Jul 1, 2017
In this episode, Ryan and Joey have a conversation with Norm
Groot who is the Executive Director for the Monterey County Farm
Bureau. Monterey County Farm Bureau supports the people that
work the land. Their organization serves as a collective
voice for farmers and ranchers and provides information, benefits
and services to their members.
Monterey County Farm Bureau has come publicly stated they feel
cannabis should be treated as any other agriculture crop, which
almost every cannabis advocate agrees with. We discuss the
parallels between normal AG and cannabis with Norm and also talk
about how cannabis will potentially change our local agricultural
scene for the better.
This episode came at a perfect time because the same day we sat down to speak with Norm, the Forbes AG Tech Summit was talking place just one block away from us and the Monterey County AG Commissioner released the crop report for the year, just one day prior.