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Do ‘Landrace Farmers’ Need Modern Hybrid Strains?

June 19, 2020by The Real Seed Company 11 Comments

Finally, prominent 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 […]

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biodiversity, cannabis, landraces

Support Landrace Farmers Hit by Covid-19

June 2, 2020by The Real Seed Company 2 Comments

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. […]

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cannabis, landraces

Extinction by Hybridization

May 31, 2020by The Real Seed Company 4 Comments

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 […]

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biodiversity, cannabis, landraces

New ‘Curious About Cannabis’ Episode on Endangered Asian Cannabis Populations

May 23, 2020by The Real Seed Company Leave a comment

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 […]

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biodiversity, cannabis, landraces

Yamnaya Lecture by Colin Renfrew

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

Among the earliest evidence of Cannabis cultivation are finds of domesticated pollen from sites on the Western Steppe associated with the Yamnaya culture (3300–2600 BCE). Recent studies indicate the Yamnaya […]

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cannabis, history, landraces

Endangered Varieties of subsp. indica: A Few Thoughts

May 13, 2020by The Real Seed Company 6 Comments

According to Genesys, of some 1400 Cannabis accessions in global genebanks, as few as five are of subsp. indica. Let that sink in… ‘A classification of endangered high-THC cannabis (Cannabis sativa […]

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biodiversity, cannabis, charas, history, landraces

On Indicas & Afghanicas

April 13, 2020by The Real Seed Company 6 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, so although much here is still pertinent […]

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cannabis, charas, history, landraces

‘Curious About Cannabis’ Landrace Interview on Youtube

December 15, 2019by The Real Seed Company Leave a comment

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 […]

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cannabis, charas, history, landraces

Landrace Interview with Angus on ‘Curious About Cannabis’

December 5, 2019by The Real Seed Company Leave a comment

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 […]

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cannabis, CBD, charas, history, landraces

Landraces: 10 False Claims from Page 1 of Google

September 17, 2019by The Real Seed Company 3 Comments

A Brief Tour of Internet Bullshit About Cannabis Landraces was the working title for this post. You get the idea. So, let’s start from the top of Google Page 1. […]

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cannabis, history, landraces

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