Cultivate + Ignite

There is a lot of information out there about the Hemp + Cannabis movements. Where do you start? At Napa Valley Fumé℠, we’ll bring you the what and the why so you can decide–from an informed position–what matters to you.

Why Hemp, The Sustainable Wonder Crop, Is Sweeping The Nation

Twenty-three states have now enacted pro-industrial hemp legislation (Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie signed the latest bill this past week), making the cousin crop to marijuana a national phenomenon. Since the beginning of the year, more than 70 bills related to hemp have been introduced in more than half of the country’s states. Passage of the recent Farm Bill, which legalized the crop for research purposes, further cleared the way for industrial hemp production…

The Most Important Cannabis Studies of 2018

The most exciting new frontier in cannabis research this year wasn’t any individual study or published report. It was a pair of developments (one in Canada, the other in the United States) that together promise to spur the research studies of the future on a scale never seen before, with a scope of inquiry that includes exploring potential benefits, rather than myopically focusing on potential harms…

How CBD Works

Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating component of the cannabis plant, has generated significant interest among scientists and physicians in recent years—but how CBD exerts its therapeutic impact on a molecular level is still being sorted out. Cannabidiol is a pleiotropic drug in that it produces many effects through multiple molecular pathways. The scientific literature has identified more than 65 molecular targets of CBD…

Do different cannabis strains affect you in different ways? A DNA expert reveals the science.

Visit any dispensary, and you'll instantly be greeted by a vast spread of different cannabis strains, all promising varying effects, flavors, and ratios of THC and CBD.

Whether you're being introduced to a new strain or returning to a tried-and-true favorite, you might seek out a certain type to boost your creativity. Or, maybe you want something to help you wind down and veg out in front of the TV. There are even strains out there that allegedly improve performance in the bedroom…

Pot in Wine Country? Napa group seeks ballot measure to grow marijuana

A group of Napa entrepreneurs from the wine and weed industries are seeking to make it legal to grow cannabis in the county for sale in stores. They turned in signatures Tuesday in a bid to put a measure on the March 2020 ballot.

The petition gathered around 8,100 signatures, more than the 6,635 needed, according to the Napa Valley Cannabis Association, which wants cannabis and wine to coexist and counts vintners among its members. It asked voters if they support a proposed initiative that would greenlight cultivation of the plant for commercial use in unincorporated areas, which include more than 90% of Napa County…