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  • The 2025 Leaf Impact Special: Impact Profiles

    Fri 12:23am By Northwest Leaf Staff
    Joyce Cenali Region: California Social: @joycewill4u Joyce Cenali is a Cannabis executive who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. As chief operating officer of Sonoma Hills Farm, Cenali’s background includes both production and compliance.  “Relative…
  • Shop Review: Caravan Cannabis

    Jun 11, 2025, 2:20 pm By Northwest Leaf Staff
    This is a story of perseverance, adaptation and vision — one that follows Jeff Clark through the tides of Washington state’s Cannabis revolution. Before legalization reshaped the landscape, and after serving his country (Semper Fi), Jeff was running a…
  • Shop Review: THX

    Jun 10, 2025, 9:01 pm By Oregon Leaf Staff
    THX (The Highest Xpectation) is a Portland-based dispensary that opened on Feb. 29, 2024. It’s ironic that the store hosted its grand opening on Leap Day, because over the past year the outlet has made tremendous leaps and strides, going from the “newest…
  • Budtender of the Month: Drew Stevens

    Jun 10, 2025, 2:19 am By Northwest Leaf Staff
    Drew Stevens landed the job at Western Bud in Burlington, Washington, just after turning 21. It was his first sales position, and though nerves accompanied the new role, they quickly melted away as he got to know the team. The tight-knit group of coworkers…
  • Budtender of the Month: Abu from Vibe by California

    Jun 9, 2025, 11:38 pm By Matt Jackson
    Impact Issue’s Budtender of the Month was first recognized by Denise at Rosin Tech Labs. She told Leaf Magazine about the passion for the plant that Abu brings to the wonderful people who shop at Vibe by California. Abu has been a budtender at Vibe’s south…
  • Glass Artist: Marina Glass

    Jun 9, 2025, 11:19 pm By Northwest Leaf Staff
    Marina Glass began her journey in 2020, deep in the misty forests of Oregon. Surrounded by towering pines, fog-laced mornings and a grassroots community of creatives, she discovered borosilicate glass — and never looked back. What began as a quiet…
  • Recipes: Berry Boost

    Jun 9, 2025, 11:00 pm By Northwest Leaf Staff
    It’s June, and it’s all about the berries. You can use frozen berries, but if you have the opportunity to use fresh, their season is now, and you won’t be sorry. Jack Herer was my go-to sativa for years: reliable and always packed a punch. For a little…
  • Regenerative Impact: 5 Daily Acts to Help Heal Earth

    Jun 9, 2025, 4:02 pm By Amanda Day
    In this age of climate anxiety and overconsumption, it’s easy to feel powerless, but real impact starts with intentional daily choices. When we root our lifestyle in love for the Earth, even the smallest acts ripple outward, becoming regenerative blessings…
  • Herb ‘n’ Legends: The Green Gateway

    Jun 9, 2025, 3:44 pm By Matt Jackson
    There’s no question that Cannabis is a gateway, but to where is the question. If you read all the classic anti-pot literature, the answer is straight into the arms of a heroin needle and a Grand Theft Auto-style shootout with police.   Coined in the ’70s…
  • Saving Sophie: Radical Love, Remarkable Science

    Jun 7, 2025, 7:41 pm By Northwest Leaf Staff
    When Tracy Ryan first cradled her newborn daughter Sophie, she envisioned a life filled with milestones and celebrations — not medical charts and prognosis reports. At eight-and-a-half months old, Sophie was diagnosed with an optic pathway glioma — a rare,…
  • Hemp Press: Sustainable Printing

    Jun 7, 2025, 5:41 pm By Amanda Day
    Somewhere between a joint and a genius idea, Hemp Press was born. What started as a clever way to make business cards double as rolling tips has grown into the only print shop on Earth fully dedicated to hemp paper, and it’s rooted right in Oregon. Founded…
  • The Summer Heat List

    Jun 6, 2025, 5:31 am By Matt Jackson
    Weed culture today is pushing back on classic stereotypes and redefining and realigning vintage ideas about what a stoner looks like, what we do for fun and what we want to smoke. Whether it’s renting a Gravitron or a Times Square billboard, weed smokers are…
  • High Crimes: The Wild World of Cannabis Robberies

    Jun 5, 2025, 5:20 am By Wes Abney
    Cannabis businesses along the West Coast are struggling to defend themselves against armed robberies and dangerous heists, putting the people who tend our plants at risk and driving up the cost and risk of weed for consumers. The illegal drug business has…
  • Patient of the Month: Betsy Ingraham-Marineau

    May 13, 2025, 1:54 pm By Amanda Day
    In the lush lands just outside Portland, Betsy Ingraham-Marineau lives in a cozy cabin tucked below the home where she grew up. She was raised on a 4.3-acre patch of land where her parents — both potters — encouraged creativity and self-expression, sowing…
  • Patient of the Month: Reagan Moore

    May 13, 2025, 1:35 pm By Maryland Leaf Staff
    Be sweet, little Honey — that’s the nickname given to Reagan Moore by people close to her. She has the first half of that phrase tattooed on her as a reminder of who she is and to honor the lessons in humility and generosity passed down from her late…
  • Shop Review: Oregon Bud Company

    May 12, 2025, 2:10 pm By Oregon Leaf Staff
    Whether kayaking on Yaquina Bay or hiking the verdant trails in nearby nature preserves, Newport, Oregon, offers no shortage of coastal adventures and excitement. And what’s a better accessory for adventure than a big bag of bud or a handful of tasty…
  • Leaf Profile: Jessica Mills, MJ Esthetics/skINFUZED

    May 12, 2025, 1:23 pm By Wes Abney
    Jessica Mills is licensed esthetician, manicurist, medical Cannabis patient and single mother who has built a business while raising her two sons. She began using Cannabis to treat an epilepsy disorder and has dedicated a large part of her life to sharing the…
  • Budtender of the Month: Sarah Hong

    May 12, 2025, 1:16 pm By Wyatt Early
    Sarah grew up in Maryland and has been a longtime Cannabis enjoyer and cat lover. She found her home at Chesacanna after getting her first exposure to the industry at a different dispensary. During peak COVID times, Sarah found relief through Cannabis and got…
  • Shop Review: Dank of America

    May 12, 2025, 1:01 pm By Northwest Leaf Staff
    In the quiet corners of Whatcom County, a little green dream has taken root and grown into something much more than just a Cannabis dispensary. Dank of America, with locations in both Blaine and Bellingham, isn’t just a place to pick up your favorite flower…
  • Shop Review: San Pancho by OFL

    May 12, 2025, 12:28 pm By Matt Jackson
    Although only open since December of last year, San Pancho dispensary in San Francisco’s Mission District has already been creating a stir. The store’s name is taken from a nickname for the city, which plays on the shortened form of Francisco in Spanish…

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