🦥 A few things I found this week — chill and give these a read:
Man, it breaks my heart to see multi-generational heritage get swallowed up by market volatility, but the reality of what’s happening over in Vermont is a massive wake-up call. Seeing a fifth-generation family farm go under after fighting through the hemp collapse, insane debt, and the brutal reality of cannabis oversaturation is just devastating [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/analysis/vermont-cannabis-farmer-lost-family-farm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vermont-cannabis-farmer-lost-family-farm). As a grower, this hits way too close to home because it shows how the transition from legacy or traditional farming to the legal green rush can absolutely gut the people who care the most.
On the other side of the world, Jamaica is trying to tackle this exact transition by introducing new cannabis permits aimed at bringing their traditional, legacy ganja farmers into the legal fold [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/analysis/jamaica-cannabis-permits-legacy-growers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jamaica-cannabis-permits-legacy-growers). I'm keeping a super close eye on this because we've seen so many corporate markets completely lock out the culture's pioneers, and I genuinely hope this actually delivers for the small farmers who built the foundation instead of just becoming another bureaucratic roadblock.
What are you guys seeing in your local scenes—are the legacy growers holding it down, or is corporate pressure squeezing them out? — Internet of Pot
