Oregon: The Cannabis Capital of The World

In this last episode of the East Fork Farms series, Nathan Howard tells us why Southwest Oregon has become the heart of the world's best sun grown cannabis. SmuggleVision is sponsored by http://smuggleportland.com shop our products at http://lovefromoregon.com 0:00 Southern Oregon Sun Grown Cannabis the East Fork Ranch which is the headquarters for East Fork Farms is located in the small town of Takilma people think we're in Washington in Takilma its Ta kil ma so Takilma is in the middle of the Illinois Valley tucked between the Siskiyou mountain range and the East Fork of the Illinois River which is the namesake of ranch and 0:27 Cannabis Community I think more and more people in the community in the Illinois Valley in this pocket of Southwest Oregon we’re realizing that this is the heart of the world's best sun grown cannabis and you know in economic terms this is a classic economic cluster there are few places and potentially know places more diverse more happening than to Takilma Southwest Oregon and also this little part portion of Northern California which most people know about people don't recognize that there are as many if not more cultivators in this little pocket of Southwest Oregon than there are in Humboldt County 1:12 Everyone Succeeds and one of the you know amazing benefits of an economic clusters that you have people providing the same product doing more or less the same thing right next to each other and so when someone learns a new method a new form of compost tea or new a soil amendment that you can create on-site as long as you have the culture of sharing and wanting everyone to succeed 1:33 Spirit of Oregon which i think is kind of endemic to the Oregon spirit people are sharing the knowledge with each other and all of a sudden you have in this industry people just leapfrogging what other people are doing in other parts of the state country and world and so it's almost feels like this linear progress in southern Oregon and in Takilma of becoming the cannabis capital of the world where the best sun growing cannabis is grown 2:00 Alternative to Pharmaceuticals similar to smuggle East Fork is hoping to offer an alternative to expensive pharmaceuticals for things like pain relaxation and sleep and I think what we're seeing with my parents being a test case is my mom and dad enjoy having an alternative to a pill to help them with pain or to relax and watch a movie and 2:24 Healthy Aging whether that's rolling up a joint or enjoying some delicious tasting tincture or an edible we really do think that there's a possibility and changing the way people age Learn more about East Fork Farms at: http://eastforkmedicinal.com/ Check out all of our amazing (and short) videos: https://bit.ly/smugglevision