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I'm going to, welcome to an-new great moments in weed history.

Please allow me to begin this episode by sharing a Zen koan with you, one that's often attributed to the poet Basho.

It reads as follows, sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by

itself. I think about that every year on the spring equinox, when we officially reach the end of

winter in the northern hemisphere. It's a poignant reminder that the entire natural world manages to

regenerate itself this time of year, year after year, via cycles and processes that long

predate the first human to exist. Now, to be clear, despite the poem's central claim, the grass doesn't exactly grow by itself

when you're trying to grow top shelf, craft, cannabis. That takes a lot of work. So let this serve as

your seasonal reminder to get cracking on this year's garden. It's time to start popping those

seeds and dig in those holes.

Which brings me to introducing my guest on this episode.

Angela Dawson is a fourth generation farmer, albeit the first of her name to farm hemp and

cannabis.

She's also a leading weed activist in the state of Minnesota, including heading several organizations

dedicated to supporting people of color and other marginalized groups in the cannabis industry

and community.

Angela has been a licensed hemp farmer and processor for the past three years and has operated

in the medical cannabis space nationally for seven.

She co-founded 40-acre co-op, one of the only black indigenous-owned hemp cooperatives in the country,

and the Minnesota Black Farmers Association, the leading farmer equity voice in the Midwest region.

Currently, Angela is preparing for the grand opening on 420 of The Garden on 26th, a licensed cannabis dispensary in South Minneapolis that will sit just steps from where Alex Pretti was publicly executed by ICE agents in January.

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