Photo @nextgreenwave Foundation likes to create their own splashes and waves by cultivating their genetics, bred in house by the Vegas Botany grow team: Golden Nectar: An overload of orange and tangerine flavors and aromas backed with honey sweet OG undertones. DosiFire: Sweet and sour with some fruity gas. It’s a resinous hybrid with a complex and nuanced flavor-profile to match its well-rounded mind and body effect. Fukka OG: “All Gas No Brakes” experience. A potent crossing of Diesel Fire and Face Off OG. A must have for OG fanatics looking for a next level experience with fuel flavors. These strains can be found under their brand, Area 51. A brand created and launched by The Harvest Foundation Las Vegas which offers flower and pre rolls, with plans to add more products: “We are looking to do some collabs in the near future with a few productions to release concentrated Harvest Foundation brand products. Our genetic library is vast and some of the things we will be releasing soon consist of strains like: Fucka OG, Chem OG, DosiFire, Golden Nectar, Shirley, Headband hashplant, Black Sunshine, and White Runtz to name a few.” The Harvest Foundation Activism and The Arts The Vegas Botany Grow team is very active in the cannabis community. Their social media shows them at community meetings, being a voice, and pushing for better legislation. “We have and will continue to support groups like Norml because it’s extremely important to us to push for legislative change. As personal victims of the war on drugs, we love to see the legalization but make no
mistake, we believe in decriminalization of cannabis and that no one should ever be jailed for this plant.” Full of magic transferred to the plants, Director of Cultivation, Dyran, is also connected to the art of music. He is the cofounder of Money City Management Group, a black owned and established music management company: “Money City Management Group is here to provide creative, artist friendly management strategies, to help empower artists. We believe everyone is their own brand and only you should own you. We collaborate and work with various artists covering all genres of music.” There are two artists signed to Money City. Ire Williams is a talented wordsmith from Chicago with a witty play on words, baritone with a bit of raspiness, and lyrics on subject matters that make him a must listen. And Big Dahl, this man is a born performer. He has a soulful sound and heartfelt melodies that give chills. Final Thoughts When I asked the team of growers at Vegas Botany, what it feels like to be one of only a few black owned businesses in cannabis, their response was: “It is a gift and curse. Cannabis, like many other industries in America, has a race disparity when it comes to ownership and operation. On one hand you feel blessed that you are a rarity but on the other, there’s disappointment. This happens when we meet and encounter other black people who are equally talented, but will never get the opportunity. Things like lack of capital and/or various qualifications are created with the intent of marginalizing the ownership pool.” When I am able to sit with black and brown people in this industry, I look at bravery, representation of beating the odds, the sight of hard work, and the hope that one day, the industry won’t be so muddy, allowing fairness the opportunity to shine. REFERENCES: reviewjournal.com/crime/aclu-report-highlights-racedisparity-in-nevada-pot-related-arrests-2010818/, naacp.org/criminaljustice-fact-sheet/, pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/22/four-in-ten-u-sdrug-arrests-in-2018-were-for-marijuana-offenses-mostly-possession
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