LeBlanc CNE

Pam West, Butterfly Sessions, and Jerry Whiting, LeBlanc CNE, have relaunched their podcast via Zoom. Coming to you from Vancouver BC and Seattle WA with news & views on hemp, cannabis and life in general.

An interview with Mary J White about using hemp seed oil and dehulled hemp seeds as ingredients in foods. How to incorporate hemp into your day-to-day diet. This podcast accompanies my hemp column in NW Leaf magazine, Feb 2020. www.LeBlancCNE.com/podcast www.MaryJWhite.com

Jerry Whiting gave a talk at Oberlin College in OH, Summer 2019. He spoke to students from the Environmental Studies and Sustainability programs about hemp & CBD. It was an impromptu presentation and being in a barn, the sound quality isn't the best but still worth a listen.

A wonderful interview with Zoe Sigman, program director for Project CBD [ www.ProjectCBD.org ]

An interview with lifelong hemp active Don Wirtshafter, recorded at Seattle Hempfest, August 2019. Don talks about the Cannabis Museum [ https://www.cannabismuseum.com/ ] he's established and more.

A short interview with Gregory Foster about The Cannabis Observer, a public interest group in Olympia WA. The Cannabis Observer[ https://cannabis.observer/ ] monitors and reports on the governmental agencies involved with the legal cannabis industry in Washington state. This interview was done during Seattle Hempfest, August 2019. Gregory Foster (L), M. Bailey Hirschburg (R)

Dad does bokashi, his son does Korean Natural Farming. Listen to Jerry & Bryan Whiting talk about soil science, beneficial microorganisms and the in's & out's of esoteric composting.

Hear Vivian McPeak talk about Hempfest: what it its, why it's so important, and his vision of cannabis worldwide.

Jerry describes legal rec marijuana as well as industrial hemp in Nevada. An overview of what legalization looks like 6 months later.

Dr. James MacRae joins us again to talk briefly about the breakdown of seed-to-sale tracking in WA's rec market as well as talking about this year's cannabis harvest in Washington state.

Pam and Jerry reflect on cannabis in 2017 and look forward to 2018 in a leisurely phone call. Sessions didn't kick down any doors, cannabis is still Schedule 1 and California comes online Jan 1st.

This is a mid-conversation snippet where Jedidiah Haney and I discuss the role of terroir & terpenes and how it relates to smaller, artisan farmers. A cell phone was used to record a conversation on the ferry from Seattle to Vashon, hence the sound quality.

Pam recounts her experiences becoming a naturalized American citizen especially as it relates to her work as a cannabis activist. She now enjoys dual Canadian/American citizenship.

Jerry speaks at Dockside Shoreline in Seattle about landraces, vintage heirloom genetics as well as some of the traditional uses of cannabis.

"Cannabis the Hip Hop Musical" performed by Soul Inscribed featuring Medusa is based on Martin Lee's book "Smoke Signals". Written by Baba Israel, this was performed at Seattle Hempfest 2017.