 11, 2020by The Real Seed Company Leave a comment

The Scythians were history’s original dope fiends. First-class Scythian chat here from Barry Cunliffe, ace archaeologist. Check out his new book, The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe.

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On Indicas & Afghanicas

April 13, 2020by The Real Seed Company 8 Comments

[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 – i.e., although […]

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cannabis, charas, history, landraces

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