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The Dank Home Chef sat down with Carla Boyd, CEO of Hempway Foods. Carla founded Hempway Foods to have a tasty "Superfood" and to help with her food allergies. She wanted wholesome ingredients and to use hemp seeds as the source of proteins. The result was the hand-crafted Hemp Burger. From that humble burger has grown a line of hemp-based products. Here are some of the awards Carla has won:Voted 2019 Best USA Hemp Food | GHC Hemp Awards 2018 Best Colorado Hemp Food I GHC Hemp Awards 2016 Best Colorado Hemp Food I GHC Hemp Awards 2015 Best Hemp Product/Facility I Cannabis Business AwardsHer line now includes Burger Crumbles and a Breakfast Sausage; all incredibly tasty and nutritious. All of her products are:     • NO Gluten, Soy, Dairy, Corn, GMO, or THC      • VEGAN      • VERSATILE Burgers and Crumbles      • 10g Protein - 8g Fiber - 20% RDA Iron - 25% RDA Magnesium Environmentally Responsible Prep and Packaging Ready to sink your teeth into a mouth-watering burger?Here is a link to her website: https://www.hempwayfoods.com/

Founder and CEO of Ardent, a Boston-based biotechnology company, Shanel Lindsay combined her entrepreneurial passion with her experience as a practicing attorney to effect change in the cannabis industry and bring innovative solutions to medical cannabis patients and the broader community. Shanel Lindsay was an author of - and spokeswoman for - the successful ballot initiative that made cannabis legal for adults over the age of 21 in Massachusetts.  In July 2017 Shanel Lindsay was appointed to the Massachusetts Cannabis Advisory Board by State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg. Shanel Lindsay was reappointed for a second term in August 2019. The Board and Shanel Lindsay work with the Cannabis Control Commission to oversee marijuana legalization and licensure for companies seeking to grow, process or sell marijuana products in the state..  Shanel Lindsay remains involved in the development of marijuana laws and new businesses in Massachusetts and across the country as a frequent speaker and expert consultant for other emerging businesses in the cannabis and biotech space. Always focused on creating and empowering a diverse and inclusive industry, Shanel Lindsay is also co-founder of Equal Opportunities Now, which successfully fought to preserve and expand the equity provisions in the new Massachusetts cannabis law and the Northeast Cannabis Coalition, a multi-disciplinary group of business owners and professionals dedicated to ensuring that innovation and access are central features of this new economy.  Ardent’s suite of consumable products and commitment to science and data make it a leader in the medical and adult use markets. Ardent is poised for explosive growth in both the B2B and B2C cannabis markets, as well as the broader health and wellness space.  Focus areas: * New Product Development * Strategic Marketing & Branding * Client Relationship Management * Licensing, Patents & Copyright * Public Relations * Contracts & Negotiation * Social Justice Reform 

The Dank Home Chef sits down with Raven Faber, founder and CEO of EngErotics. As Raven says on the website, www.engerotics.com:We aim to bring high-quality, well-engineered intimacy devices along with expertly formulated CBD (cannabidiol) infused intimate body care products to market.She has taken her company from being a LLC to C Corp status; clearly she knows her business.  This is a fun and fun-filled free wheeling discussion of CBD and THC infused personal lubricants.So sit back and enjoy!Be sure to subscribe to hear more from the Dank Home Chef

The Dank Home Chef sits down with Kimi LeVadge. They discuss the beauty of an infused personal lubricant. Kimi talks briefly about sexual health. She goes into a bit of detail about how she developed her brand of personal lubricant. Kimi explains why she started infusing her lube with THC and the demand that created. She compares her brand with over the counter lubricants.Both she and the Dank Home Chef explain why douching is NOT the preferred method of maintaining vaginal health. Kimi further explains why label reading is absolutely essential for maintaining vaginal health.

A sommelier uses multiple senses when evaluating a wine. Cannabis lovers can apply the same techniques to selecting a strain of Cannabis. Smell and sight are the two main senses used. How does the strain smell? Is there a predominant terpene? Lemonene, myrcene, or another terpene the dominant aroma? Visually can the flower be seen easily? Is there kief present? Are there any flower buds present and are they heavy with kief?

A sommelier uses multiple senses when evaluating a wine. Cannabis lovers can apply the same techniques to selecting a strain of Cannabis. Smell and sight are the two main senses used. How does the strain smell? Is there a predominant terpene? Lemonene, myrcene, or another terpene the dominant aroma? Visually can the flower be seen easily? Is there kief present? Are there any flower buds present and are they heavy with kief? A sommelier uses their experience with wine to select a good match, pairing, with a meal. They use their sense of smell to match the flavor profile of a meal. Using those same skills can help a cannabis user to match the cannabis flavor profile to the meal flavor profile. The Dank Home Chef talks with Zander about a couple of terpenes. Their conversation covers a couple of the major terpenes and how those impact the smell and taste of a particular strain. In particular, they covered the terpene caryophyllene. They talk about how terpenes should match up with the dominant flavor profile to enhance the dining experience and as well as improving the enjoyment of the cannabis strain.

A conversation with a sommelier. How do the skills of a sommelier translate into picking a strain of Cannabis. The role that terpenes play.

The Dank Home Chef, aka Carolyn King, interviews her favorite budtender: Mack! They discuss the cannabis industry, the customer experience, how to be a better consumer of cannabis, Mack's transition from a noob to a cannabis sommelier, and prison reform while eating Saffron Tagliatelle with Spiced Butter infused with Golden Goat followed by a vanilla ice cream dessert topped with hot chocolate and caramelized bananas (also infused with Golden Goat).