An Ag Revival

It’s short-sighted to fret over cannabis farming in
Carpinteria. I get that it’s new, and there’s a whole century worth of
reefer-madness stigmatization to overcome.

Looking
beyond the knee-jerk anti-cannabis fervor, I see an ag revival in Carpinteria
Valley. Flower farming was big business until international trade opened up and
made it impossible to compete.

In
cannabis, our farmers (the best farmers in the state!) only compete within the
state for market share. Lois Capps once labeled Carpinteria Valley “America’s
Flower Basket.” We were proud. I’m prouder now than ever.