Hybrid Cultures and the Roots of Cannabis
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 […]
Category Archives: landraces
Did Cannabis and its Cultivation Originate in China?
The recent PRC study on origins marks a new era in the racialization of Cannabis Politics doesn’t stop at people. Watch as plants and seeds rapidly get caught up in […]
The Ancient Indian Origins of the ‘Sinsemilla Technique’
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. […]
The Real Seed Company on the Growroom420 podcast
Endangered Cannabis strains and wild populations, ancient centres of cultivation in Central Asia, what “landrace” really means, the Indian origins of sinsemilla, and more… A new chat on the Growroom420 […]
Landrace: A Dirty Word
[Note: Since I wrote this, a genomics study on the origins of Cannabis has emerged from the PRC. The study marks a new era in the racialization of Cannabis. Deeply […]
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 has been the now-infamous Strain Hunters. […]
Support Landrace Farmers Hit by Covid-19
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. […]
Extinction by Hybridization
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 […]
New ‘Curious About Cannabis’ Episode on Endangered Asian Cannabis Populations
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 […]
Yamnaya Lecture by Colin Renfrew
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 […]
