Reap what you sow
Welcome to the future of a budding industry. Many look at the rise of Cannabis legalization as the game changer, the big win. I, however, see hemp and its myriad products as the real win. Regardless of your theories — conspiracy or not — about why industrial hemp and Cannabis got lumped and bumped into Big Bad status by the Feds, you can’t deny that hemp is truly the poster child for Western Civilization 2.0. Hemp as a product can be be selected for its special qualities. Some hemp grows better in different climates, making one region’s hemp better for clothing fiber and another’s climate better for seed production, for a food product or an oil source. There are breeders worldwide creating these new strains of hemp specific to these desirable climates and specific to desirable product uses. Get ready to watch a brand new market explode: hemp seed breeders and home hobby medicine designers. Breeding is about to be a booming market. Who will create the best hemp and medical-grade Cannabis strains? We will watch hemp become an industry much larger than the steel industry is or ever was. What steel did for the railroads, hemp will do for carbon sequestration and the next generation of the building trades. A new market is opening up. Medical Cannabis was the beginning. Get ready for more jobs in America going back to farming. Get ready for big business and small business alike, working side by side as a new industry develops. There will be big Cannabis corporations soon, and there will also be the craft beer model. The SATIVAMAGAZINE.COM
small business owner still has a stake. I want to make one point about the word corporation. Corporations are not inherently bad. It’s the people with integrity problems and greed issues that created this image. So many of us hate the word because of the companies that have given it a bad name. But don’t forget there are more corporations doing good than bad. Look past the headlines, and you’ll see plenty of corporations with a conscience. Toms Shoes. Patagonia. Credo. You get my drift. We at Vanguard Click Publishing and Sativa Magazine seek to set an example as to how a good corporation runs. We aim to help people and I myself am a champion for job creation and freedom. I and my staff want good jobs, opportunities, and the chance to work hard and reap prosperity from our efforts. We’re guessing that our readers want the same. The Cannabis and hemp industries are looking for investors and business professionals to build a market that creates jobs and ends many injustices. Please contact me and I will direct you in how to find the right people to make your dream/goal happen. It may include me giving you a selfless plug about advertising in our publication. But I’m not pushy and advice is always free. :)
Michael Carter Editor-in-Chief michael@sativamagazine.com
OCTOBER 2013
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