Solventless Hash Q&A: Collin Palmer

This episode of Solventless Hash Q&A is with undercover OG Collin Palmer. He's been cultivating, washing, and was trained by the best and now helps run one of the biggest solventless operations in Massachusetts at Happy Valley.

Collin has extensive ties to multiple creative industries outside of cannabis, including music, advertising and more. Collin's experience is tremendous and provides the brains behind Happy Valley solventless efforts. The discussion here covers a broad range of topics, including the ties between music and cannabis, how solventless has evolved, solventless carts, and much more!

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2:28 - Give us a little intro about you and the companies you’ve worked for
4:31 - Walk us through the history, you’ve talked about Icey Mag and Bubble Man and you’ve been steeped in cannabis culture for a long time. So, what did your evolution look like to now working with the businesses that you do?
6:10 - What have been some of the biggest groundbreaking developments that you’ve seen after doing solventless for 20 years now?
9:58 - Talk to us about Vessel Life Science and Happy Valley, are these pet or personal projects? Would you break down businesses that you work for and what you do for each?
13:08 - What does the dispensary and product scene look like up in the northeast right now? What can people expect to be coming out of your lab?
14:45 - What is the long-term goal with your hash and what are you guys trying to do now and with your solventless?
16:46 - What is your current outlook with the strains that you’re producing? Are you guys pheno-hunting for certain kinds of things or are you trying all kinds of different things? Tell us about your philosophy when it comes to the genetics you want to process.
19:19 - What is a poly-hybrid and what is a non poly-hybrid?
20:26 - What does IBL mean?
21:54 - Give everyone a little background of your music and how you feel that music has influenced cannabis culture
26:17 - What were your experiences like touring with bands like STS9? How did cannabis and hash tie into your touring and music career?
28:02 - How do you feel about a lot of big music artists collaborating with growers and coming out with their own line of products?
30:54 - What’s your take on scaling quality when it comes to solventless?
33:31 - Where do you see solventless going in coming years? How does that relate to price so that more people would be willing to solely purchase solventless?
36:21 - Where do you think the laws are headed in the northeast and some of the states surrounding MA?
37:50 - Do you think that NY will rise to be a premier hash scene?
40:23 - Where are you guys going with your product line specifically as it pertains to solventless?
41:25 - Do you see that solventless has a big home with edibles and topicals? Where do you see solventless tying into some of those lay products or different consumption types?
43:15 - As an extractor or producer, if you are not producing solventless can you still be a premium extraction brand?
45:00 - Would you agree that some strains come out better when processed solventless and some strains come out better when processed with hydrocarbons?
48:15 - What is your take on waste/recycling when it comes to disposable cartridges?
49:46 How do you get what you do to everyone in the way that you see it in the lab? (Collin brought this up)
52:45 - Is there a major difference in the experience between your very best pen and your very best full melt? Is that an experience that the lay consumer could attempt to have without owning a blow torch?
56:33 - Where can people find your products and what do you guys have out there?
Where can people find you guys online?
59:17 - Where can people find you online? Any places you would encourage people to check out?

Make sure to follow Collin and Happy Valley MA, as well as Vessel Life Science (his personal page)!

https://www.happyvalley.org/
https://www.instagram.com/happyvalleyma/
https://www.instagram.com/vessellifescience/

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