No Federal Schedule Let’s end Cannabis Prohibition Now! How can we end Federal Prohibition? Well, we’ve taken the first step here in Washington State by passing I-502 and starting the legalization process. We’re at an in between spot right now. A place where the Federal Ax looms over our burgeoning cannabis industry and leaves us unclear whether it [...]
We started looking for our new home in October of 2011. With a tight budget and a dream of a little hemp boutique in the front, I set out and surveyed the areas searching for modest offices from which to produce Seattle Hempfest. Finding a location for Hempfest Central was hard. Although we didn’t plan on selling [...]
You work hard for your money. You come shop at Hempfest Central. You leave a donation in our “Change for Change” jar. This woman robbed all of us yesterday. She came in, on Friday April 5, 2013, distracted our volunteer, then ran out the door with YOUR donations to Seattle Hempfest! Help us find her! [...]
HFC theft 45 158 p Today this woman came into Hempfest Central and stole our Change for Change Jar, donations from kind generous people who wanted to help Seattle Hempfest move forward in the community. Out of respect to all of the people who donate their hard earned money and the hundreds of volunteers who [...]
Monday August 19th, won’t be the same raging rally of free speech, music, & ganja culture and it’s not our 4th day. It’s actually our 8th day of Hempfest and we’ll still have two more to go! We have 10 days of Hempfest. 4 setting up. 3 spreading the message of cannabis law reform. 3 [...]
If you told someone who lived hundreds of years ago that America would be banning the cultivation of industrial hemp (also known as “Indian hemp”, they would have thought you were joking. The tall fibrous plant has been a primary resource for humankind since civilization began. Humans have relied on hemp for fiber, food, and [...]
I came up with the idea of a Funeral Procession for Prohibition while I was burning a fatty w/my buddy Max. We were standing there, next to his sleek black, hearse with it’s Black Sabbath sticker in the window and it just popped into my mind: I wish we could truly lay prohibition to rest, [...]
Ever been to an actual cannabis farmers market? It’s just as beautiful as you’d imagine! We visited the World Famous Cannabis Farmer’s Market at 1912 Center Street in Tacoma on St Patrick’s Day. The market is open the 1st & 3rd Sunday’s of each month from 11 – 5 PM. Why visit a Cannabis Farmer’s [...]
Marijuana. Just the mention of the word conjures up stereotypical associations: a bleary-eyed dreadlocked hippie in a tie-dye, a teenage slacker lounging on a sofa, bong in hand, or a shady drug cartel mule peddling the illicit shrubbery across a porous border crossing. For a certain group of people, however, the word marijuana immediately floods [...]
Hello! I’m Az (aka Pasta Far Eye), the coordinator of the new Radio Free Hempfest project here at hempfest.org. Radio Free Hempfest has been the seed of an idea at Hempfest for several years now, waiting for the right conditions to bring it to life. It is still very much in the formative stage, the [...]
