Just north of Omak, you will find a particularly special Tier 3 Cannabis farm called CannaSol. It’s surrounded by vast amounts of other agricultural endeavors. From apples, pears and cherries to peaches, apricots and nectarines, this hallowed ground has produced some of the best fruits in the world for centuries.
To utilize this soil, you have to know more than a thing or two about botany, and that’s where CannaSol Farms’ proprietors, Jeremy Moberg and Sabina Boehm, come in. They’ve spent more than a decade perfecting what others have spent a lifetime on: creating living soil that doesn’t require salt-based nutrients to grow prolific Cannabis plants.
What are terpenes? It’s a really good question because for a lot of us, that’s all we’re after. Terpenes are the taste on your palate, and they make marijuana one of our favorite things to ingest. Sure, the medical benefits and cerebral feelings also help drive purchasing decisions. But for me, first and foremost is the flavor, and that all comes back to the terpenes.
But there’s a certain way to get the most terpenes out of a plant, and CannaSol follows these ideals precisely by providing a natural stress to the plant with perfect lighting and timing. Now, light deprivation might not sound like the highest tech thing. A lot of people might think it’s just an outdoor grow with a tarp, but it’s more than that. Out in the elements, the blazing sun and blowing winds give plants optimum space to breed both terpenes and cannabinoids.
Now, to go back and simplify things, cannabinoids are what get you high. They’re produced by a certain mechanism of photosynthesis that occurs within the Cannabis plant. Potency is based on an hourly light schedule, a certain amount of nutrients that the plant absorbs through the soil (or substrate) and a monoculture that allows you to procure the best plants for particular benefits.
But terpenes are different; they’re what you taste and what makes Cannabis enjoyable. Without stress in the environment, terpenes aren’t as readily available. Sure, you might grow the perfect indoor crop and get a batch that really spits when you put it on the press, but the best flavor comes out of a plant that has experienced actual natural homeostatic stress.
CannaSol focuses on this mantra and takes it to the next level. One of the most notable things I saw on this tour was the dedication to environmental sustainability. For example, CannaSol uses organic, handmade compost tea to feed the plants, and they also design and source packaging that limits the amount and types of plastics used. Everything at this farm is well thought out and focused on intentions. These practices garnered CannaSol the coveted Dr. Bronner’s Sun+Earth Certification.
Next time you visit your favorite retailer, give CannaSol a try. Flower, prerolls, rosin, edibles and a full line of RSOs are just some of the products they produce in-house. CannaSol Farms also produces Cannabis for its two other brands, Lish Organics and Columbia Natural Cannabis, so make sure to check out those products, too.
Tops strains:
- Acapulco Gold
- Jack Herer
- Durban Poison
