As Communications Manager for NCIA, Bethany Moore leads us down the path of events (on it’s 10th year of existence), Covid-19 and how the industry is pivoting. We start off talking about how the space is evolving around content creation, why it is important for her to focus on blogs, podcasts and videos to consume.

The topic around cannabis being deemed essential is a big deal. Bethany discusses the impact of states acknowleding the need for cannabis and while at first banning all cannabis sales in multiple regions around the US those decisions were quickly reversed in San Francisco and Colorado to name a few. The hope of this designation will lead to safe banking for the cannabis industry.

Let’s get political, NCIA website has a plethora of information for your voting options a we careen towards this 2020 election for President. If you visit NCIA Candidates you can look at how these politicians have voted in support of cannabis policy, very important if you want to see the plant continue to progress in the Unites States. GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!

Howl at The Moon!!!! Bethany is a study of paganism, that’s right she is a witch. 8pm everyday she participates in howling at the moon, giving energy to mother earth and focusing on the balance of life. Having been a pagan from early on in life it is her main source of peace and love.

Her passion is poetry, she is the author of 3 books of poetry and one dark fairy tale. She states she has to do open mics, its cathartic for her and she encourages people to get out of their element and be passionate.

You can buy Bethany Moore poetry here on Amazon, look her up on LinkedIN and on Instagram @beatnikbetty and @nationalcannabisindustry

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I really loved this interview with Barbie Sommars, her passion and concern comes through. Starting as a patient and an activist she naturally moved to becoming an educator. She has dealt with health issues that have fueled her desire to utilize cannabis as medicine.

She is the President of Faerie Jane, a cannabis consultancy specializing in helping clients successfully navigate this vast emerging industry. With over twenty years in asset management and six years building and facilitating networks in the cannabis industry, she is passionate about connecting investors to deals, creators to markets and people to information.

Barbie is dedicated to infused consumption and that leads us to discuss her endeavor “High Dining”. Her desire to utilize cannabis in the dining experience she layers it with education and knowledge. These dinners are a wonderland of education, science and magic. She has also crossed over to psychedelics as medicine as well not necessarily infusing psychedelics but the continued education.

What a pleasure to have this conversation with Barbie Sommars, enlightening and educational all wrapped into one.

Make sure to follow Barbie Sommars on Instagram @highdining.club @faeriejane @maryjuniversity her websites Faerie Jane High Dining Mary Jane University Photo used shot by Ixcel Lara

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It all started out with a LinkedIn search “Cannabis Industry Insider” and boom there he was Matthew Wagner. I read into his bio a bit and talk about someone with a story. “I have applied at 200+ cannabis jobs on LinkedIn, and even more on other platforms; not a single interview, and not a single call back. I found my way. and I was meant to be here.”

Our conversation lasted over 2 hours and we put about an hour on tape, there will be a part 2. Matthew is sitting in front of a store smoking a joint and starts to share his path to where he is now.

It all started in Missouri hard to think someone could be an aggressive advocate for cannabis. Well, leave it up to Matthew to buy an armored truck for his bar, paint it with a HUGE NORML logo on the side of it while subsequently driving it around town.

After numerous raids on his business in Missouri, he was over it, Matthew is a renegade. He feels that the marijuana leaf is a “fuck the man” symbol. He loves weed so much he just wanted to be in the cannabis industry. The next step wasn’t weed though.

He found himself in Beijing China working on crypto mining hardware (sketchy as hell in Asia), depressed and feeling the need to get back to America and more importantly get back to cannabis. After spinning through Thailand and managing numerous bars in the paradise of Phuket, Thailand legalized medical marijuana… it was time to go home.

He landed in Houston and decided to load his car and drove straight to Northern California and sequester himself in the Emerald Triangle. He went though a couple harvests, the farm got robbed and he was not willing to get shot but loved the plant so much.

“I’m going to LA babayyyy!” After he got to LA he realized he was in his element, he began to work on marketing for brands, throwing events and focusing on his amorous relationship with cannabis.

I am going to go on record that this is episode 1 with Mr. Wagner we managed to get you a cliff notes version of his path to cannabis. Next episode we will dive into pieces of his story to expound on his adventures in weed.

Matt’s closing message is to help those in need and in general. Be a good human.

Follow him on Instagram @industrydisruptor

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