Let’s make some dry sift hash and explore one of the purest forms of solventless cannabis extraction. In the remote valley of Covelo, Mendocino, legendary hashmaker Jerry Munn is keeping this tradition alive at First Cut Farms. A protégé of cannabis icon Dennis Peron and a collaborator of the late Frenchy Cannoli, Jerry has spent […]

Let’s watch First Cut Farms turn dry sift into temple balls using the old school method made famous by Frenchy Cannoli. The process is built around heat, pressure and most importantly expertise. It all starts with a glass bottle filled with boiling water, and a pile of golden dry sift tucked between two turkey bags. […]

Let’s visit the legendary Luma resin farm to learn about the best strains for making hash. Nestled in the wide and misty Petaluma Gap just north of San Francisco, Luma is an outdoor resin farm that specializes in growing fresh frozen material exclusively for hash production. It’s planting day at Luma, whose collaborations with brands […]

After basking in the terpene-rich atmosphere of The Madrones—a weed and wine resort in Mendocino County known for its curated landrace varieties from The Bohemian Chemist—I was inspired to find something similar in Los Angeles. Why landrace strains matter Landrace cannabis strains are the earth’s pure expression of the plant. Native to regions like South […]

Deep in the tangled forests and sprawling vineyards of Anderson Valley’s wine country in Mendocino, California, is a new kind of cannabis tourism experience centered on rare landrace cannabis strains. It’s called The Madrones. In the southern-most point of the Emerald Triangle, founders Jim Roberts and Brian Adkinson combined their love of wine and rare […]