Pure Sativa Landrace preservation and Pheno hunt with Rastafari Church in Antigua | Humboldt Seed Co

Join The Humboldt Seed Company’s Chief Science Officer - Ben Lind and Dr. Machel Emanuel on a Pheno hunt of the “Caribbean Queen“ aka “Pure Sativa“ in the Caribbean This preservation landrace project is over 7 years in the making and today you get to come with us as we see the results of selective breeding and preservation of the Caribbeans Landrace Cannabis Strains. A Pheno hunt film about the Rastafari Church on the Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda with the Humboldt Seed Company and Dr. Machel Emanuel Film by Home Grow TV - @HomeGrowTV Episode on Home Grow TV Channel: Humboldt Seed Company IG: Dr. Machel Emanuel: Home Grow TV IG: We dive into the history of Cannabis in the Caribbean the history of Landrace genetics from the region and talk about the “Pure Sativa“ aka “Caribbean Queen“ Landrace Preservation Project. Genetics from the Caribbean. For the Caribbean and pheno hunting for a better future. We tag along with the Humboldt Seed Company as they pheno hunt through hundreds of the landrace preservation of the Pure Sative / Caribbean Queen. (Cannabinoid and Terpene tests with the NEO SPECTRA) We get to sit down with Prophet Rohan from the Rastafari Church of Antigua and Barbuda and hear a little about the connection to cannabis as a plant and religious practice. The Trip wouldn’t be complete without getting to meet Regis Burton, the CEO of the Cannabis Authority of Antigua and Barbuda. We get the low down on the laws in Antigua (the first Caribbean country to legalize cannabis for religious purposes) Cannabis was finally back in the hands of the Rastafari and the world needs to take a page from the book of Antigua and Barbuda’s Cannabis Policy. Pure Sativa Landrace preservation and Pheno hunt with Rastafari Church in Antigua | Humboldt Seed Co Timestamps: 0:00 - What is the Global Pheno Hunt? 0:47 - Meeting the Caribbean Queen aka Pure Sativa 2:10 - Story of bringing ancient cannabis genetics back to the Caribbean 3:25 - History of Cannabis in the Caribbean with Emanuel 7:02 - Finding a local connect and testing the Wadadli 9:18 - Meeting the Prophet Rohan from the Rastafari Mansion Bobo Ashanti (EABIC) 11:01 - Start of the Pheno hunt of Pure Sativa 12:24 - Finding the Prophet’s Unicorn 15:02 - Why Humboldt Seed Co is breeding Caribbean Landrace Cannabis 16:05 - Findings from first landrace and pure sativa crosses in Caribbean 16:50 - How Ben found the Landrace from the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago) 20:40 - Terps and Aroma of the Caribbean Queen aka Pure Sativa Landrace 21:25 - Thoughts of the Caribbean Queen from the Authority 23:06 - 12/12 from seed, clean water, and volcanic soil 23:48 - Potency test, Cannabinoid, and Terp test of the outdoor Caribbean Cannabis 26:35 - Selecting the unicorn bud for catalogue and testing 30:11 - NEO Spectra tests of Cannabinoid and Terp of other island samples 31:55 - Roasting the Caribbean Queen aka Pure Sativa for Testing 35:56 - Interview with CEO of Antigua and Barbuda Medicinal Cannabis Authority 39:16 - Thoughts about the Cannabis Movement in Antigua and Barbuda 42:28 - Where is the Next Pheno Hunt? #globalphenohunt #humboldtseedco Humboldt Seed Company is a cannabis seed company based in the U.S. state of California. The company was founded by Nathaniel Pennington in 2001 in the Emerald Triangle of Northern California. The company holds a database of Cannabis phenotypes covering thousands of individual plants, and an inventory of their seeds or living plants. Samples were obtained starting in 2018, in “phenotype hunts“ with the participation of California growers. In 2022, it was the first company to register autoflowering cannabis in Colombia. Also in 2022, the company created the first scratch and sniff cannabis product packaging, incorporating terpenes matching the sealed contents.