Podcasts about southern humboldt

Today on the show, we welcome Dan Pomerantz from Rebel Grown. Rebel Grown stands for those who live and preserve the cannabis lifestyle. We are the rebels of the past with a lifelong dedication to our craft. Our passion led us on a journey from the East Coast to the Emerald Triangle to work within the heart of cannabis culture and back to the Northeast to share the experiences we learned, lived, and survived. Now, our seeds and cannabis are created and bred organically. Our patients and patrons are our neighbors, friends, and local community in Southern Humboldt, California, and Vermont's Northeast Kingdom.

Episode 0098: Huckleberry Hill What's Good Famiglia?! How we doin out there?! It's almost harvest season folks and episode 100 is right around the corner!! Big things are happening with the Good PizzZa fam! This week I had the honor and the privilege of interviewing John Casali of Huckleberry Hill Farms. John comes from a proud family of cannabis growers and grew up around the plant in Southern Humboldt his whole life. John followed that path as many people did in his region and carried on tradition. One day his farm got raided during a time where you could still getting a lot of trouble for growing cannabis and was sentenced to 10-Life in federal prison. John stood tall and kept his mouth shut like a man and took his charges. After coming home just short of 10 years later, his community was waiting for him, to welcome him with open arms! Since then, John is fully licensed, and he and his partner Rose landscaped one of the most beautiful cannabis farms one could ever visit. We actually had the privilege of shooting the podcast at his farm so enjoy the beautiful background if you happen to watch this on YouTube! It was great to get to know John and learn about his story and all of his contributions to the cannabis community! If you ever get a chance to try his famous strain, Whitethorn Rose, you won't be disappointed! Y'all know what time it is…. Roll em fat, torch your rigs, pack your bongs, bag up some work, water your plants, do what you gotta do because we're about to take this journey with my long lost cugine, John Casali of Hickleberry Hill Farms!✌

When a bunch of lawyers and shadowy political operators pushed a ballot initiative in Humboldt County, California that could destroy the legal weed industry in America's most legendary cannabis cultivation region, comedian Billy Wayne Davis—our guest this week—said "hell no." On October 1st, Great Moments in Weed History will join Billy Wayne plus Mike Glazer from Weed + Grub, Frank Castillo from Peak'd and Henry Zebrowski from Last Podcast on the Left for a benefit show at the Mateel Center in Southern Humboldt to help vote down this eradication initiative known as Measure A. In addition to traveling all over the country to make people laugh, Billy Wayne is also the host of the excellent podcast Grown Local on which he interviews all sorts of weed people—with a particular focus on small-scale craft growers. In this episode, we dig into a few of Billy Wayne's personal greatest weed moments, from his cannabis origin story to a life-lesson he got firsthand from stand-up legend Ralphie May. STOP MEASURE A IN HUMBOLDT Check out this website for more information on how Measure A would devastate craft farmers in Humboldt County and how you can help through grassroots political action or sending a donation. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our podcast feed for 90+ episodes of our classic Great Moments in Weed History format, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video versions of this podcast and private seshes, plus cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible 

Join us for another episode of Home Grow TV Talk Show & Podcast as we dive into a look at what's up in the Humboldt County outdoor /Sun-Grown scene. This week, we have a special guest: Jason Gellman, owner, and operator of Ridgeline Farms, nestled in the scenic hills of Southern Humboldt. Known for its award-winning sun-grown flowers, Ridgeline Farms is a beacon of quality, family values, and environmental stewardship.Jason will take us on a journey through the flavors of Ridgeline Farms, sharing his expertise in growing, stories from past emerald cups, how he went from outlaw to the Forbes 42.0 list, and the hard times in Humboldt right now.Don't forget to drop a comment on your favorite part below to support the show!

November 28, 2022 — Today, we'll be sharing a story from our friends at KMUD pubic radio in Southern Humboldt county. Stella Gerkins reported that on November 17, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, issued a license surrender order for the lower Klamath river hydroelectric project, owned by energy giant Pacificorp. FERC Chairman Richard Glick spoke about the reasons for the surrender order on the 17th.

This is Episode 009 of Hotboxing in Humboldt and we smoked with the  one and only Jerry Savage of Savage Farms in Humboldt County. A farmer, breeder, smoker and family man, the Hotbox was filled with smells and stories of growing the finest and still being not given the fair share. He brought So Many Strains that We ask the listener to count em or write em down and comment on our Social. Jerry Has Collaborated with Doc Ray Genetics, HNDRX Farms and others. We got Baked and our mouths tasted like the Humboldt County we all know and Love #Potcast #podcast  Todays Music is from the group  To Life !  formerly of Southern Humboldt recorded on the Local and Live Radio show on www.kmud.orgShow Sponsored by Gold Leaf Packaging ,  The Yak Group , MERCHtender, 454bagsRecorded, Edited and Engineered by Rob Seifert Gage @audio_evidence_mobile Produced by Sean Knight and Rob Seifert Gage Recorded with Shure Sm-58 microphones,  Rode Rodecaster Pro, and Audio Technica Headphones in The New Hotbox Studio in @humboldtcountyIntro Music Composed by Brian Swislow    @bwizlo    Follow Us and all these folks on Instagram@hotboxinginHumboldt@theyakgroup@goldleafpackaging@454bags@merchtender@savage_farms_humboldt_co_

Local election highlights, an empty bomb threat rattled Loleta Elementary just before summer break, the new bakery Patches' Pastries in Ferndale promotes trans visibility, Eureka export Jake Hanson is battling to again make the Green Bay Packers roster, local-university export and TV personality Doug Thron has been rescuing pets in Ukraine, cannabis busts in Southern Humboldt, the solar microgrid by our main airport is inspiring similar setups, local export Hailey Dolcini was key in making Texas runners up for a national softball title, upcoming event suggestions, and more. Humboldt Last Week is Humboldt County's news podcast brought to you in collaboration with Tiny House in the Redwoods, Beck's Bakery, Belle Starr Clothing, North Coast Co-op, Bongo Boy Studio, Photography by Shi, NCJ, RHBB, and KJNY. Subscribe via Apple, Spotify, and wherever else you get podcasts. Humboldt Last Week Radio: New-music radio with no commercials and local nuggets: humboldtlastweek.com/radio Contact: myles@humboldtlastweek.com humboldtlastweek.com

DA candidates note how they'd handle the Lawson case, Governor Newsom is proposing additional tax help for struggling Humboldt County cannabis farmers, a dog was hurt badly saving a woman from a mountain lion east of Willow Creek, Arcata City Councilmember Brett Watson ignores many calls to resign, it appears this fall Arcata voters will decide on flying the earth flag over state and national flags, after claiming he was protecting his puppy in Alderpoint a judge sent an accused murderer to trial, a cannabis sale on Facebook from a permitted farm leads to a bust, recent conflict within the Humboldt County DA's office looks to play out in the upcoming election, Eureka export and ex NFL star Rey Maualuga avoids prison time, the New York Post shared a nearly $1 Million listing for a Southern Humboldt cannabis farm, the FBI is assisting after a Fortuna bank robbery, homeless advocate Betty Chinn got her honorary doctorate from Cal Poly Humboldt, worldwide fans of NBC's Parks and Rec are enjoying a local digital billboard display, SFGate says ‘magical' Humboldt tide pools inspired SpongeBob, phrasing where we're at on the pandemic timeline, event suggestions, and more. Humboldt Last Week is Humboldt County's news podcast brought to you in collaboration with Tiny House in the Redwoods, Beck's Bakery, Belle Starr Clothing, North Coast Co-op, Bongo Boy Studio, Photography by Shi, NCJ, RHBB, and KJNY. Subscribe via Apple, Spotify, and wherever else you get podcasts. Humboldt Last Week Radio: New-music radio with no commercials and local nuggets: humboldtlastweek.com/radio Contact: myles@humboldtlastweek.com humboldtlastweek.com

September 28th — PG&E's plans to clear cut around power lines on private property are not limited to Mendocino County. This weekend, KZYX paid a visit to Harry Vaughn, a small landowner in Southern Humboldt, just outside Miranda, where crews have been marking trees for removal. Vaughn depends on the income he makes from farming mushrooms in the woods and from small-scale logging, “which is one reason I don't really want the contractors to come in and destroy the value of my forest, where they would cut thousands of dollars of timber, and just leave it on the ground to rot,” he explained. Vaughn manages his 240 acres of mixed canopy for fire, sudden oak death, and sustainable logging according to a non-industrial timber harvest plan. He also farms more than twenty varieties of mushrooms in frames made from tanoak saplings in a patch of scrupulously maintained dappled shade between a fuel break and a dirt road. He was careful to acknowledge that we were on Wailaki land before we made our way over to a mushroom that looked like a small turtle balanced on a log. It was a bellflower, or winter variety, shiitake. He calculated that he can make upwards of sixteen dollars a pound for mushrooms at market. “I can grow mushrooms and grow trees and harvest trees to provide income for me and jobs for my neighbors,” the local loggers he hires to work on the property. He also uses a local mill to process the wood into lumber. Across the dirt road from the mushroom farm is a patch that's been judiciously opened up to allow for different kinds of forest foods. But it's still not nearly as opened up as the PG&E clear cuts in Mendocino County. “Once you remove the shade from the shaded fuel break, you end up with a brush field that's more prone to fire, which is basically what PG&E is proposing to do, is create huge brush fields,” said Vaughn, who is a member of the local fire safe council and the prescribed burn association. Pausing at the sunny patch where trees had been thinned, he pointed out the native food-bearing species that thrive in that set of conditions: low-growing blackberries, black raspberries, huckleberries, and acorn-bearing oaks. “It's making more food for me and more food for the animals,” he observed. In order to maintain it all, “I don't want to open it up too much, because then the invasive species will come in and the fire danger really goes up.” PG&E's enhanced vegetation management program received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission in 2018. The stated purpose of the work is to reduce fires, but there was no environmental review, and there's been no agency oversight. Ag ponds and watersheds downhill of the clear cuts are in danger of getting clogged with sediment when the rain starts, and the four to six inches of chips left in pastures could have an economic impact on ranchers. But for Vaughn, the clear cuts would have a direct and devastating impact on his bottom line. Using the rough estimate of five hundred dollars for a thousand board feet for Douglas fir, he figured that he and his neighbor the logger could each make about two hundred fifty dollars from one high-value fir. One particular tree was marked with an inscrutable set of numbers and different-colored dots, plus a yellow X that seemed to indicate it had been selected for removal. It's one of seven hundred trees PG&E contractors have marked on Vaughn's property. He hasn't worked up the exact loss plus damages he would incur if the company removed all the trees it deemed a danger to its infrastructure, but his estimate of the loss along one power line would be between sixty and eighty thousand dollars. “Seven hundred trees is a lot of trees to lose,” he reflected. As a professional woodsman, he doesn't have a high opinion of how the company's contractors work in the forest. “The contractors that refused to identify themselves told me the yellow X's mean they're going to cut that tree,” he said. “And then they said that the spots were just a trim, but I've noticed in some reports that you showed that spots mean trim it to the stump. Trim it to the ground, so nobody quite knows what their marks mean. And they haven't explained that.” A few paces up the road, Vaughn pointed out where he had found several unattended PG&E contractor trucks in a turnout, one of them idling in dry grass. “So they actually posed a threat to us during fire season,” he reported. It's not the only way the contractors have already endangered community members. Vaughn says they have come to his door during the pandemic without masks. “And I asked if they had been vaccinated, and they got in my face, and said it was none of my business,” he recounted. “The guy that got in my face actually had a Texas license plate, so he had a, maybe I'm biased, a Texas attitude.” Regional differences aside, Vaughn wondered why contractors are traveling such great distances to perform the work, and speculated that they are incurring massive mileage and per diem costs. In addition to providing his livelihood, part of the woods also serve a scientific purpose. Vaughn has a masters degree in watershed management, and showed me where he restored a tributary as part of a thinning project. In 2006, he devoted a grove of tanoaks on the edge of an oatgrass meadow to a UC Davis study of sudden oak death. Scientists came out this summer to re-survey the test plots, to monitor changes over time. Vaughn has also welcomed scientists from Oregon and England, who wanted to study the effect of sudden oak death on rhododendrons. As we crossed the meadow beneath the power lines, a small flock of turkeys slunk off down the hill. All the trees in the grove were marked for removal. “It's kind of a shame, since we worked since 2006 and there's been all this scientific research that is even across the big pond in England for the knowledge that we're gaining here to have the PG&E contractors come through and cut down our success story on saving our tanoaks,” he said ruefully. Just beyond the test plot, a tall fir tree with a main branch like a bent arm was marching crookedly down the hill. It's a technically flawed tree, though the crook of the arm is an ideal nesting site. It, too, was marked for removal, though it was hundreds of feet from a power line and much more likely to fall down the hill than up. Vaughn described it as a wildlife tree, and said a professional forester would know that and leave it alone. “That's a problem with the enhanced vegetation management program,” he declared. “They're hiring arborists that actually don't know about forestry. And they're practicing forestry in California without a license. And I think that that's not right.”

Last week Humboldt was featured prominently in a lengthy article by GQ Magazine — for something other than weed, if you can believe it! The piece, “The Last Glimpses of California's Vanishing Hippie Utopias,” takes the reader on a tour of some of the aging and forgotten communes manifested by the generation of idealists associated with what we know nowadays as the back to the land movement. These days Richard Evans makes his home in the metropolis of Eureka, but back in the early ‘70s he and his cohorts fled the Bay Area for a more idyllic communal existence on a property in far-flung Southern Humboldt. On this week's episode of Humboldt Holding Up — LoCO's always-idealistic podcast — Evans shares with us his recollections of his back-to-the-lander days.

Greetings Hotbox Fans and Welcome to Episode 004  in which we take a toke of an unknown cultivar to us, but one with deep roots in  the Southern Humboldt genetics world. We introduce you to Night Owl , farmed by Galen and family  at his Whitethorn Valley Farm in the beautiful appellation  on the way to the Kings Range and Lost Coast ocean trails . We got to smoking, talking and learning about this unique strain and the Sun + Earth Certification of the farm .And we Found this cultivar In a collaboration called Farm Cut being sold in dispensaries in our Bug a Budtender series. Blaze up The Night Owl with Us   Bug A Budtender 1:15: 00 ishRecorded with Shure Sm-58 microphones,  Rode Rodecaster Pro, and Audio Technica Headphones in The Suite Tooth StudiosIntro Music Composed by Brian Swislow    @bwizloFeatured Song   " All that Weed " by The Camo Cowboys Show Sponsored by Gold Leaf Packaging ,  The Yak Group and MERCHtenderEngineered by Rob Seifert Gage @audio_evidence_mobile

For July, we continue our discussion of the effects of cannabis legalization on the economy and culture of Southern Humboldt. Our guest was Sunshine Cereceda, owner of Sunboldt Grown.

For June, we began a multi-part discussion of the effects of cannabis legalization specifically on Southern Humboldt. Our guest was Hezekiah Allen, a SoHum native, cannabis policy analysist and educator.

Billy Wayne & Mike head back into town to talk with journeyman cannabis man Brad McCabe about the CAMP days, the numerous types of jobs the industry offers, and what brought him to Southern Humboldt in the first place. Grown Local is produced by SLEE.

Billy Wayne & Mike are back to let you in on the happenings on their recent trip back up to Humboldt, why they went, the amazing interviews they got and why they're going back. They weren't on a vacation, they were working!! Grown Local is produced by SLEE.

On this episode we are joined by Tara Mahony, Owner and Operator of Blessed Flower Farms. Listen as we discuss permitting, going white label, and the vibrations that go into growing high grade medical Cannabis in magical Southern Humboldt@blessedflowerfarms

Johnny joins me from Southern Humboldt County where we cover his personal experiences with cannabis that brought him to a legal cannabis farm in California. After reviewing his personal grow setup, we go real deep on his personal propagation process which everyone will be able to pull some tips from. We then move to what to do when you walk into your room and you have some broken branches. Then we wrap things up with Johnny's thoughts on things for new growers to avoid in the garden. Make sure you find and connect with Johnny on Instagram @dank.tek and @drinkpuddlesgrowtrees Friendly reminder regarding our Rate & Review contest - enter to win People Under the Stairs genetics by sending us a screenshot of your review on your favorite podcast app. Apply to be on the show at thehomegrownhelpers.com/apply and connect with our homegrowers by sharing your story, advice and guidance. Start a 7-day trial at MyGrowPass.com and experience just a sample of all the benefits we offer our monthly members from the invaluable resources, weekly podcasts and discounts on most everything a grower needs to grow with! Be sure to check out SuiteLeaf.com for their expanded selection of hydroponic equipment alongside their award-winning veganic based nutrients. From lighting to tents to fans, they have it all including complete grow packages with everything you need to grow with. Use code GROWCAST15 at SuiteLeaf.com and save 15% off all your needs. Remember, our members at MyGrowPass.com save 25% off sitewide.

Episode 26 . In this episode we travel to the Sierra Nevada Foothills to sit down with Eric Brandstad from @light_dep_greenhouse and Greenhouse Advisory Group. . We discuss his journey through cannabis from the time he was a young  man in the early 1990's in Southern Humboldt to traveling around the globe representing grassroots cannabis culture. . This story reflects the tenacity and ambition you must have to survive this industry. Do the right thing regardless of the consequences. Choose what is right, no matter how it may effect you personally. . Go the Extra Mile! . He put in the extra hours of work and go above and beyond what was expected of him. Eric practiced aggressive patients and never stop pushing forward. Constantly putting himself in uncomfortable situations that forced him to level up. . Be willing to start over from zero and be humbled by the experience. Your name and your integrity are you ultimate lifeline. Like Eric, you must stand up for what you believe in, even if that means you are standing alone. . Eric has been a close friend, confidant and someone I look up to for many years. I'm very proud to announce that Eric has also accepted the invitation to sit on the Board of Directors for The Coalition. Excited to add this mans passion and experience to this growing movement. . Please join us for a candid conversation between old friends as we talk all things cannabis. . Going the Extra Mile! . Mastered and Produced by @beatsbycanna . Content provided by @trinitysungrown2 & @Dirt.MD

Carolyn and Tiger are homesteaders in Southern Humboldt.  They chose to birth where they felt most comfortable and safe, at home. They live 1.5 hours from the hospital and did not take this decision lightly. It's a radical decision to birth rurally and yet that is the choice of thousands of families over the years here in Humboldt county. This thoughtful couple shares the birth stories of their two daughters...Enjoy. 

Brainy thing:  24:18            Behind the Redwood Curtain:  29:40   What we’ve learned from our knitting (and crochet):   Margaret completed her Quest Shawl by Linda Dean featured in the Jimmy Beans Advent Crochet event.   It was great fun but she was glad to finally finish it.   Quest Shawl:https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quest-shawl.   Then she completed several small projects:  A souvenir from Stitches West, Rebecca Danger’s Wickedly Peaceful Polar Bear:   https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wickedly-peaceful-polar-bear-christmas-ornament.   Some eggs including one by Nicky Fijalkowska in her book  Knitted Birds    https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/knitted-birds-by-nicky-fijalkowska and one that Margaret freelanced on her own.   Finally, to mix up needle sizes, she finished the Jolly Wee Elf by Churchmouse Yarns and Teas   https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jolly-wee-elf in worsted weight yarn and size 5 needles.    In this process she became curious about casting on small circular objects and found the following links helpful:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRHzIYEK7a8   and circular  Cast on:   https://knitmuch.com/4-cast-ons-for-knitting-circular-lace/ She also found a great tutorial for stuffing these items by Sarah Schira from Imagined Landscapes, famously a gnome designer:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSFzJDULFA   Catherine sadly lost the bag with her textured blanket squares but started with a new project for the Welcome Blanket project:   https://www.welcomeblanket.org/patterns/ .She’s  using Caron's Yarnspirations in the summer berry colorway.   Brainy Thing: How do birds migrate and bees find their way?   One way is through magnetoreception and now scientists have recorded human responses to changes in the magnetic field.   But test subjects didn’t seem able to consciously feel those changes.   https://www.livescience.com/65018-human-brain-senses-magnetic-field.html  http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/03/18/human-brain-magnetoreception-magnetic-field-sense/#.XJBsGGRKhFQ http://theconversation.com/new-evidence-for-a-human-magnetic-sense-that-lets-your-brain-detect-the-earths-magnetic-field-113536   Behind the Redwood Curtain: County residents are concerned that the Netflix series Murder Mountain will cast a negative shadow on Southern Humboldt County, but Catherine tells us about a little known treasure in the middle of remote and wild SoHum:  The Redwoods Monastery  or  Our Lady of the Redwoods  in White Thorn operated by  Cistercian nuns and who also market their delicious honey. https://www.redwoodsabbey.org/ https://store.redwoodsabbey.org/collections/honey     We’re back with Catherine and Margaret in the classic format of our podcast Teaching Your Brain to Knit, number One Hundred and Three.  We share what we’re learning from our knitting:  crocheting a shawl, knitting small items and starting a new welcome blanket.  Margaret reports new studies that show that human brains respond to changes in the magnetic field but people don’t consciously perceive them.  What does that mean?   We don’t know.    And Catherine talks about a remote monastery and retreat in Southern Humboldt.  

The community gets good news after two young girls were missing in Southern Humboldt, Arcata City Councilmember Paul Pitino weighs in on the removal of the McKinley statue, film commissioner Cassandra Hesseltine checks in, a former local continues to crush it in a new pro football league, a late former local was snubbed at the Oscars, a bay in dismay, jaw-dropping accusations against an opposing Principal after a high school basketball game, a former local hopes royalty will attend her show, Eel River flooding results in a tragedy, and other stories currently being discussed throughout the county. Humboldt Last Week also has some lightheartedness, crime updates, and new music selections. On the radio throughout the day Mondays on 99.1 KISS FM and always on Humboldt Last Week Alternative Radio. Episode partners: Primal Decor Tattoo and Piercing - Bongo Boy Studio - Belle Starr clothing - Ferndale Music Company

Brainy:  20:17             Redwood Curtain:  26:10    What We’re Learning from our Knitting: Catherine discovers new stitches from Barbara Walker’s Second Treasury for blocks for her Charity Blanket (https://www.amazon.com/Second-Treasury-Knitting-Patterns/dp/0942018176/ref=pd_cp_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0942018176&pd_rd_r=2a3d2895-acb1-11e8-8e51-357518f34f72&pd_rd_w=XOqrD&pd_rd_wg=BKXpo&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=fcaa6d12-8b2b-4ad7-b277-864b2da79f6e&pf_rd_r=VQJFH22H6YV78WKN6KQT&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=VQJFH22H6YV78WKN6KQT&dpID=515Z57E66YL&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=detail)   This time she tried the Grapevine Twist,  Briar Rose and the Heart Pattern.  She hopes to knit the Rosecrusian Scarf by Joselyn Tunney in the future.    Meanwhile Margaret reports on mitts and birds for Christmas and not one, but two advent yarn clubs.   The mitts pattern is from Ann Budd’s The Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns   https://www.amazon.com/Knitters-Handy-Book-Patterns/dp/1931499047 .  The bird pattern Margaret’s favorite so far, Arne’s and Carlos’   https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vogel-grundanleitung/people?page=8&view=cards.   Brainy Thing: The documentary Innsaei  illustrates  the human gifts of intuition and empathy and ways we can learn them.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4924624/   Behind the Redwood Curtain:  Murder Mountain Margaret and Catherine offer commentary on the new Netflix documentary series Murder Mountain about a young man who seeks money and adventure then goes missing in the Southern Humboldt marijuana industry.   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9078908/   A Little Podcast Business We outline some upcoming changes in our podcast in the future — including catching up on long tardy documentation.   Give Aways And we give away two books and a skein of self striping sock yarn. https://www.ravelry.com/groups/teaching-your-brain-to-knit   Podcast Links. Facebook:  Also, join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/Teachingyourbraintoknitpodcast/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel Ravelry Group  http://www.ravelry.com/groups/teaching-your-brain-to-knit website https://teachingyourbraintoknit.com/ for show notes, photos of our knitting and crochet projects, Behind the Redwood Curtain places and things and anything else we decide to post. Instagram:   Margaret Kelso for Margaret and MagicWombat1 for Catherine     Today in Teaching your Brain to Knit we report on a film that explores science, intuition, creativity, and empathy called Innsaei; Catherine finishes up  a dog and plans for a scarf;  Margaret makes some mitts and a knitted bird for Christmas;  We both give commentary on the new Netflix documentary series Murder Mountain about the Southern Humboldt marijuana industry;  and we offer not one, not two but three giveaways.       And just to offer you a little anticipatory excitement, in our next podcast, probably within a month, we will be interviewing Franklin Habit and getting his wisdom about teaching and learning.   Thank you for listening to our podcast and supporting us all these years.  We recommend that you subscribe to Teaching Your Brain to Knit so you don’t miss any of our upcoming episodes.   You can find us on Overcast, Stitcher, Apple podcasts, Spotify,  and many other fine podcast aggregators.   Shownotes are on Ravelry, the Teaching Your Brain to Knit website, and right below this image on most podcast apps if you are listening on your phone.                               

Explore life off the grid with the Johnson family of Alpenglow Farms in Southern Humboldt. Get inspired by their family and farming values. Learn a thing or two about regenerative farming practices to elevate your cannabis shopping experience. Because when we know better we make better choices! Don't miss the potcast show notes at casuallybaked.com for a tour of regenerative farming in action. Connect on social @casuallybaked | @alpenglowfarms707

The ways that we manage (or fail to manage) our impacts on the land have left many rivers and creeks without enough water year-round to sustain fish and other wildlife. Randy Klein is a hydrologist who has studied North Coast streams for over 40 years. His research on flooding, erosion, and sediment dynamics in Redwood National Park helped identify the best ways to manage heavily-logged watersheds for stream health. More recently, he has focused on the solutions to low summer flows on the Mattole River in Southern Humboldt.

In this episode, we explore the impact of cannabis legalization on the culture and economy of Southern Humboldt. Our guests include attorney and blogger Eric Kirk and Humboldt County Supervisor Estelle Fennell.

In the February episode, we examined the local implementation of Proposition 64 in a few areas of Humboldt County and also took a look at the present situation and future implications for Southern Humboldt. Our guests were Kym Kemp, Publisher of news blog The Redheaded Blackbelt, Kevin Jodrey, Owner of Wonderland Nursery, and Rob Holmlund, Director, City of Eureka Development Services Department.

We live in a doomsday era. So much of our existence is in question and we wake each morning to a new tragedy in the world. Around us people are allowing hate to be their motivation and justification for atrocities many thought we had outgrown. What is there that should give us hope? In our own corner of the world the changes are happening so rapidly most are unsure of what the future will bring. Skeptics worry about encroaching outsiders from larger, less committed and cohesive communities. Once again the battle is being waged on our environment, and once again the land needs people to step forward and defend Her. Our livelihoods are at stake…but perhaps this is a good thing. Perhaps now is the time to grab the reins so passionately and confidently held by the cultural refugees of the 70’s; those lovers of freedom, equality and sustainability, the revivers of voluntary simplicity and builders of our community. Now is the time to take control of our future before the outsiders and big companies have their way. I say this knowing that most of us were outsiders at some point, and that should bring us humility, but if we move forward with the same intentions and values of the back-to-the-landers then I believe we will be moving forward justly and in accordance with the general rules of good stewardship. This episode is the second part to an interview we did back in the spring, with Jentri Anders…a back-to-the-lander who went on to finish her degree in Anthropology, and then wrote an enthnography about the very community and people she was a part of. We played the first half of her interview in Episode 2, as part of the foundation of our stories. In this episode we get to hear more of her story on the founding of Southern Humboldt culture as many know it today…but mostly we talk ethics, responsibility, offing the pig in you, and finding where our strength comes from. May these words of advice echo from our modern origins and guide us as we move forward with integrity and a deeper awareness of what is at stake. To find out more about Jentri Anders and her work, visit: https://shumjentri.wordpress.com

This week, we had the great pleasure of sitting down with Buzz, a cattle rancher and veterinarian who moved up to Southern Humboldt in 1985 to caretake the ranch his wife's family owned.  The pioneer stock who can trace their roots back to this are for multiple generations.   He speaks about the shifts he's witnessed in this area.  Raising children - all of whom are now grown and prospering elsewhere in the world - inside the heart of the emerald triangle.   When it became clear in 2007, that the timber production that he and his wife had been counting on as their retirement nest egg was not going to be what they had hoped for, Buzz recounts the pivotal moment he decided to put, to his mind, a big grow on their family land.  Next to the vegetable garden.  Ten plants in all.   He talks about the anxiety and stress related to working to come into compliance with the new regulations and upping his production even further to a record 54 plants.   He tells us about his lifelong love affair with cannabis and how a combination of CBD oil and a regular practice of Zen meditation, has helped him deal with some debilitating back pain.   And, like many of our beloved interviewees, he steers us back towards a committed relationship to the land and to one another, and to moving forward responsibly and reverently, as we embark collectively upon this new chapter of our history.  

Woods, a longtime Southern Humboldt resident, environmental activist & one of the founding members of HUMMAP (Humboldt Marijuana Mendocino Advocacy Project), shares with us some of the stories of the evolution of Humboldt County's Marijuana Culture.   He laments the presence of greed in our overall culture, and it's rise in the subculture.  He stresses the need for balance, and offers a vision of how we can move forward sustainably, on the cultivation path.   Here, we share a portion of the original Vision Statement put forth by the organization (that we also share at the end of the show). WE SEE a continuing bright future for the marijuana industry of Humboldt County. We are the origins of much of the marijuana awareness, use, and cultivation in the Western World. This vision was born of a lifestyle devoted to self-realization and environmental and social respect and reverence. This lifeway is an essential to the preservation of the Earth and the reverence for the healing, sacramental, and caring social roles that marijuana gives us. Our vision is to honor and extol those roles. To this end we honor the righteous cultivation and sharing of this sacred herb. Humboldt herbal cannabis is world famous, we are proud to say, but this has not come without problems. There are many who do not sanctify the herb or partake of its glory, but they grow money. Our revolution was accomplished in part with money, for which we all find some necessary and reasonable value. But when weed becomes primarily a money crop it loses its sacred value, its healing properties are compromised, and the social world it propagates is ruled by greed. It is against what the Earth is crying for. If you're interested in learning more about HUMMAP, or getting involved in their work and mission, visit their website.  

With My Own Two Hands....Welcome to our fifth conversation where we speak to Jane - a veteran, single-woman farmer, living and working in the hills of Southern Humboldt.In our time together, we discuss how an educated & ambitious woman who could've "done anything" with her talents and drive - chose to spend her life here. Caretaking the land and this plant with which she feels a tremendous bond and affinity.We dip into the questions of what it means to craft a well-lived life. We look at the hazards, but also blessings of living independently and remotely in the woods.We tackle the gender roles and stereotypes that still reside within this industry. Plus drop into some honest, unadulterated talk about money, hard work, privilege & what it's really like for a woman to forge her own way - & eke out a life on her own terms. We hope you enjoy.  

In this episode, we have the great honor to sit down for a lengthy & illuminating talk with Ms. Jentri Anders, Ph.D. In this two-part episode we speak with a native who went anthropologist.  After dropping out of Berkeley, and society, Jentri Anders made her way to Southern Humboldt county where she spent the better part of 15 years living and working amongst the, as she calls them, "refugees".  Her book, Beyond Counterculture, The Community of Mateel, gives a unique and thorough perspective on life and people in the hills of Southern Humboldt before the marijuana boom.  

In this episode we speak to Laura, a local midwife and resident of this county for nearly 20 years.  For a decade she birthed babies out in the sprawling hills of Southern Humboldt. Together we dive into some of the pervasive stereotypes associated with this way of life.  We look at some of the over sensationalized ways the traditional media depicts this region and it's people, and how that stacks up against the experiences and realities of those who live, work and caretake the land and their families here.

In this episode we interview a long-time Southern Humboldt resident and activist who tells us one of the origin stories of marijuana in Humboldt County as it relates to the back-to-the-land movement of the 1970’s.   We learn how this plant helped provide opportunities for activists, at home and abroad, and supported the building of a solid, thriving community.