Yo, what's going on? Everybody? Welcome to a new episode of My
Cannon Cast. I'm Candaday and I'm Groovy. On today's episode, we have
two special guys joining us in the studio. Today we have Summer Sky,
owner of Summer Sky Solutions and also marketing and events specialist. And then we
have Melanie COLEMs, founder of Bear Juana and brand manager over at seed Junkie.
Thank you too for joining us today. Hey, of course, yes,
thank you for having us. Yeah. Yeah, We're so excited having
you on this podcast. We've heard so much about you and honestly, some
of your name like resonates in the community and Melo, I've seen you everywhere.
I've seen the Bear, So I'm just so excited to have you on
and like actually talk about what y'all are about. So we got yeah,
we got questions. We got questions from the audience that shout out to communa
summer put out, and we got some in Canni community questions. We'll get
the end of the episode, but first let's get into uh, what got
your what got you each into cannabis? So we'll start summer. We'll start
with you got you into the cannabis industry sweet, So I decided to go
into cannabis out of compassion for the medical side. And so with that,
I majored in recreation and event management at Central Michigan the University, and halfway
through I realized that I could use my degree and actually work in the emerging
cannabis space. So I saw a magazine where they interviewed the VP of Events,
Jess Tyler, with MJ Biscon and that definitely inspired me to go into
cannabis. And so with that, ever since I graduated, and you know,
at the age of twenty one, I immediately went into the industry.
Sorry, I was a butt tender for a few months, and then I
was poached by Platinum eight to be a brand ambassador and I worked with a
variety of brands in the Michigan cannabis space ever since. Right now, I
manage all the marketing at Grown Rogue and then last year I also started in
LLC Summer Sky Solutions, where I consult various different companies with marketing events and
then wholesales. Oh that's awesome, man, you do a lot. Yeah,
that was that was a mouthful. Yeah, I was like, you've
been in this industry. It sounds like, and you have your like hands
in a little bit of everything. So it's really cool. I'm excited to
hear more about it. So and also like, you know, shout out
Braining for making this happen, tying us together, you know, shout fire
Farms, one of our partners. Yeah, and we really appreciate you having
this set this up. And also shout out those school organics. So what
about you mail a little bit about you. Yeah, So, honestly,
it's kind of funny. Me and Summer kind of have a similar come up
story. But you know, I started off as a consumer, just like
a lot of people, and then actually found a degree up there in Northern
Michigan University in the Upper Peninsula, so about seven hours away, way up
there. Yeah, that's awesome and so cool to have a degree in cannabis.
It's so cool. And first off, congrats and then you said,
you know, so just where you said you were the first woman to do
so. Yes, So Northern Michigan University was the first school, the first
college to adopt a program that was created to have a workforce of professionals that
are able to you know, actually cultivate in hydroponics. Aquaponics and aeroponics.
Yeah, so it was all indoor cultivation, all indoor agriculture. That was
the actual title of the degree. And we had talked a little bit earlier
before this, but I was telling you guys, how you know, I
kind of graduated and just kind of got right into it, you know.
Yeah, So after I got after I got the degree, I kind of
went into bud tending. So I was at Higher Love. I opened up
the market location at Higher Love. I did that for about six months and
then you know, I moved back down state to a more like you know,
populated market. I was. I was passionate about it. At this
point, I already had the degree, you know, I already had the
buddies missed. I got to give this to you for getting that degree I
got. I got to give you because like you're very you know, very
much a pioneer. And I just want to say that because that's awesome and
like honestly, like you know, I mean, there's only a few schools
doing it, so to you know, to push you to get yourself up
there and be like I'm doing this, that takes tenacity. Yeah, And
they were the first school to do it. So now a lot of the
schools have done it. Yeah, at Michigan State University, I think has
something. It was just school in Ohio because our buddy, that's right.
Yeah, there's a couple. Yeah, so a couple other schools have done
some things like it in other states as well. But you know, it
is something. And then my professor I got to give her a round of
applause as well, just because yeah, let's go yeah professor, just because
you know, she was an advocate for me. She really was. Her
research focused mostly on women in agriculture stem you know focuses, so you know,
with me being a pioneer, she was really you know interested in my
cannabis like experience that I was going to pursue. It's awesome also the moral
the backing of your teacher helping you throw. Yeah, it's just as ladies
out here, you know. Yeah, it's absolutely it's an apartment I want
to jump into. Uh well there we go. Ah, so can you
jumped in back to you now summer and then can you yeah, can you
just story how you became associated with grown rogue because now that you're affiliated with
them now and I want to know more of what you guys are what you're
doing with them and what product looks like You're about to smoke right here on
the show as well too. Oh yeah, right now I'm grinding up some
of our superbooth that we have right now, like a really nice like super
chery orange shirt profile. That's what I've been digging, a lot of super
booth to be honest, really popular. Yeah it I love them. Oh
yeah, but yes, when I was consulting most of twenty twenty three,
I decided that I wanted to go back to working full time. So with
that I was able to find the opportunity with Grown Rogue, And with that,
I'm really thankful for the team and the opportunity they grow really dank weed.
We're in over two hundred and twenty stores in Michigan. They're also based
out of Oregon, and they're going to be expanding into New Jersey and Illinois
pretty soon. Wow. No shit, I didn't. I didn't. I
didn't realize it's Grown Rouge was that big, to be honest. Oh yeah.
They were originally founded out on the Oregon market too. Okay. They're
very passionate about sustainable agriculture practices and really making sure that they grow high quality,
affordable cannabis. Yeah, I mean so how long how long? How
long you've been with them now? Yean of October, end of October?
Okay, okay cool? How long has Grown Road been here in Michigan since?
Okay? Cool? Uh? They now went you You pulled out their
flour in that pink lady. So we talked about it a little bit before.
You said that was developed in house. Yep, so this they do
genics as well. Yeah, and so this was bred by our former head
cultivator in Michigan. He goes by offensive genetics, so shout out to Matt
find him on the gram. He is a really passionate breeder. And we
also have our current head breeder. His name is Tark. He actually comes
from the Vegas market, and so he's also just as passionate about in house
breeding and creating new genetics. And so we're going to be launching hectane crosses
very soon. So that would be really exciting. You say octane packane,
Oh no, pactane, yeah, ass gas. Okay cool. Does Grown
have a retail shop or you just strictly like cultivators, they just grow Okay,
the sea to the basics and what they're good at. Well, it
sounds like they're passionate. Is that what draw you draws you to them,
and that's what keeps you with them. It is very nice to work on
the flower side of the market. Absolutely, coming from mostly working for vape
companies and edible companies. I don't really use vapes, I don't really use
edibles. I'm definitely more of a flower smoker. So it's very refreshing getting
on the cultivation side, both flower heads, both flowerheads. I feel alone
here. I'm a big dabb like you. I know, he's a flowerhead.
I love a good donut, though, I mean, I mean,
who don't dont you know? That is so? No? I mean was
it? Did you notice your shift in that like what like? Was it
easier for you to like be in that market like kind of pushing flower rather
than I mean, I would say that I thrived in every situation I was
in overall, and I'm honestly just thankful for all the different opportunities and companies
and people that I've been able to work with throughout the years, because they
all culminate together in various different experiences that are always beneficial in the long run.
Oh awesome. That's a good way to put it too. I like
that. Yeah, you said you know marketing and event specialists. So you've
been involved events and in marketing, yep. So I majored in recreation and
event management at Central and so they have a top tier event management program,
so they consistently win the Gold Pinnacle Award from the International Festivals and Events Association.
And so with that, they have hands on in class opportunities for students
to learn how to plan and facilitate events and then how to plan to make
them better in the future. And so I'm actually going to be going back
there this April to help out with the CMU gus Macker, which is entirely
put on by CMU students that specific event. So Scott McNeil, the founder
of gust Maker, the three on three basketball tournaments, he's actually a Michigan
native and he is a CMU alum, and so he's like best friends with
our department chair Tim Ottoman too. It's really who you're still involved. It's
awesome. Sounds like your hands, It sounds like you're involved in a lot
too. So yeah, a lot. Thank you for making time to come
out here and record with us. Yeah, as a busy schedule. Yeah,
no, I mean before we move on to the cra A thing,
because I really want to talk about that. Where can people find Grown Rogue.
So we're in over two hundred and twenty dispensaries in the state, So
if you would like to find out where we are located, uh, feel
free to give us a follow on Instagram at grown Rogue and grown Rogue dot
m I. We actually have a fresh rap list that is posted every week,
so you guys can check out kind of like where our freshest flavors are.
Oh nice. See that's always convenient. Like I hate when brand I
not I want to say hate because that's a strong word, but I really
it's so convenient when you can just find it. It's so and it's so
hard and I understand that, you know, like you know, we leave
we you know, weed maps, weed leaf, I can come with the
big ones and I was like, whoa, but no, like those are
convenient, but like, you know, even for me, like I've looked
it up and I've got there and it's out, you know, and how
many times? So it's really nice when like you can just go right to
a website it's convenience. Absolutely, So we're talking about flowerheads. Do y'all
have like a favorite way too, like a favorite strain? That's a good
question. You have a favorite strain? And I'm super indecisive, so kind
of just depends on what my motive is and what I have available. Okay,
Okay, what about you? Okay, So I mean I kind of
touched on like my come up. But so I'm obviously you know, I'm
the brand manager for Sea Junkies, so I like to I like to smoke
all of them. But he strained kind of sends you on like a different
journey, you know what I'm saying, do their own thing. They all
serve their purpose. Hard to pick your favorite. I mean you might have
like a favorite diesel. You might like sow I love sour diesel, but
you might love like the diesels, or like I love cakes and cookies just
in general, like a sweet Indica. But the pineapple fruz from Seed Junkie
has just been I have the mango fruze right here, but the pineapple fruze
all the weight here that he came with, all the weed they got,
all this crown row up front as well. Oh I I got, I
got the wie Blue Runs, Blue Runs. Oh, I kind of want
to see that pineapple fruze is a good one, good one to grow.
It's a good yielder. You know, it's frosty and nice. He's been
he's been selling seeds of those ones. That one pineapple fruze, that's the
one I've been seeing on his website. He just got like a couple of
crosses. It's animal mints and skittles cross okakts okay. So I just had
to ask that. So but the CIAR thing I had to ask, So,
okay, tell us about the CIRA meeting, Like, you know,
you spoke at one and that's awesome and like you know, advocate wise,
it's amazing. So I just let's talk talk a little about that if you
don't mind things. But yeah, with that, I'm just you know,
just being really passionate about the event scene and always having a fascination for consumption
lounges. With the current framework for consumption lounges in Michigan, it makes it
extremely risky and it also loses out on profitability opportunities because it's essentially a BUYO
B model. But the framework could be improved so that it is much more
profitable, such as being able to actually sell product or to be able to
have a kitchen so that you can serve meals and food. And it's just
so expensive to run one. It's essentially like a venue at that point.
You know, it's not really a lounge, it's a venue, and you
know, it makes it also less successful for people to have spaces that they
can safely consume because cities are just afraid to opt in in general because they
don't know what a consumption lounge is. Oh, we don't want that,
you know. So I think a big part of it is just advocating for
what is right and how it's going to most benefit the community. But you
also have to kind of like speak in their language, you know what I
mean. So most people that participated in the March meeting did so by writing
letters, but we did have a handful of people that did speak in person
and virtually about the initiative, and then we also had people discuss their opinions
on a handful of relevant proposals from April twenty twenty three regarding events and so
just in general, as the community and as the public, it's just extremely
important that we utilize our voices to advocate for what is right, because if
we just let people just come in and just take full control without hearing public
opinion, it risks, you know, the market not being what it could
be. Absolutely and as the community, we really need to come together,
you know, it's so crucial, And honestly, I'm just so thankful for
Robin Schneider with the Michigan Cannabisiness Reassociation for just having my back and for supporting
me the entire process and recruiting people and just organizing the intro meeting or organizing
all the resources, organizing all the materials for people that were interested in being
a part of it. And so right now I'm waiting until about a month
is past to reach back out to the CIRA because I want them to be
able to digest all of the letters and what everyone has said so that we
can come back in and talk about kind of like moving forward, like how
can we help you guys with you know, formatting a framework that is safe
for the community and ohso helps further stimulate the economy and entrepreneurs and just kind
of listening to their concerns and how we can essentially just come together and just
really make the best possible framework. Well absolutely, I mean people in legislation
don't necessarily understand what it's like to be in the in the industry and do
made the groundwork and make that money. So like it's very important for entrepreneurs
and business people to come in and be like, hey, this isn't working.
This is like really not working because like without that like true voice of
like things in theory sometimes work, but in practice they don't always, you
know. So, I mean you really don't see a lot of consumption lounges,
and that's something that me and you talk about like on their episodes or
the live streams. It would sweet to be able to have something, especially
around the Metro Detroit area because for us, there's nothing around here for this
one. Now, the new one is what Kalamazoo Alien I think is the
closest oh. I saw that. That's a couple hours away still and it
operates like an actual lounge too. And I know that kal Kushka Lounge of
so operated like a lounge. And I know that we heard Clothing Longe they're
up for sale. I know hot Box closed as well too, and that
was right around here, but they were just private. So they had two
days that they opened was public towards the end. Yeah, on like Tuesdays
and stuff. Yeah, which is kind of a bummer because I was like
that that one day. I gotta make it one day a week between ten
and eight. Yeah. I feel like there's a lot of people, a
lot of dispos that are ready for and they want it, it's just legislate's
not there in all the cities exactly. A lot of dispensaries have the designated
space for it. They're just waiting for the framework to actually be profitable for
them so that they don't lose risking a lot of capital. It makes sense,
well, makes sense for the industry to work. It's got to work
for the people in industry. It can't just work in theory. It can't
just work on paper and then be like, oh, well this is what
we want. Like if it doesn't work, then they're not the No one
gets any money, like you know, So at the end of the day,
do you feel like the CRA makes things a little hard sometimes? I
think with a lot of situation packaging, like all of a sudden, all
the packaging changes pull everything off the shelves, you know what I mean.
I agree this because a lot is them just being like, hey, here's
what we want. And then but it's they're like, this doesn't make sense
when I have to spend this much money on this and this and this to
get in so much overhead. So yeah, yeah, you know, and
that's the thing sometimes, especially being new, I think sometimes we need that
like voice to cause this to start, the the catalyst to change, right,
right, So that's really cool. When is the next CRA meeting.
It's going to be in June. So they have them quarterly, quarterly a
little while, we have a little while. Is it always virtually to where
you can attend in person and virtually in person? Oh you were in person
two weeks I did go in person. They have it in lancing at their
office. I was going to zoom in. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I know, I was working. I remember that during the day. It
is tricky because it's they make it during a weekday and they always make it
mid day. It's like a lot of people, I mean a lot at
least for me, like I'm an entrepreneur, but the same time, I
still work a day job. Unfortunately. Yeah, it was nine so if
it was in the in the evening, it would be much more accessible to
you know, anyone, because you know, it's like the actual people working
in the business that can actually make it. I feel like they, I
don't know, like you said, you were just saying, I feel like
sometimes they make it more convenient for them, you know, and it's more
comedian for the c ra in theory and all these things just for them,
and it's like, well, it's got to work for the people in the
industry, right. Was there any updates on events and licensees for those like
the temporary ones like where you could just do an event and you don't have
selling, Like that's still good to go. I'm gonna be completely honest.
Maybe we cut this part out a little, but I arrived late to the
meeting and so I missed like the entirety of Brian Hannah's kind of like little
introductory you should feel. But I did hear that. Apparently they don't care
if you consume at events without a license. It's just if you sell lead
and they're also very strict about that makes sense, I mean, that's how
it should be though. Trade samples. Yeah, so they don't want you
to take trade samples directly from a facility to the event. They want you
to have the product pennied out at a retailer and have a receipt. But
they also because the seed to sail is it because they just want to track
it. It's because just they want one person to purchase all of the flower.
Didn't they say that that the host of the event was the one person
that had to purchase it for all of the brands that were attending, so
it could be on one receipt, or like if you're a brand rep and
you pick it up and then deliver it to the event organizer to distribute at
the event, you have to bring the receipt and give it to them.
M see again making it difficult just bent it out. I think it would
definitely be beneficial because I heard from someone that had access to Metric that essentially
there is a button in Metric for like event donation. So like in theory,
we might be able to pull some strings and get that regulation change so
that then you can bring event samples directly from a facility to an event.
I feel that makes sense that because that's what you're doing, you're giving it
away as like a marketing promotion whatever whatever wording. You know, you have
to partner with the retail right, and then you got to go through this
sale process, which then does that mean does it have just I mean you
have to pay the whole process. It's just because it's like compliance, you
know, it's just cost money. You're not adding more overhead. It's like
and then you have to ship it. You have to super rolls go all
around the world before they because you got pay now for that now because you
have to pay for it to go there, or you just put it on
like an order if you conveniently like work with that retailer with your brand convenience
for them. It is, it is very inconvenient for the retailer. Yeah,
And I don't know, I feel like there's so much regulation as is
in this market. It's like why do we have to make it more and
more regulated on these little things, like you know, especially because events bring
I feel like events have changed the community a little bit because for a long
time, like it was just the Medica or just the what's it called the
High Times Cup and Clio you know, and then now there's like so many
events. Yeah, once they hit, once they hit, after the pandemic
now you see them all over the place. Any events you want to shout
out or you'll be coming up soon hash Bash yeah yeah, yeah, I
get new so excited. Yeah, we'll be there all day. Definitely show
never mind this isn't airing before for well after shout out everyone hopefully definitely,
and Dave entered Canada've entered the cup, so it should be fun at the
hotel. So super excited. Finish good Ye, it'll be a fun day.
It'll be a fun day. Hit him Minroe Street Fair after Hashbash and
then hit the cups. Yeah. Sea Junkie is going to be at straight
Hen Cafe on Saturday from I believe it is four to seven, so tapping
with us in the evening. So much good community out here and just so
everyone's going to be there. Everyone in cannabis is like, check our Instagram.
We'll post something on there for sure. Seed Junkie am I, oh
yeah, well actually, mel let's get over to you. Let's talk.
Let's talk, see junkie, let's talk. How did you get associated?
We talked to you? Yeah, I smoke Seed Junkie pre roll while we're
talking about you. Yes, and then actually before we go into seed Junkie.
It's kind of like talking about Hashbash. Definitely go to Hashbash this year,
just for the celebration of life for John absolutely and Rick and Rick too,
yes, and and Gersh and everyone that was a part of the unity
that well, that's the thing, you know, we were talking Hashbash a
little bit off camera, and that's the thing people forget because hashbets becomes such
an event in a day and it's such a celebration, but people forget the
advocacy behind it. In Johnson Claire getting arrested for two joints and having to
face ten years, you know, and after sure, after the freedom rally
and getting out after two years. But that man changed so much. And
then we talked a bit on one of our last podcasts and Hitect and how
much he stayed in Michigan and stuff. So Hashbash is so much more than
just like getting high had fun. It's also getting high hand fun. Yes,
but yeah, it's a celebration And then thank you for that. That's
a good point because that it's just happened the week of and that's just so
wild. He's on my mind as is I'm like, oh, you know,
we get to hit the poll and that happened. You're like, wow,
so wow, but yeah, wild no, it's gonna be it's gonna
be a wild year. But you know, but it's also a celebration of
life. I like you just Rick loved cannabis man so much, and John
obviously, so I just it's you know, John was one of the first
people to buy legal cannabis in the state when it turned like December first.
Yeah, we'll see you both there, Sea Junkie. You know, we
know, we learned a little bit about your background, which ones you light
up. And obviously you like you know, you embrace the education. You're
pioneer in that aspect. So now we're let's talk a little bit Sea Junkie.
And then also we're gonna get into Barrage Juana, which is your own
company, so let's talk a little mount so Seed Junkie, it kind of
I had a lot of experience in the industry and then right place, right
time, somebody brought my name up in a room in the right room,
and I got connected with my boss. And so he runs a vertically integrated
company. So he's got a retail processing grow big business. So I'm actually
going to be the brand manager for Fruits Seed Junkie and Cosmic Cowboy, which
is a brand that we're going to be coming out with. But you know,
we've successfully launched two brands, you know, off of Gramazon in the
last two years. But so you guys exclusively have the Sea Junkie genetics exactly.
So that's yeah, I wanted to touch on that. So these are
the legit ones that like won the No One Else in Michigan game. Yeah.
So no, we have a licensing agreement with JBZ. You know my
Boss and jabez or homies. They're tight. They hang out all the time.
Yeah, I mean they were dropping nowge prior to the episode on all
the genetics that see Breezy really come out with. I knew a couple,
but like, man like, I was not informed these two were hitting me
up. Yeah, I just got some as well bought them. I mean,
I'm excited to grow my girl. A lot of exotic, but a
lot of hiss. Everyone's talking about it, dude. Yeah, I mean
straight the year three years Cushman's as well. Yep, that's straight of the
Year in twenty twenty two years. Straight of the year too. Ye.
Jealousy yeah, and that that was crossed with so many. I mean,
I definitely love the magic marker and I love the permanent marker truly. Yeah,
those strings are slapped. The taste really good. Uh he does he
does good, good work that feenal Honting like what he does and finds the
correct one he does as well. Yeah, if you listen, come on
the pod, Javas, let's go, Jabs, come on, let's go.
Yeah know, I mean he's reached out a million times and he loves
him so like the fact they were talking to Junkie is like his ship right
now. So no, it's awesome, tasty, you know, uh,
tropical words. So what what made taste to him? What? What you
know? I think we kind of we talked a little bit about your history
with your education, But what made you fall in love with this plan?
I know him a little sagremating, but I meant to ask this before we
started and we kind of rushed into it. What what is something that made
you fall in love with this plant? Just just a little segue for both
y'all. Really it's the community. I feel like the community that it's brought
me and and the growing honestly with me being in school for indoor agriculture.
I like being out in the field. I like talking with people. I'm
a people person. But it is good to be able to tap back in
and kind of like, you know, put your headphones in and close off
and just kind of therapeutic. You know, when you walk into the grow
room, it's like, you know, the temperatures high, you feel good,
fans are high, you know. So yeah, I like that too.
What about you summer? And I don't mean to segue, it's just
you're both so passionate and I was like, I didn't even ask what made
you so passionate about this? And you because of this our passion, I
would even ask, yo, Matt, Yeah, we kind of jump right
into it, you know, like Dave gets excited sometimes but but no,
but no, but for real, what about you summer? Definitely the medical
side, Yeah, awesome, Yeah, because there's so many benefits and honestly,
the rights that people were losing. And I feel you on that.
Yeah, I mean there's just so many different illnesses and conditions that can be
treated by cannabis. Yeah. But instead, you know, people are just
prescribed opioids and other pharmaceuticals and they just have negative side effects versus cannabis as
minimal side effects. No, I mean, why should we stigmatize and scrutinize
and description, you know, it just doesn't make any sense. Prescription real
quick, usually at the doctors. Yeah, it's always like the thing that
blows my mind is that it's technically a schedule one drug with no medical benefits.
But then how many states are medical cannabis. It doesn't make any sense.
There's some laws that be changed, for sure, there's what twenty five
known that are federally legal. I think. No, Like, well,
thanks for those segue. I just honestly, I was just thinking about that.
I honestly forgot to ask that. I just want to ask that because
honestly, we have everyone has their own story that gets them the falls in
love with this industry because, like you said, it's not necessarily the most
profitable for like theater career can be money, but there's a lot of passion
that goes into this project. People think that it's going to be handover fish,
just money because it's weed, and it's like yeah, not exactly,
yeah, overheavy things exactly. And she does the event and you know,
the events marketing vendor days. Me and her do a lot of like similar
work, and it's kind of crazy. You know. The reason I really
fell in love with the industry as a whole was, you know, I
was out in California in like twenty eighteen, and I'm sitting in the back
of my best friend's car. She moved out there. Her dad was driving,
you know, staying at the family's house, and we're driving down the
long highway. There's like no trees, and there's a billboard and it's advertising
cannabis. And then there was like another one, and I was like,
what, somebody got paid to make that. And I was already in school
at the time for business, and so like business marketing was kind of like
my segue, and I wanted to find you know, I wanted to get
more narrow. I wanted to figure out what I was going to be marketing.
I wanted to get you know, specific with it. And so yeah,
when I found out that that was a thing, it was just it
made me feel I was like wow, I was amazed. And then I
got home from California in a sponsored ad popped up on my Facebook. I
was just scrolling, like super happen literally for Northern Michigan University's program for the
Cannabis thing, and at that moment is like it gives me goosebump still,
Like I got teary eyed. I was like, that's when I was telling
you guys earlier, when like my personal goals and like what I was doing
and what I enjoyed doing in my personal life and what I could do in
my professional life. Finally like came together, and that right there is I
feel like the start. That's when I really got into it. And that's
before obviously I started going to school. But you know, once I got
into school, it was pretty easy to get into the industry. You see,
you're both both into marketing pretty heavily, you know, in your own
aspects and obviously and that's really cool to see. What was that one?
This is? Oh yeah, I see someone smelling weed. I feel like
I have to smell it anyone else, Like I see someone smelling like that's
our top cellar. We can barely keep it on the menu, both in
story and wholesale. What is it? Blue MS, It's a Blue Power
cross. That's what it kind of reminds me of. It was like Blue
Power Right. Sorry, I'm still smiff almost make sure like a fruit the
bud tender and Monroe that told me he was like, I don't smoke any
Michigan weed, but only the blue runts from grown rogue. That's it.
Yeah, that's our boy, Seth. That smells nice turpy for flour frost.
It's almost like almost like a bluish hint to the bud tense business of
purple and dark. Almost looks like the frost almost to me. Oh yeah,
right, erectly whe's the cables boom gorgeous. Yeah, no, that's
awesome. I honestly like, I just love how much flour y'all brought.
It's kind of overwhelming. What are we even smoking? And what'd you say?
Tropical bursts? Tropical burst? That's not bad. I like that,
it's smooth. What'd you rolling up over there too? Summer? So I
rolled up some chopped cherry okay, flower joints, and I'm gonna roll up
some blue ronts. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. I'm
so excited. Really, I really I kind of want that was like,
man, I was like blueberry power or blue power, and then I'm getting
like fruit boops there. I don't know, I don't know that was good,
was smoking shout out grown rope, what kind of is it gonna what's
it gonna do? So it's actually pretty high and lean a little and mercy
and so it's definitely gonna be more of a sedative option. Yeah, and
limony. It does have like some lemony in it for like that freadiness to
it. But overall it's really great to smoke and just hang out recreate nice
like post works. I'm a big I'm a big like I like the sedative
part of cannabis and dads like, I love it. I love them that
lintle when you get when little's hired content in the terpine like the top three
right, because you do you get that nice dative buzz and still relaxing at
the end of your day. It's like it's kind of hard to pick like
a favorite turp for me, Like I like them all just depends on when
you know. It's like what you were saying earlier about your strange you're like
someone said, I said, they all take me on a different journey,
like I said the pineapple first earlier. But I can't wait to smoke one
of these intigo ones, like yeah, I was thinking that. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, that marker is gas. You can only imagine. So
yeah, I got a little off topic. But it doesn't even matter about
about Sea Junkie though. Yeah, you said you are the brand manager.
Yeah, you're the brand manager. So what does that entail? So a
lot is anything that involves the brand. So I help with, you know,
all marketing. That's like my full you know, department. But I
also assist with sales, you know. I help out with you know,
our packaging because obviously we have to get designs, we have to get at
Michigan compliant, we have to order them. I have to communicate with production
to make sure we can correct quantities, you know, make menus for the
sales team. Yeah. And then i'm your vendor girl too. So yeah,
and also I want to pull this up real quick. Gramazon is a
website so super convenient to find their stuff. You want to talk about this
a little bit because this is really a nice website. Yeah, So if
you go to Gramazon www dot Gramazon g R A M A z O N
dot U S, that'll pop up our website. You can click this C
Junkie tab and at the bottom you'll find our store locator, and so we're
in a little over two hundred stores as well, so you'll be able to
find each store that we're in on that website. And of course, if
you want to look a little bit further, I always suggest I think we
were talking about it earlier. I think Duchy is more accurate opposed to like
weed Maps or Leavely. It's I think usually more linked to the inventory.
So I always suggest checking the Duchy or whatever kind of like online ordering platform
that the dispensary has. Yeah, usually it is Duchy. Shout out.
I feel like, is that the one website that everyone has, Like that
one that's like white with a green background, and it sounds silly that everyone
has, but yeah, I think you're right, Duchy is the one that's
recognized. Wele. I was trying to remember what it looked like. Yeah,
I think you're talking about Yeah. Yeah, And if you're a brand
right now, Duchy has a free brand beta program where you can upload images
and accurate strain descriptions for your full brand. Oh so you can kind of
brand yourself and put it on there for yourself. That's nice. Yeah,
So then it's a uniform and consistent across all dispensaries for your brand. No,
that's nice for a brand alignment too, jeez. Convenient. Yeah,
that's very convenient. And then also I got with let's talk barrel with Jouanna.
Yeah, barreljuana marijuana. Sorry, no, you're good. Now,
you're good. No, it's a little tricky, but the Pink Bear smoke
ware is easy. That's my website www. Dot Pink Bearsmokewear dot com.
Just like it sounds, We're a cannabis clothing line. So our machine is
kind of to bless the cannabis community with our like tangible tokens of love.
And you know, yeah, I'm looking at I'm looking at your website right
now. I've pulled up. I really I really like this. Uh the
bear on this pink gear. That's fresh. That's really fresh. I saw
the choke cooat when you walked in. That was fresh as hell. They
thank you so much. Yeah, she designed, Like how long has this
been going on? Doing this? So, I mean I've had so Berijuana
is kind of how I started branding, and then that's kind of how I
adopted like my persona, I guess, into the cannabis space. So a
lot of people know me is Barrijuana. We recognized the bear when you came
in. We're like, we've seen you, so yeah, it's brandable.
So you're branding, so we've definitely seen it. You're doing well because we've
when I met you and we've seen your brand. I like it. It
does just stands out. It's not for everybody. A lot of guys will
be like, are you making guys stuff? And I'm like, I am,
but it is originally for the ladies, you know what I'm saying,
Like it's kind of like my thank you to them, you know, like
something to get back to the community. Hey, I like pink. I
rock some pink. What you're saying ahead, I wrecked. I wrecked ahead,
So no, I'll just say that's cool. That's cool, very cool.
Yeah, and I'm making more stuff. I've talked with a bunch of
people. A lot of people want to do some collabs. I'm always and
too colabs as well. If you do head to my website you can obviously
get my contact information or whatever. Always inquire if you guys want to do
anything right now? Yeah, he pull up the website. Whenever you know
you're good, you're good. I love it. No, it's it's awesome
definitely. So where did you all meet anyways? You know we're talking about
marketing. You guys said, where'd you guys meet in marketing? Oh jesus,
Oh you're good. Do you wanna do you want to explain it?
It really does sound like fruit, right, that's Z turt Man. That's
like the big thing right now. You're seeing Z everywhere everywhere. It's been
around, but it's just everyone's loving it right now. That's really good.
I'm excited to try this too. The color though, Oh it's gorgeous,
Yes it is. I was gonna over the community. You can get to
some of the cand of community questions, guys do so shout out to everyone
that participated on someone's I g or reached out and we got bunch of cool
questions. So this is cool. I got a couple that people sent me
actually is perfect and submit them. Oh yeah, let's go, let's go.
This isn't no particular order. So we're gonna say who like said them?
Are we just going to say? Because not all of them have,
so we'll just say that. We'll just say that. Let's get a question.
Yeah, we don't people do on. Yeah, all right, So
first one, I'll start with this one right here. If you could so
soon, this was on your profile, if you could give advice to another
woman thinking about filling in your footsteps, what would you say. That's a
good question. I would definitely say, always be very strong, you know
what I mean. Uh, sometimes it's not the easiest, but I would
definitely say, just you know, sticking to your core values and you know,
having a having a good conscious and just you know, just always striving
to be a good person and being very intentional. And I would also say
to in terms of what team you're going to work with, really make sure
that they align with your personal values that you have and that they care about
your goals and how they're going to empower you. That's good, I mean,
mel, do you want to follow up with that? Yeah? No,
honestly, it is really all about the people. And it's like we
have had our fair share of, you know, experiences in the industry,
and I feel like when you find the right team, it's make your break.
No, it's so true. I mean, you can't do anything alone.
I mean without that team and that support. I mean, I mean,
it's it's a struggle. To do anything like you know, it does
I mean, you know you can count on somebody, Yeah, and honestly
you should. You should try to lean on people. It's important, right,
you know, especially for mental health these days, like you know,
personally, so like absolutely, you know what I mean. I would also
kind of like going on that too. While there are a lot of women
in the industry, I would say to not tell everyone everything. You know,
you don't need to use your story as your personal diary, you know
what I mean. Just protect yourself and protect your energy, because not everyone
has the best intentions for you, and so sometimes it's better to be mysterious
as opposed to kind of like just putting everything out there and even like your
location or even like what events you're going to, just because there are a
lot of like people that like just follow a bunch of women in the industry
that might not have like the best intentions, you know what I mean.
There's always going to be creepys on the internet, so you've got to protect
yourself. Oh, you got to protect your own editory world. Man.
I do want to follow up on that though, because I do feel like
a lot of people are over shared sometimes. Hey, I am guilty of
it myself, right, we all are. But you know, like it's
easy because people are so friendly in the cannabis industry, you know what I'm
saying. Like they're all our homies, so it's like immediate best friend right
there. Well, it's so easy to become friends with everyone when you're like,
hey, you want to hit this joint, like show, we just
become friends, like you know, but they're also always be your coworkers too,
you know what I'm saying. And it's a business too. People are
also doing business too, and we learned it in our own ways. We've
you know, you trust sometimes and like we've got screwed over, you know,
financially, and it's like, well we should probably ahead of contract.
Well, you know, you live and you learn, right. But in
like there's the business aspect, there's the creepy aspect. There's a lot of
like where you do just have to watch your back because it is a business
at the end of the day. Yeah, that makes sense. What's about
you go on? How about you mail? You got one pulled off?
Why do you think women have a harder time in cannabis? Oh? I
would say that there's a lot of different layers to this, but especially because
there's less women in C suite and ownership positions, and also just in general
the biological differences between women men and women in terms of like you know,
hormones and you know, just kind of like other stuff like that. It
can sometimes be harder for a woman because you know, we can be a
little bit more sensitive, We can be a little bit more detail oriented and
like really focus on something for a long time and make sure it's like perfect
versus kind of like the masculine mentality is just to get it done fast and
just do it. Feel like we're over communicators. Yeah, yes, sometimes
finding that middle ground for different personality types to work together to be difficult.
And I feel like since it's a male dominated unfortunately women get that short on
a stick and it's not fair because like to me, like I really fell
in love with this word at the company I started working four years ago.
Inclusion, Like you really need diversity inclusion to really have this like greater perspective,
because like if we have you only have like a one type of person,
you only get a one type of outcome. Right, you have this
right, you have this melting pot of ideas, you know, with women,
different backgrounds, different whatever, you know, whatever, right, we
all bring different strengths and insights to teams and situations. And if you expect
women to the time act masculine or to not embrace their feminine side, then
they're losing out on part of their strengths, you know, as a woman
and what they contribute to the team in terms of just like even just like
our empathy and our ability to you know, problem solved with people. And
I think that's really important that you know, we we recognize that a lot
of the people in positions of like more decision making or just ownership in general,
you know, our men. Even though that's the case, we should
definitely be like embracing the skill sets that women have and what women contribute to
teams and instead of you know, just being afraid of them or holding them
back or well that's unfortunate later too that we didn't necessally bring up. And
that's just the good old fashioned sexism, and unfortunately it exists, and I
don't understand it. I have a lot of women in my life that mean
a lot, but you know, like my mom my, sister, like
I feel like that helps a lot, you know, but you know.
Unfortunately that is the truth. I'm so stubborn about wearing pants at events and
just always carrying boxes and just like opening doors for myself. I'm like,
I worked at a Girl Scout camp. I grew up at a Girl Scout
camp. I've been around very powerful, confident women leaders my entire life,
and I'm very stubborn. And I'm also very determined to not rely on other
people. And I think on like the same note in terms of like that
the diversity also like not always expecting women to act like a in like a
certain box of like you know, never have expectations for how someone's gonna act.
Yeah, no, you really can't. You can't assume how it's like,
oh that's a you know, because once you start doing it, it
becomes like a stereotype. Stereotyping and in the worst way too, because you're
just assuming you don't really know where that person came from. Right, Like
people will look at me and I'm just like this cute blonde twenty something,
you know, and they might like assume that like what does she know?
You know, and so like, you know, and that's what I was
saying that it's like I have to like we're compensate in my conversations so that
they take me seriously, Like I have to work a little bit harder to
like sit at the table and have That's what I was going to say with
educate that's right, well in the book, but you and that's so you
probably know more than what people are sitting at the table than you know more
than they do, which is like the most unfortunate I say, listen to
your advocacy. You know what people do. People people love to just say
things, and it's just so like you know, like you have you actually
out here doing things, and that's just such an unfortunate layer that it adds
to women in the industry that it's like, hey, let's make it even
harder. Like it's already accepted. We're like not expecting that like a woman
could work at like a high level position in a cannabis company. Are just
assuming that they work at the entry level position, you know, right,
that's an assumption there. That's that's happened to me. That's I've definitely been
asked by a guys probably about three times, oh you work in cannabis?
Where do you bud tend like not even asking me like what I do.
They just assume that's like rooted to like who like Unfortunately, that's like just
that them being prejudiced, like you know, and that's just like like what
the hell, man, Like we haven't got past that yet. Like it's
just no, and clearly there's actually there's so many stories that echo like this.
You are not alone and it's awful. We've heard even worse things in
industry and it's disgusting. Ye, it's like, man, it's still a
business, you know. It's like, I don't know, it's not that
big of a modustry. It's big, but it's not like it's that big.
No, it's kind of small. Right, So everyone knows someone that
knows someone that knows someone kind of thing you go to, you go to
like any event and you see you pretty much see everyone at similar events consistently
within the area on the west side of the state. Probably it's like that
is right, mel was like he was familiar. It's like, you know,
we're just in the same spots at the same time, you know,
but there's only so many canvas. That was a good question that like led
to a whole thing, So thank you whoever said that. I like no
preach, preach, I talk all the time. I'm here, how's that
good? One? If you could change one regulation one I'm guessing one regulation,
which would it be? And why? Yeah? Yeah, I would
definitely say the framework for consumption lounges. It's it's half bait. It was
made by an administration that doesn't care. And with the current administration, they
recognize that there are a lot of faults in the previous one and they kind
of like were put in to fix everything essentially. So while yes you should
pressure and you know, have conversations with political leaders and people in government positions,
with the current you know, administration, you know, they are very
much so like open to ideas and feedback and ways that they can make it
better. And so I think that's definitely something that I am looking to work
with a group of like minded, passionate entrepreneurs, especially a lot of women
that plan events in the industry because you know, it's about time. Yeah,
I mean, like Cannabate they're out here crushing it. Yeah, they're
everywhere. Like I can't look like a day without seeing Cannaba event. They
don't shut out, get and married. So and what about you know,
do you think anything in legislation pops out. So I think somebody mentioned to
me that there was one there was a lot of business owners that spoke up
tour that CURI meeting, because I did get I did get the feedback on
it, but I was curious. But you know, so they told me
that a lot of business owners and workers were speaking up, but there was
one person I guess that spoke that was an individual, and that individual was
a medical patient. And this kind of you know, would coincide with some
of your interests most likely because you know, you like the meda you know,
industry side of things. But she was a medpatient that used to be
able to get medflower consistently and then you know, they kind of changed everything
over to wreck and so made it difficult now her flower. That's something right,
no matter where the wreck market goes, like, I feel like the
med market needs to exist for exactly what you're saying, things like this,
where certain people who really need these things to be clean of no molds,
people who really need these high dose of things, people who need caregiving and
like specific strains and specific things like the man marketing. Unfortunately, no matter
how low, I don't even care how low cards get. They it really
should never go away because as long as there's one patient, there's in need,
you know. So it's like one thing that I've always been. It's
unfortunate, you know, but like you know, because there's real people who
really need this, you know what I mean, there's just not enough.
There's not a lot of brands selling in the medical as much as all that's
getting transferred into the rack on. Yeah as well too, who's growing from
the medical because it's higher testing too, like you gotta it's higher people.
That person came and spoke because that's an important thing, you know, to
show that it's like but she, you know, I don't know what the
case was. Do you want to speak on it? Because I wasn't necessarily
there, Do you know what I'm talking about? Yeah? She? I
mean with HIPPA, I don't really know if I can like say yeah,
I mean, yeah, you could just sum up like basically it's just like
label, right, I mean that that makes sense. I mean label to
remediating, because you don't want someone who's medical is now having to buy wreck
I think whatever, right, and then she needs to know if it's good
quality, you know stuff. She can't buy if you smoking that bottom and
stuff. That's a very fair point. And that's a huge thing just in
general. And I feel like marketing remdiation's huge thing. Legislation needs to be
on there just in general. You know, like we went out to Vegas
and they have on there and it's like, you know, everything on there,
yeah, the consumers. Yeah, and then people use it as a
flex you know, so like we're not remediating so well, right is that
the blue one? Yep? That's another thing that you know, if a
woman is trying to get into the industry, she should she should look into
the brands that she's working with and make sure that she stands behind it.
Because I will say, yeah, working with Sea Junkie, you know you
can stand behind you know the product. You know, there's no bud Hardeners,
there's nothing in it. So yeah, yeah, no, I mean
that's very important because your brand the world, especially for you as an entrepreneur
with your own brand, you have to think about stuff like that for sure,
like even on that next layer, you know, brand association. All
right, here's another one. What has been or still is your biggest challenge
to overcome the cannabis industry. That's a good one. You want to go,
you want to start. I had a goal to make a billboard and
I did that. Honestly, I'm I'm very happy with where I'm at right
now. You know, this is this is, this is what I wanted.
You know, I'm with the company that I want. I'm doing what
I want. What I have yet to accomplish in the cannabis industry. I
really want to see bear I wanna take off. I want to see us
go nation nationwide, get into other states. Yeah, yeah, no,
I mean the markets. Now, do you do you see anything like holding
you back from that being in like with cannabis. No, Well, the
thing is is I'm not touching flowers. No, I mean just like in
general, like us with my cannon casts having cannon in our name, we
get flagged like every social media, like it's a nightmare on YouTube because we
smoke weed. So they like, you know, they hit us with that.
But again, like we're very true believers, you know, and that
shows that you believe in it and putting cannabis on your stuff. I just
had to ask this is that's the kind of the whole point that's well,
that's powerful. I just want to make sure that you're like, no,
that's the whole point, Like we're always gonna get we're shadow band, you
know, this is this is where we're fighting right now. You know.
You know I'm advocating for for normalcy and cannabis. It's we're still not there.
This is a huge you know, give to the cannabis industry for that.
Isn't that true? Like some people think that because we're legal, that
we like we made it, and like how far from the truth is that,
you know, it really is because we have so much more to do
and there's a lot of risks involved as well with having companies that don't deserve
to grow. We're own any cannabis companies buying up grows and just pumping out
unhealthy toxic weed's and they got licenses too. Well, you're affecting patients like
that one you just brought them out. And then also like you're affecting like
everyone else's money too because now you're bringing down the market and you're bringing down
quality too much. Yes, now the price now it gets gus to go
lower of quality stuff. And it's like and I'm not you know, I
just thinking from multiple ends it's just such a negative thing when you flow the
marketphone of garbage, and there's a lot of company out there who just they
don't even grow their plants mature. They're just like get them in and get
them out. You know. It's like, I don't know, it's such
such a crazy industry. It's just a strictly business. It's just numbers for
them at that point. They don't even care for the planet. I love
them play. It's just like, all right, eight weeks, chop it
wherever it's at, shop it because we can get the most cycles at eight
weeks. Nice. Yeah, And they're growing them real small to flowering them
in smaller pots. You got any more mill questions? I forgot that tastes
good, that the blue of power blue runs blue blue runs blue blue taste
like blue power. That's what I smelt that at least it's kind of fruit
loopy. Blue runs. Now we're smoking fruit loopy. It's the best way
I got. You got any more questions? Canty with the best shot.
But I can't have to go back and forth. Is okay? I think
we did? Yeah, shout out to everyone on the IG. I don't
think we asked this one and if I did apologize, what is something you
wish you had known before getting into the cannabis industry? So something that you
wish you had known before getting too the cannabis everything that's fair, it's fair.
Feel that sum just all the knowledge about cannabis in general and like what
makes quality. But you got to learn it like hands on. That's what
I'm saying, Like you got to just get in there and do it.
You know, sometimes that's true. You know, I did go to school,
but you can only learn so much. Weren't able to actually cultivate cannabis?
It was probably right. It was actually it wasn't even hemp based.
It was you know, it was buying crops. It was you know,
because we were using different substrates, so we grew a couple different like honestly
vegetables, but the conversation was about cannabis. And so at that time we
had like people come in that we're professionals in the cannabis industry to speak in
class. And so I was already, like I said, shout out to
my professor. We were highly involved with like getting me into the cannabis industry.
But it was pretty easy, like starting as a butttender is a super
great idea. It's a great start, you know, because I think you
kind of get to really see all the moving parts because you're seeing the back
and the front end. You're literally the middle man, you know. Yeah,
that makes sense when you get the first I ran the consumer too,
you get the leader of the consumer up. Knowledge is really what it comes
down to. I feel like that's what I gained the most from being a
bud tender is now being able to just like understand these brands out in the
market and just like build upon the knowledge. You know what I'm saying.
Yeah, that makes sense. See I have So I have a chain of
questions that kind of lead into each other, and these are specifically for you.
Two. What advice do you have for the younger generation stepping into the
industry? You know, because you've done it, like you know, so,
Yeah, definitely recognize your privilege because there are people who were incarcerated and
murdered for growing weed and being a part of the industry. So it's really
important that we recognize the people who had to suffer for us to be where
we're at. That's awesome. And then this next one, these next two
questions kind of lead in each other and this one I find very true.
So I want to say this. It says, what are some challenges you
both have to face being highly educated women in the industry, and how do
you handle these challenges to get the respect you deserve? Because that's what I'm
saying. I feel like, you know, just you were saying you young
twenty year old, you know, you're a young entrepreneur. I feel like
people are gonna be like, yeah, okay, but you're very strong,
will then you're pushing through it? Like how what any like? Because like,
have you had any situations that like, like you said, Like,
I just wanted to bring that up because I feel like that was a good
question. Oh yeah, I've had people doubt me before just based on my
appearance. But it's really the people who take the time to listen to what
I have to say and what my experiences are and what my perception is and
utilizing my educational background to make decisions and facilitating field work. You know,
you're an expert. Well the same with you because like you have like literally
an education and cannabis and how new is that people are not going to understand
that sentence You're gonna be like, I have an education, canis? So
that's how many challenges, you know, because like literally it was the other
day they were they were saying something and I said something. I was like
lower the light and they were like what and I was like yeah. They
were like, you know about growing, and I was like, guys that
I told to this, But you know, I just I don't really.
I don't talk about it because like I do my my things that I need
to, I use the knowledge that it's given me. It really helps being
familiar with like nutrients and different kinds of growing techniques because when I'm making the
marketing material that I know the but tenders want to know about to grow,
I know how to ask the right questions, you know what I'm saying.
So it really does help because I did have that hands on growing experience to
be able to create those marketing materials and also just be comfortable in like a
you know, commercial grow So you got one no more? Yeah, I
just don't really, I just don't really mention if, like you know,
I just kind of let my actions speak for themselves, you know, because
otherwise people will about you. They'll be like, oh you're yeah, yeah,
I think that is all the questions. So yeah, that awesome,
Thank you very much. Problem, no I missed any of you guys.
Do you have any more male that we wanted to cover? Because I really
that was good and thank you for those responses because I feel like we got
on some rants on some of those that was really cool somebody that sent those
requests and thank you. Yes, that was a lot of fun now and
honestly, like some of the questions that, like, you know, people
come up with aren't necessarily from our perspective, So it's nice to be able
to kind of like, oh mm hmmm, I like that. Yeah,
me too. Any more shout outs y'all want to give before we get out
of here, because we're about rounding out. Oh, then we have one
more question, but oh we have the fun question, the fun question,
But no, we have through shoutouts first though. Yeah, yeah, cool,
cool, any shot shoutout Gramazon, shout out to Sea Junkie, shut
Out Fruits, see all this weekend, Cash Basha, Trisha killing it,
see Adam Brooke. Yeah, mister Hashbash, which we got to see shut
Out Shadow, shut up my Mom, Hello Mom, Thank you Shadow,
Celia, see torri Leo oh, Brandon for hooking up the interview. But
yeah, Brandon Kate, we appreciate you both. And honestly, if you
didn't check out that episode, that was a great episode about the Blacklist of
am I. They're doing some really cool things over there. Really. Yeah,
because people aren't getting bills paid in the black list, mlies putting them
on blast. Good guys as well. But the people who are not paying
bills, they need huge if you got to pay your bills, yeah,
blacklist, that's that's what Brandon can't start. That's what it's crazy if they
started it, and we love them so shout out. But this last question
is when Canadate made up for our first episode and I we just it just
kind of stuck that comes out and we asked, yeah, all right,
I'll I asked this question, so all right, it's kind of a silly
question but also like a real question at the same time. So say you
had like you had an eighth right and you're about to open the name and
I gota g popped out, whoa right and was like, I'll grant you
one. Wish I would if I changed any one thing in the cannabis industry
in an instant. What would it be the industry as a whole does whatever
you want to. You know, I would make it a more inviting space
for women. I would make it just a more comfortable, softer space in
general. You know what I'm saying in the canvas injury in a whole mm
hmm, I would I would dose it with a little bit of compassion.
I hear you, know, I hear you. Yeah, I think there
is some type of empathy and compassion that could be like if it hit the
market, it would be really useful because I think sometimes it's it's a little
cutthroat and people are so out here to just you know, like with your
eyes tell the whole story. You know, it's very cutthroat and everyone thinks
that you know, everyone's a challenge. But you know, if we work
together and collaborate, like we can make money together. You know a lot
of these brands at the top, they're making money together. You know,
even the ones that you think aren't, they are. They're collaborating exactly about
partnerships and that's how you achieve you that's a good one because I do think
there is a lot of misk not not enough compassion industry I would probably like
just remove the ability to remediate flower nice because that takes away from the medical
side, you know. Yeah. Well, and then just the fact that
it's not marked. We don't know what we're getting until you buy it sometimes
and that's like unfortunate. We've all been burnt that way. And the ability
to label something as you know, USD organic, you know, that would
be really important too because that would also help with decision making and transparency.
That's a great one thought about that. That's why we asked this question Packaging
packaging number one. That's like the umbrella topic to that. Yeah, well
that's true because there's not I don't want to say there's not enough requirements,
but there's not enough requirements sometimes on some of this packaging, Like some of
this stuff needs to be you know, the information is uh transparency you said
earlier. It's just it goes a long way. That's why I love and
I see a brand that's like no remediation or here's our flower, here's the
c o A or the you know whatever QR code do it? So all
right, well, yeah, thank you for coming on Summer sky handles,
Instagram handles. What are they want to check in the summer for why I
love it because I gotta say to ease too, and then Berijuana dot am
I all right e A R I j u A n A. Oh yeah,
check them out. Support support women's industry because it's there's not enough and
you know, that's why we're really trying to highlight as much women's industry as
we can, because it's just like not enough communication about the struggle. Is
that y'all deal with, you know, And unfortunately we can't understand, you
know, so as we can listen, you know. Yeah, sounds like
that's all I got. You know, that's all we're trying. We can
write a book about it. Yeah, you know, we got to hear
your thoughts. We got to you know, talk about what you do for
the industry, all that y'all bring, the entrepreneurship, the hustle, the
brand, y'all health really cool, so really cool and we're gonna probably see
you hash Beast, so see you at Meconne Puff. Oh yeah, meconnect
Poff our Canda. Events are starting. It's getting warm in Michigan, so
I feel like we're gonna start seeing events and like I'm so excited. Yeah,
me too. Thank you again each of you for joining us in the
studio with your business schedules. This was awesome. And catch us live every
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