As school winds down and summer heats up, I thought you might appreciate my casually baked tips for traveling to a cannabis-legal state. I dipped way back in the archives to bring you this highly responsible travel PSA. I first recorded this in 2018 after hosting one of my casually baked besties from Texas. If you plan to visit an adult-use cannabis legal state any time soon, this potcast is for you. While I discuss the California adult-use laws, if you follow these guidelines, it’s a responsible framework no matter which cannabis legal state you’re in. 

And if you’re inspired to visit the Bay Area, I’d love to be your cannabis lifestyle guide. I host one-on-one and small group experiences for both cannabis business professionals and canna-curious enthusiasts in the wine and weed country of northern California.

I’m happy to be your cannabis lifestyle guide and share what I know and learn with you. So if you feel inspired, please take a beat to rate and review Casually Baked on iTunes or Apple Podcasts. That simple action helps other canna-curious folks find this highly responsible cannabis content.

Kumbaya and cannabis, -Jo 💚

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‘After the Show’ Notes

Is Cannabis Legal In My State/The State I'm Traveling? You can find this information on a number of sites but I’m not sure everyone diligently keeps their info up-to-date. Norml.org is my go-to source for state-by-state information.

How do I find the nearest dispensary to me? Sites like Leafly.com and WeedMaps.com will help you not only find the nearest dispensaries, but you can also peruse their menu of offerings and pricing before you go.

What should I bring with me to the dispensary? You must show a valid state ID or driver's license. Also, bring cash! Many dispensaries do have ATM's but sometimes you have to walk to the corner store which is annoying. 

I know it's hard to follow the rules when you don't know them. I encourage you to ask questions when you're at the dispensary if you're unclear on any rules or products or dosage and effects. I'm quite familiar with the discomfort of being in a foreign place and not knowing stuff. It's character building.

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I recently learned an interesting fact from the folks at Food Revolution Network. Did you know that lawns are the single largest irrigated crop in the U.S., covering nearly 32 million acres. On the other hand, fruits and vegetables grow on only about 10 million acres in the United States. This means the space that American lawns occupy could provide enough land to grow three times as many fruits and vegetables if utilized properly.

In my experience as a former Texas homeowner with a giant backyard, keeping a beautiful, manicured lawn is high-maintenance, expensive, and doesn’t actually produce anything useful.

In fact, lawn care is a 75 billion dollar plus industry. And much of the produce you buy in your big box grocery stores is depleted of the nutrients you think you’re getting. I learned that the average plate of food travels 1,500 miles before it gets to your plate, and nutrients are lost during this process. Vegetables lose half of their nutritional value by the time they get to the store. Fruits and vegetables will never be as nutritious as they are the moment you pluck them off of the vine, or tree, or out of the ground. Every hour that goes by after that, their nutritional value literally withers away. Vegetables lose between 15 and 77 percent of their vitamin C within a week of harvest, according to a 2007 University of California Davis paper published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. And that’s if they’re kept refrigerated the whole time! Most produces loses 30 percent of its nutritional value within three days of harvesting. Spinach can lose 90% of its vitamin C content within 24 hours of harvest, and 50 percent of its folate and carotenoids within a week. By the time it’s purchased in the grocery store, it’s often more than a week old. Fresh and local are best – and you can’t get fresher or more local than your own garden!

So, what if you decided to transform your lawn into an edible garden?

If you live in a nice neighborhood the HOA might throw a temper tantrum. Many cities have banned edible gardens, especially when placed in a front yard. Consequences range from citations to fines to, in extreme instances, jail time. Which is so incredibly ridiculous.  But somebody’s got to stand up and push back. A Florida couple went to court against their town after being slapped with a $50/day fine for growing food in their front yard. Although they initially lost, the state ended up passing a law in July 2019 that prohibits towns from banning edible gardens for aesthetic reasons. And in California, a bill passed in 2014 that allows for “personal agriculture” in order to reduce food costs for those in poverty. Despite the challenges you might be faced with if you decide to transform a lawn into a garden, the benefits are high.

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I’ve loved the convenience of the OCB cones but I’ve put them on the shelf as I master the classic art of hand rolling my joints. And I had a breakthrough on last week’s episode of Roll With Me when my friend Luke taught us the art of the Dutch cone roll.

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We all know practice makes perfect so I’m engaging my cannabis industry friends to coach me. And if you’ve got some rolling tricks up your sleeve, perhaps you, too, can school me on an episode of Roll With Me.

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