Lynne and Brian Striar - A Canna Love Story

Arana Hankin-Biggers speaks with Joyce about envisioning and building The Travel Agency (formerly the Union Square Travel Agency) a cannabis store in New York City. Prior to jumping into the emerging cannabis industry, Arana was involved with one of New York’s most scandalous political episodes as well as dabbling in New York real estate. In addition, she has a very interesting family history connected to liquor prohibition that has parallels to ending cannabis prohibition. This includes her role in reversing the decades of harm on communities of color. Arana is especially passionate about using her voice to attract and support women into cannabis and the Travel Agency highlights women made products. She is also the canna mom of two.

Culture Corner: Daisy Jones and The Six– a 10-part musical drama on Amazon based on the book by the same name about a 1970s rock back with parallels to Fleetwood Mac, such great music, and the fashion!! And Riley Keough who plays Daisy Jones is Elvis Presley’s granddaughter!
 

Topics Discussed

(1:14) Welcome

(3:00) John Oliver and The Supreme Court

(4:20) Is Clarence Thomas Not Busy Enough?

(4:50) The Hemp Guitar Campaign

(5:28) The Goods Dispensary

(5:58) The Culture Corner – Daisy Jones and The Six

(7:30) Elvis Presley’s Grand Daughter

(7:50) Arana Hankin-Biggers Introduction

(9:00) The Travel Agency Origin Story

(9:49) Audio Intro

(12:52) Mission – Standing Up for The Legal Market in NY

(15:38) Understanding Emerging Industry Through History

(16:22) Civil Rights Roots

(17:45) Personal Canna Relationship

(18:30) NY Politics and Pot

(19:43) NY Cannabis Market

(21:04) NY Illicit Market Hurting Local Drug Dealer

(22:09) Marketing Canna Struggles

(23:54) Politics and Cannabis

(26:50) Women in Cannabis

(31:15) Working with Children & Family Services in NY

(33:20) Canna Momming

(34:00) Mskindness Canna Book – The Root Family’s Very Special Garden

(37:01) Union Square Dispo Description

(38:38) New Brooklyn Dispo

(39:33) 1300 visitors a day!

(40:20) Family

(45:10) Connect on Linked-In

The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:

Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.

Judi Nelson is the owner of Sol Spirit, an award winning cannabis farm and retreat in Northern California, the famed Emerald Triangle area, where you can spend a few days enjoying delicious farm to table meals, tour their regenerative cannabis and food gardens, and commune with nature, while enjoying all the comforts of home in their luxurious accommodations.

Joyce met Judi in Vegas at the Feminine Forward Talks, where Judi also shared the beautiful flower she grows. On today’s show Judi shares her unique and inspirational canna journey, explains the amazing retreats she is offering this summer, and talks about why she is so grateful to finally be able to speak openly about the cannabis plant.

Joyce also gives a shout out to an event being held in her hometown of Cambridge, MA on Tuesday, March 19th  at a lovely  restaurant, Urban Hearth, in collaboration with The Green Lady dispensay, a MA based, woman owned, black owned cannabis dispensary in Nantucket and Newton Center. It is a multi-course educational and inspirational evening hosted by the mother-daughter team of Nicole and Clea Campbell of The Green Lady who, like us, are trying to change how people perceive cannabis and raise awareness about the different ways cannabis can help heal our bodies and minds.

Culture Corner: The Alexei Navalny HBO/CNN documentary – titled NAVALNY – to gain a little more insight into the man whose death last week has garnered international attention and condemnation, it follows him after his first poisoning and his recovery in Germany and his decision to return to Russia.

Topics Discussed

(1:10) Welcome

(1:40) Urban Hearth and The Green Lady Dinner March 19, 2024

(3:30) The Culture Corner: NAVALNY

(7:02) John Oliver and Clarence Thomas

(8:12) The Hemp Guitar Campaign

(9:10) Judi Nelson Introduction

(10:13) Musical Theater

(11:00) Journey to Northern California

(14:08) Finding Love at Grateful Dead

(16:00) Operation Pipedreams

(16:54) Feminine Forward Talks

(17:25) Sol Spirit Flower

(18:09) Child Safe Packaging

(19:00) Compostable Packaging

(19:52) Audio Intro

(21:26) Good Stuff in Cannabis – Transparency and Education

(23:10) The Canna Mom Retreat

(24:11) Glamping at Sol Spirit

(26:40) August 8 – 11 – Mom Retreat

(29:38) CODE $50: Cannamom Show

(30:08) The Emerald Triangle Tour

(31:12) The Inn of the Lost Coast

(33:15) Humboldt Cannabis Tours

(34:55) Family Stories

(36:10) Canna Mom Stories

(37:20) Regenerative Farming

(39:50) Terroir

(40:16) Cannabis Appellations

(42:50) Connect with Judi at Sol Spirit

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The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:

Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.

Melissa Rutherford and Rebecca Adams are Cannabis Consultants at Cobblestone Integrated Solutions, LLC, a cannabis risk management and compliance consultancy firm. Together they have built a Massachusetts based business that bridges the gap between the passion for the plant and regulatory requirements in the legal cannabis marketplaces across the country. Their success includes helping small, medium and large cannabis organizations comply with state regulations throughout their organizational lifecycle. Melissa and Rebecca share with Joyce their canna journeys, why they remain so passionate about working in cannabis, the importance of compliance in cannabis, and of course what it’s been like to integrate cannabis into their lives for health and wellness.

The Hemp Guitar Campaign:  Click Lamkin Guitars and find out how to enter. Winner announced April 20th at The Goods Dispensary in Somerville, MA, where The Hemp Guitar will be on display for the month of April.

Culture Corner:

All There Is a podcast hosted by Anderson Cooper – a podcast that talks about grief.
 

Topics Discussed

(1:10) Welcome

(2:00) Super Bowl and Taylor Swift

(2:30) Happy Valentine’s Day

(2:55) Supreme Court Colorado Argument

(5:00) Tyler Perry

(6:30) Mommy’s New Medicine Podcast

(7:30) The Culture Corner

(10:20) Melissa Rutherford Introduction

(11:15) Cobblestone Integrated Solutions, LLC

(11:35) Rebecca Adams Introduction

(13:28) Melissa Rutherford Canna Journey

(15:00) Grandma End of Life Story

(20:30) Rebecca’s Canna Why

(25:09) Joining Forces

(25:19) Audio Intro

(29:34) What They Do

(31:22) Canna Challenges

(32:26) April 18 Lobby Day

(33:03) Descheduling Discussion

(34:55) Why Schedule I Absurd

(36:22) FDA for Medical

(37:22) Craft Cannabis

(38:42) Rebecca’s Aunt Story

(41:05) Melissa’s Children

(44:37) Treatible Lotion

(44:52) Best Way to Connect with Cobblestone Integrated Solutions, LLC

The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:

Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.

Julianna Carella is the founder of two unique CBD product lines, one for humans and the other for our pets. Her first business, Auntie Dolores, was founded in 2008 when she was creating infused gourmet foods for California medical patients. Through a few iterations, Auntie Delores  has transformed into a full line of quality CBD products. 

Julianna launched into the new world of CBD for pet care in 2013 when she established Treatibles, a pet line of hemp-derived CBD products. Treatibles is dedicated to producing top-quality CBD-infused products specifically designed for pets. But she is so much more. Julianna now resides in Tennessee to be closer to the hemp world, but her journey began in the medical market of Northern California with not just brownies but unique savory products as well. Her transition from baking with cannabis way back in 2008 to CBD for pets and what she’s seen along this long canna journey are stories you don’t want to miss.

She shares with Joyce her unique canna journey from baker to business owner, why she is so passionate about helping our pets with CBD, and what it’s been like to be an OG canna mom.

Topics Discussed

(1:09) Welcome

(1:19) Billy Idol

(1:44) Big Brother Big Sister Association

(2:00) Angry Toddlers

(2:50) Hemp Guitar Campaign

(3:07) Lamkin Guitar

(3:40) The Goods Dispensary

(5:10) Stem Dispensary Haverhill

(5:25) Julianna Carella Introduction

(7:13) Auntie Delores is Anti-Pain

(8:32) Early Edibles

(9:17) CBD for Pets

(12:50) Veterinarians and CBD Restrictions

(14:04) Harmony for The Whole Family

(17:30) Julianna’s Why

(18:20) Transdermal Creams

(21:38) Testing, Testing, Testing

(22:11) Hemp Bio-Accumulator

(25:34) Buy Your Treatibles On-Line

(28:37) Audio

(31:47) Moving to Tennessee

(32:53) Tennessee Hemp

(41:42) Patriotism – Farmers -Loyalty

(42:10) Healing Pets and Healing Hearts

(44:11) Auntie Delores

(45:10) Connect with Julianna by email or Treatibles on Instagram

The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:

Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.
 

Sarah Patel is the visionary founder and partner of the female-owned cannabis beverage brand Kelia. Their innovative beverages are designed to elevate our well-being with unique flavors and creative ingredient combinations. Sarah is a canna mom who is driven to share how cannabis can not only make you feel good but is also good for you. She shares her journey from consumer to entrepreneur, explains the unique products Kelia is creating for cannabis consumers, and how being a mom and cannabis consumer drove her to enter the cannabis beverage market. Sarah also talks with Joyce about why she is so passionate about sharing her knowledge and helping other women feel great.

We also have special segment guest Sean Dazet of EZHire Cannabis to help you find a job in cannabis, and Sean shares how he likes being a canna dad. And a shout out to the  Wake and Bake podcast because it’s so great! Hosted by Corrine Tobias and Andrea Maharg. Check it out.

Culture Corner:

Everyone is talking about Taylor Swift, so we are too. Joyce spent her Sunday watching the Eras Tours Movie and was surprised by how fun and hopeful she felt after spending three hours with Taylor and her Swifties.

Topics Discussed

(1:10) Welcome

(2:00) #JewishCannaMom

(2:15) The Hemp Guitar Campaign

(2:45) Lamkin Guitars

(3:11) Wake and Bake Podcast

(4:20) The Cannabinoids! Great Band Name

(4:28) EZHireCannabis

(4:38) The Culture Corner

(7:33) Sarah Patel Introduction

(8:50) Canna Journey

(13:55) Mom Story

(15:00) Kelia Beverages

(15:07) Audio Intro

(17:25) Kelia The Idea!

(18:09) Watermelon Coconut

(20:00) Juices

(21:27) Nano-Emulsions

(22:32) D9 THC

(23:48) The Goods Dispensary

(24:15) Minimalist Marketing

(26:40) The Hemp Guitar

(27:10) Family Cannabis Stories

(31:50) Sean Dazet of EZHire

(38:38) Canna Dadding

(41:53) Connect with EZhireCannabis.Com

(42:25) Canna Momming

(43:50) Good Mom Insights

(45:07) Wake and Bake Podcast

(46:45) The Hidden Brain

(48:50) Where to Find Kelia

(49:44) Connect with Sarah on Linked-In

The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:

Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.

Joanne Keith is the co-founder of Rooted In – a beautiful boutique dispensary located on the historic Newbury Street in Boston. Along with her husband, Brian Keith, and co-founders, Rokeya and Solmon Chowdhury, they are creating an inclusive Boston boutique cannabis experience at an establishment that provides a “safe space” for the canna-curious, is a sensational destination for all those who enjoy cannabis, and of course provides patrons with great products and knowledgeable staff. 

Joanne is currently focused on the strategic objectives for Rooted In, which include launching delivery and creating a customer experience area for special events. In addition to her work in cannabis, she is an advocate for equity as it relates to Black Maternal health and prides herself in giving back to her community and hopes to leave the world better than she found it.

Before launching her canna entrepreneurship, Joanne worked in hospital finance and at an investment firm. She shares with Joyce the story of her canna journey, her work supporting her community and how it feels to be a canna mom. 

The Hemp Guitar Giveaway– check it out and please enter!

Joyce has always wanted to be the Terry Gross of Cannabis – or maybe TCMS to be the Fresh Air of cannabis podcasting!

And if you support our mission of crushing cannabis stigma, we encourage you to show that support through our Hemp Guitar campaign. We are asking for a gift of $18 – in the Jewish tradition that is symbolic of Chai – life – and as a thank you for your support your name will be entered into the Lamkin Guitar giveaway.

Topics Discussed

(1:10) Welcome

(1:42) The Hemp Guitar Campaign

(2:30) Viral Instagram Video

(4:20) Bandit Rest in Peace

(4:37) Elevate Jane Cat Toy

(5:10) The Great Dechurching

(9:15) Joanne Keith Intro

(10:41) Canna Life Prior to Rooted In

(13:14) Entry in MA Canna Market

(14:15) Audio Intro

(14:39) Rokeya Chowdhury

(15:35) Roxbury, MA

(18:55) George McGovern Presidential Run

(19:05) Emerge MA

(20:40) Finding Their Storefront

(24:58) Sankofa

(27:12) Maternal Health Work

(28:34) Fresh Air Interview with Dr. Uché Blackstock

(29:44) Canna Momming

(32:45) School Moms

(34:35) Helping Grandma

(35:20) How Cannabis Helps Her

(36:33) Loud and Quiet Cannabis

(37:50) NECANN Boston

(38:42) Newbury Street Activations!

(40:50) Hopes and Surprises

(43:22) Connect with Joanne and Shop Rooted In

The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:

Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.

Jennifer Foley is an accomplished development professional with decades of experience in strategic philanthropy who just recently began her cannabis journey because of her friendship with the one-and-only Marcus Johnson-Smith of Kush Groove Cannabis in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She shares with Joyce the story of her canna journey from just a kid from Cambridge to a Cannabis Entrepreneur and how she’s finding relief for her own pain through cannabis and community.

Topics Discussed

(1:10) Welcome

(2:15) Hemp Guitar Campaign to Combat Cannabis Stigma

(5:05) ACHEM

(6:20) Culture Corner: Maestro

(9:35) Cannabis Industry and Philanthropy: A New Frontier

(12:45) Journey Into Cannabis: A Pain Relief Solution

(17:10) Cannabis Use and Reactions

(33:43) Cannabis Normalization and Community Engagement

(35:30) Kush Groove Dispensary Appeal and Plans

(39:31) Women's Impact in Cannabis: Storytelling and Visibility

(40:00) Connect with Jennifer Foley through Kush Groove

The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:

Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.

Lisa Mauriello is the wife of the husband-and-wife team that founded Paper Crane Cannabis in Hubbardston, Massachusetts. Lisa and her husband Boey were both participants in Massachusetts’ first Social Equity Program, a program designed to offer training and benefits to those disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs.

Their cultivation cannabis business is harnessing the great powers of nature and the knowledge that comes with decades of legacy cannabis experience, as Paper Crane grows terpene-rich organic flower that is deeply rooted in both sustainability and social justice.

Joyce is a big fan of Paper Crane Cannabis, which was first introduced to her at the Bong-and-Pong event last spring hosted by friends of the show at Stem Cannabis in Haverhill. Joyce speaks with Lisa about the products Paper Crane is creating, her real life canna romance, and all the ways she is adding value to our Massachusetts Cannabis Community.

Culture Corner

This week Joyce talks about the cannabis romance she’s authored –She’s Taking A Break.

When Annie McGrath returns to her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after being on the road with her husband’s band for twenty years, she moves back into her childhood bedroom to figure out how things in her life went so terribly wrong.

Dottie McGrath welcomes Annie home and is happy to have someone else in the house besides her ailing husband. And when Annie seeks a compassionate listener in Father Lorenzo - her next-door neighbor and childhood best friend – in the confessional, the threads of Annie’s life begins to unfurl.

Annie is a habitual cannabis consumer and throughout the story cannabis is normalized and accepted along with the unfolding story of Annie’s secrets, to upend the stigmas that have been created around cannabis use.

Topics Discussed

(1:09) Welcome

(2:50) Ardent Dacarboxylation

(3:38) The Culture Corner: She’s Taking A Break

(4:20) Reach Out For Printed Copy of She’s Taking a Break

(7:00) The Hemp Guitar – Play a Lick or Take a Hit!

(7:55) Introduction to Lisa Mauriello

(11:34) Audio Intro

(12:45) A True Canna Romance – How Lisa Met Boey

(13:40) 2007 Arrest Story

(14:44) Miami Trafficking Family Story

(16:04) Lisa’s Canna Story

(17:40) Getting into MA Cannabis

(19:28) Social Equity Program in MA

(20:30) Shout Out to Central, MA

(24:50) Sam Kanter of Dinner at Mary’s

(28:33) Canna Yoga at Heritage Club

(29:30) Family Stories

(32:23) Canna Mom Stories

(35:22) Women in Cannabis

(35:40) Paper Crane Pre-Rolls

(38:28) 1000 Paper Cranes

(39:50) Paper Crane Future

(41:55) Connect with Lisa at Paper Crane Website or Instagram

(42:00) Connect with Dinner at Mary’s for An Infused Yoga Event

The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:

Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.

Dr. Gabrielle Morris is the Chief Medical Officer of Duber Medical, a leader in medical cannabis doctor consultations with a mission to educate patients on the medical benefits of cannabis. Dr. Morris brings her more than 30 years medical experience to a unique medical cannabis practice. Duber Medical is a physician and woman-owned practice that works with a diverse population of more than 10,000 patients across eleven states, collecting real data on the clinical benefits of medical cannabis.

Dr. Morris is certified by the National Board of Neurological Surgeons. Her career spans a myriad of specialties including Neurological Surgery, Trauma, Complex Orthopedic Spinal Surgery, and Emergency Medicine.Dr. Morris has been a long-time proponent of medical cannabis and was an early supporter of California’s Proposition 215, which first legalized medical marijuana treatment for patients in 1996. 

On today’s show she shares with Joyce how her work at a local trauma center led to her understanding that medical cannabis is a viable and beneficial treatment option for many patients who seek to improve their quality of life.

Joyce also speaks with Nurse Lisa Capitani about her Mindful Metrics: Conscious Cannabis Consumption Tracking Journal, now available on Amazon. This journal is designed for both the seasoned cannabis user and those just beginning their exploration, to optimize the therapeutic potential of cannabis.

Culture Corner: Joyce recommends a mini-series that documents the Charles Stuart case - 1989 murder of his pregnant wife and uses it to tell a story about racism in Boston – it’s called Murder in Boston.

Topics Discussed

(1:08) Welcome

(3:05) Connect with Tia Moskalenko

(3:44) Lisa Capitani, Tracking Journal

(4:20) Culture Corner: Murder in Boston

(8:14) The Hemp Guitar

(9:05) Dr. Gabrielle Morris Intro

(10:37) Epiphany at ER

(15:21) Audio Intro

(17:40) Patient Range

(21:50) Patient Stories

(22:48) Women Blooming on Cannabis

(24:37) Feeling Again

(25:03) Motherhood and Cannabis

(29:35) Lisa Capitani – Journal

(37:15) Lisa’s Canna Journey

(39:25) Connect with Lisa on Website or Instagram

(40:28) Happy Medicine

(42:40) Individualized Medicine

(45:50) Duber Medical Website and YouTube

(47:30) Still Fighting Stigma in 2024

(49:35) Dubermedical.com: code DUBERMED

The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:

Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website.

Lynne and Brian Striar are a power canna-couple and pioneers in the Massachusetts cannabis industry. They speak with Joyce at their imaginative and comfortable art gallery in Sharon, Massachusetts, The Broccoli Gallery. Lynne and Brian have been vested in normalizing cannabis use following a family member’s cancer death in 2010, and this powerful canna why has carried them through a long journey from patients to canna-cultivators. 

Their founding business, Four Daughters Compassionate Care, was dedicated to healing their community. This dispensary was acquired by Verano Partnership and is now the Zen Leaf dispensary in Sharon, Massachusetts. They continue on their mission and vision with their newest venture Kapnos Cannabis. Joyce also speaks with Thomas, Kapnos head cultivator, about his vision for the plants he’s growing.

Lynne and Brian are role models for the emerging industry as mentors to social equity businesses, mission driven and their story is not just a love story for each other but a story about the love of cannabis to heal and connect community.

Topics Discussed

(1:08) Welcome – Live at The Broccoli Gallery

(1:28) Happy Winter Solstice

(3:30) Josh Lamkin and Lamkin Guitars

(4:00) NECANN

(4:20) The Hemp Guitar

(5:28) Lynne and Brian Striar Intro

(5:48) Kapnos Cannabis

(7:35) Four Daughters Compassionate Care

(10:30) The Early Years

(11:23) Their 2010 Why

(13:01) Oaksterdam University

(15:30) Sharon, MA

(16:00) Hard to Raise Capital

(20:10) Two Year Odyssey

(23:41) Four Daughters Compassionate Care

(24:10) Verano Partnership

(24:33) Zen Leaf Dispensary

(25:21) Audio Intro

(26:11) Why the Name?

(27:30) Oak Hill Consulting Partners

(27:58) EON

(30:15) Kapnos Tier 2 Cultivator

(30:50) Thomas Lead Cultivator

(31:20) Learning to Grow

(33:48) Setting up a Facility.

(38:00) What to Look for in Quality Cannabis

(40:50) Canna Parenting

(46:21) Kapnos Cannabis on Shelves March 2024!

(47:22) Connect on Instagram and The Broccoli Gallery

(47:45) The Weedaker Group
 

The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:

Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.