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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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LONE LEAF Ken Norton prefers seed-grown cannabis to clones. Once you meet Ken Norton and his pals in the Sonoma County Cultivation Group, you won’t forget them. They’re a trip. SCCG brings together farmers eager to learn biodynamic practices and non-toxic pest control. Recently, Norton introduced me to Keith Alden, one of Sonoma County’s last cannabis growers who won’t bow down to regulations and enforcers. Norton and Alden, both 71, long for social justice and good weed. “I prefer seed-grown cannabis to clones,” Norton tells me. “When I use cannabis I want to be surprised. I don’t want the same experience every time.” Buddhists call that “Beginner’s Mind.”

John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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By Bryan Horwath (contact)
In 2017, the first year it was legal to grow industrial hemp in Nevada, Harris Farms began cultivating it outdoors on a 10-acre plot north of Pahrump. By 2018, a federal reclassification removed the hemp plant from being labeled as a controlled substance.
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