An American Cannabis Story Book Review – Counterculture Tome Highlights Weed Biz

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Published on Monday, 24 July 2023 14:20

Written by Janet Walker

An American Cannabis Story, from Powerhouse Books, brings to the pages a year in the life of Washington State's Puffin Farms, a fully operational agriculture farm dedicated to the planting, growth, and harvest of cannabis.

Divided into five sections, An American Cannabis Story begins at the beginning, which introduces readers to the horticulturists behind Puffin Farms entrepreneurial venture. Gone are the days of counterculture pioneers "Cheech and Chong," and "Up in Smoke," this group of lifelong friends developed a start up idea in a location friendly to their career aspirations and went with it.

The introduction of this group of radicals became dedicated to health and wellness of mind, body, and the earth. Each had interesting sojourns from working as an intern in the Amazon Rain Forest Biosphere project, to studying sustainable agriculture. Of course, growing weed was always present as each, before they became a corporation, had weed growing operations of their own.

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For Washington State "The Green Rush" began on November 6, 2012 when Cannabis became legal which is when the group became serious, the underground weed operations became fully legal cannabis growing operations, and needed the tending of successful vineyards.

Oddly terroir, the most considered element in wine making is also the most important consideration in developing an excellent, high-yielding (no pun intended) cannabis crop.

An American Cannabis Story takes the reader on the traditional seasonal journey of crop producing. Section two: A Year in the Life of Puffin Farms introduces the reader to planting and of course, cannabis crops are like other grains, meaning the plant begins with the seed.

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With thousands of books on growing weed, Puffin Farms combines the natural method (seed in soil equals yield) with the elements necessary to make a fine vintage. Their experience, like great wineries, is based on the necessary elements, care, education, and dedication.

As readers move through the pages, the chronological development allows for introduction to the behind the scenes work of the weed farmer. Most of the population understand the concept of farming. Weed farming is no different, as the seedling develops stalks, like corn, the concept of four foot high by the fourth of July, essentially is the same in weed development.

Throughout the oversized coffee table specialty book, glossy pictures present a contemporary insider's point of view of the cannabis farm from planting to harvest. With double wide landscape images of the process from planting to seedlings, stake tied so the plants grow tall and develop buds' readers are transported to a modern working farm. The advent of the new agrarian society.

As the reader thumbs through the 207 pages, it becomes apparent Puffin Farms has approached cannabis farming as a business, leaving nothing to chance. And when it is a for profit venture, with investors, surprising rules and measurements dictate the yield. No more rolling the joint, as single joints are a high commodity sale item, a high volume, granted not Phillip Morris, joint rolling machine, generates the exact precisely measured joint.

The Cannabis business has advance beyond puffin' a doobie, Puffin Farms introduces Bubble Hash, Moroccan Dry Sift Hash, Has Resin, Flower Resin, and Trifectas, which is an infused pre-rolled joint with extracts glazed on the cigarette, rolled in granulated bubble hash, with an extra boost of cannabinoids.

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An American Cannabis Story also introduces the farms 15 signature cultivars with names like "Cannalope Haze," "Chernobyl," "Dutch Treat," "Hindi Kush," "Nine Pound Hammer," "Sensi Star," "Strawberry Cough," and "Tangerine."

Each of the strains include a description, percentages of Cannabinoids and Terpenoids, and a enhanced image of the plant and bud, which range from purples, and blues, to traditional green with fine red hairline strands throughout.

An American Cannabis Story includes inviting images of golden sunsets over the vast harvest fields, and through glossy pictures invites readers into the life of a contemporary agriculturist developing a bountiful cornucopia of fused varieties and strains, much like a farmer would commit his fields to corn, wheat and other grains.

An American Cannabis Story, offers readers, connoisseurs, and entrepreneurs an insider's look into the life of an American weed farmer. For many the journey is a pleasant trip when remembering the bygone days, common to what the writer's describe, for others An American Cannabis Story is a look into the future of profitable agriculture. Either way, An American Cannabis Story is a must have.

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Title: An American Cannabis Story

Author: David Goodman.

Images/Photography: David Goodman.

Publisher: Powerhouse Books.

Length: 207 pages, Hardcover.

ISBN-978-1-64823-029-5.

MSRP: $42.00 (US) $57.00 (CAN).