Beaster's Policy

We're serious about growing Cannabis! Proven processes don't include "chemmy" nutrients. This story reflects A Kinder Caregiver Inc.'s sentiment and is duplicated from
"The Cannabible3" by Jason King

I have spoken with people on all sides of the issue known as "Beasters," which is what Americans call the mass-produced, warehouse-grown, chemically fed schwag that British Columbia exports to the United States by the ton. The funny thing is, when you try to bring this up to Canadians, they act as if they don't know what you're talking about. They respond with "We don't ever see that" or "The good stuff stays in Canada."

Beasters. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the most-often-smoked herb in the United States-I see it everywhere I go. Its effects on the American cannabis scene are numerous and far reaching. Picture, if you will, some of these implications and thoughts:

• The entire pricing structure of cannabis in the United States has been turned upside down to the point where, in most places, only select clones get top dollar. As one example, old-school organic outdoor West Coast growers have had to lower their prices by $1500 a pound to compete with Beasters, even though their product is of much higher quality.
• Uninformed American smokers buy Beasters because they think it looks great; they're fooled by the white appearance and think it's actually very resinous. (Sparkly resin glands are what get you high, not the white stalks so prevalent on most Beasters.)
• Buyers go to Canada to pick up loads, and they buy Beasters because they think thats what people want. Plus, it's by far the most available herb.
• Skilled outdoor growers in British Columbia have given up, gotten regular jobs and no longer even grow outdoors because none of the buyers seem to want outdoor herb anymore, and if they do, it's only at a pathetically low price. Others have just jumped on the bandwagon and started growing chemmy indoor herb.
• Dealers who are connoisseurs buy Beasters dirt cheap, knowing that it's garbage and never smoking a singe hit, just to make money. "It's just work," they rationalize.
• There are sixteen-year-old kids in Alabama who could identify Beasters blindfolded and are totally sick of it, but it's all they can get most of the time.
• Legitimate medical marijuana patients have gotten sick(er) from smoking Beasters because it's loaded with chemicals-nasty fertilizer salts-that were never flushed.

This is a plea to all cannabis smokers, buyers, growers, smugglers, and dealers: Please, no more Beasters! Please stop growing this stuff! Please stop sending this stuff! Please stop buying this stuff! Please stop supporting this stuff! We will gladly pay for more organic herb!

Next time your supplier offers Beasters, just say NO! How many times do you think that would have to happen before things started changing? Before the love started coming around again? It's the law of supply and demand. If we demand better herb, it will be supplied.

Every time you buy Beasters, you're sending a message to the growers, buyers, and smugglers: We will buy your chemmy Beasters. (its the same with anything you support with your money, really .)

At this point you may be wondering, why do Beasters suck? Read "Why Most Pot Sucks." On page 145 [of Cannabible 3]. Your typical Beasters have broken every rule on the list. Plus, the strains commonly grown are chosen strictly for yield, not quality or flavor or high-not to mention that large portions of Beasters are "kiefed," bounced on screens to remove resin glands. (Which they keep!)

Another thing to consider is that Beasters is mostly grown by organizations with one thing in mind- money. This shows clearly in their end product. Beasters is the Wal-Mart of cannabis: really cheap and really low quality. Organic herb, on the other hand, whether grown indoors or outdoors, is normally produced by people who take pride in growing the finest ganja possible. Who do you want to support? You wield much power with your spending dollar. Personally, I want to support the small, organic family farmers.

As we approach the end of the era of cheap fossil fuels, which power the lights that frow all this indoor bud (and also supply the petroleum-based chemical fertilizers), it is especialy important that enlightened (pardon the pun) cannabis growers go back to their roots and relearn how to frow their crops outdoors and organically, even biodynamically; biodynamic farming is an invention of Rudolph Steiner that utilizes cosmic forces and special handmade preparations that are highly beneficial to plants and soil.

Just say No to Beasters! And if you are a commercial Beaster grower, please, on behalf of all of us, at least switch to organic hydroponics! I highly recommend Botanicare's line of products. Just try it-the resulting cannabis tastes so much better! I know you will be pleased!
I want to again mention that there are incredible organic farmers in B.C., though their product is by far the minority, at least in terms of what's exported to the United States, and not what I would call Beasters. These high quality nugs are usually sold as U.S.-grown herb, given that if they're identified as B.C. product, the value goes down substantially.

As the saying goes, "Friends don't let friends smoke Beasters!"