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Latest · 4 March 2026
A response to the Real Seed Company's blog post of February 18, 2026. The Real Seed Company recently asked whether the effects of landraces are really so different from modern cannabis. Their answer was an emphatic yes and we agree. Anyone who has smoked a proper ganja landrace from Laos or Orissa alongside a dispensary cookie-cutter 25% THC cultivar knows the difference is not subtle. It is not…
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4 March 2026
A response to the Real Seed Company's blog post of February 18, 2026. The Real Seed Company recently asked whether the effects of landraces are really so different from modern cannabis.…
22 February 2026
Georg Eberhard Rumphius arrived in Indonesia on Ambon Island in 1654 as a merchant for the Dutch East India Company and almost immediately began cataloguing the plants of the Spice Islands.…
30 June 2025
We’ve entered the Jaldhaka corridor of the Western Dooars, a densely populated lowland tract on the eastern banks of the Jaldhaka river as it progresses towards the Brahmaputra river. Our…
30 June 2025
We’ve now entered the Western Dooars and lower Kalimpong Range sector of this year’s Northeast India survey. This zone forms the transitional belt between the Teesta River floodplain and…
16 June 2025
We’re currently working through the North Bengal lowlands sector of this year’s Northeast India survey. Our present survey zone spans the western floodplain districts, beginning in…
28 April 2025
After our work in Khiriwong and Lan Saka, it was only natural that we would find ourselves heading north-east, toward the coastal plains and foothills of Tha Sala district. Tha Sala has…
27 April 2025
Past the last road, deep in the Khao Luang Massif, some of the last true Southern Thai landraces still survive and we just brought back seeds from two of their strongholds. Each of these…
19 April 2025
There’s something up there... Past the last road, past the last power line: something ancient, green, and breathing. Come find it. Mornings come slow here. Chai steaming in clay cups, fog…
6 November 2024
In October 2024, I travelled across Sri Lanka on a short exploratory trip, hoping to get a sense of the island’s cannabis heritage. While Sri Lanka has a long history of cannabis use in…
13 May 2023
Cannabis cultivation likely has a long history in Lapas Village, given Cannabis' natural range. However, with the rise of tourism in the 1960s and the huge demand for charas that has…
10 February 2023
Black foxtails in the Tosh Kutla 'Goi' fields high above the village at 3500m altitude. The terpene profile expressed itself with dank sickly sweet notes of rotting meat, fennel and…
27 January 2023
'Prem Baba' is the alias for a villager from Lapas who has made ongoing selections for us from the fields around the village and from the plants surrounding his house. He agreed to do an…
10 January 2023
We're thrilled to announce that our organization has entered into a collaboration with Lung Dam (Uncle Black), one of the most respected and accomplished cannabis breeders in the Thai…
26 June 2022
All the seeds for the 2022 summer drop of our latest accessions for supporters and subscription holders are on the way to our distribution center in France. That give us about 2 weeks to…
7 May 2022
Straight out of the green triangle! Expect a full write up on this area/accession soon.
4 May 2022
Zomia is back in Cambodia! So far we have made initial forays into Takeo and Kampot provinces with incredible success, our long time collaborators in the region are warm to the idea of…
19 April 2022
Long, foxtailed buds on this well put together example of Cannabis from Takeo. It was sourced in Kampot and was available as part of a 15kg batch. Classic Mango and Camphor aromas on this…
15 April 2022
While in Phnom Penh, we scored some of Pursat province's finest from some local friends of ours, along with a handful of seeds. Check it out: Compressed quite tight, these dense buds were…
31 March 2022
Work in progress - but it gives you a little idea of where we have made our landrace and heirloom accessions in Thailand so far. Big areas of the map yet to cover and we need your help! As…
31 March 2022
A landrace is a domesticated, locally adapted, traditional variety of Cannabis that has developed over time through adaptation to its natural and cultural environment along with being…
10 March 2022
We found some locally produced 'Buddha' Thai or 'Buddha Sticks' on Koh Chang. It's very well dried and cured with a beautiful musky, incensed aroma that keeps me coming back for more. The…
2 March 2022
Yesterday I spent some time with a local cancer patient wishes to stay anonymous and her friend, the owner of a local cafe called Pi Pin. Both grow a few plants at home from genetics…
28 February 2022
Hello from Koh Chang, Thailand! We have begun our third season of operations with a trip to Koh Chang, a beautiful island in the Gulf of Thailand in Trat province, near to the Cambodian…
24 January 2022
We're very close to having finalised our next expeditions. Thailand has recently proposed decriminalisation and so we hope to move forward rapidly with some trips to previously unreachable…
22 December 2021
More than half of you still haven't given me your preferences for the drop! I'll hold off for 12 hours more - if I haven't heard from you then I will give you a selection of all the beans…
14 December 2021
I wanted to share a very interesting article about the relationship between Tai Khuen (ไทขึน) peoples and the Tai Loi (ไตหลอย) peoples in the context of a study on the symbolic elements of…
14 December 2021
By now the first of you should have received the Bonus drop sent out as a reward for joining early. If anyone hasn't received it by the end of the month - please let me know. This also a…
11 December 2021
Strain list from Thailand Expedition - Available Now! Thank you all for your patience! We have been hard at work here planning out our next steps and figuring out the upcoming trip. Stay…
3 November 2021
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