Dispatches From the Funky Butte Ranch

 

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Seven Hemp Farms. Two Continents. One Revived Industry
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Seven Hemp Farms. Two Continents. One Revived Industry

First Legal Hemp Harvest Update American Hemp Is On Its Way to Your Car Battery And Your Bookstore The first digital age domestic hemp crop is being harvested as I write. The subtle decrease in seismic activity currently puzzling Virginia geologists can be traced to Thomas Jefferson ceasing to spin in his grave for the first time in 77 years….

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HEMP BOUND Live
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HEMP BOUND Live

Thomas Jefferson’s Favorite Crop Is Back in American Soil — Today Read All About It “Hemp Bound is the best book of the year…Doug Fine has created a blueprint for the America of the future.” –Willie Nelson Since Hemp Bound was published just three weeks ago, four more states have legalized hemp cultivation. And not just those you might call…

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The Doug Fine TEDxTalk: The Return of the Indigenous Gene
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The Doug Fine TEDxTalk: The Return of the Indigenous Gene

I’m probably one of only a handful of TED fans (let alone speakers) who has slept outside with his goats to protect them from coyotes like some kind of crunchy Elmer Fudd. And that in fact is the theme of my recent TEDxABQ talk, The Return of the Indigenous Gene: Why We Need Goatherding in the Digital Age. I was…

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Six Sense Serenade: The Promotion of Now
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Six Sense Serenade: The Promotion of Now

Why on Earth are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. –J. Lennon   One of the lasting lessons I learned early on my first extended trip into true wilderness (recently and probably soon again to be known as the Planet) — which expedition was a bush plane drop off in a wolf-heavy spot in Western…

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Indigenous Plus Netflix: “It’s Cool Because It’s Old” Also Applies to Plants
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Indigenous Plus Netflix: “It’s Cool Because It’s Old” Also Applies to Plants

Breaking News: My recent Conan O’Brien appearance is airing again on Monday (November 19) – Check it on TBS in your time zone. Helpful and supremely fun but non-mandatory pre-viewing reading: http://amzn.to/SJIs5i In This Latest Dispatch: Do Washington and Colorado Have You Singing “God Bless America”? You Haven’t Begun to Hear All The Good News: Stanford’s On Board, Tucson’s Mayor’s…

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