Author: Bradley Barker

How Modern Genetics Influences Cannabis Strains Some 150 years ago, an Austrian fellow by the name of Gregor Mendel revolutionized our understanding of the inheritance of the traits that define us. With naught but a green thumb and the observation of several generations of pea plants and their characteristics, Mendel theorized nature’s method for how […]

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How the New ‘Normal’ has Great Potential for your Cannabis Operation Nearly every major industry on the planet has been severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the cannabis industry—deemed as “essential” by the majority of US states—has largely stayed open for business. Not surprising for an already-resilient and tenacious industry which only a few […]

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What’s the Quality of your Cannabis Product? The extraction of botanical compounds such as cannabis is as much an art as it is a science. However, there are tried and true methods to continually improve our techniques—and ultimately—our end product. In fact, the success or failure of your extraction business depends the quality of your […]

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Is Bigger Always Better in a Cannabis Processing Set Up? When considering the capabilities of ethanol processing of cannabis specifically, or even manufacturing machinery in a more general sense, there is a question that stands out as a topic of some debate; is bigger always better? It’s widely accepted that when it comes to throughput, […]

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Solvency and Cannabis Extraction Solvency and the Process of Ethanol Cannabis Extraction A solvent, derived from the Latin, solvo meaning to loosen, unite, or solve, is a substance used to dissolve another, creating a homogenous solution. Solvents are omnipresent in our daily life, water often being referred to as the universal solvent that acts as a medium […]

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Thermodynamics and Cannabis Extraction The Principles of Thermodynamics in Ethanol Cannabis Extraction Among the numerous physical properties governing the natural world, there are few more widely applicable to cannabis extraction than those of thermodynamics (heat and temperature, and their relation to energy, work, radiation, and properties of matter). Controlled variance in pressure and temperature can be used as effective tools to […]

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Decarboxylation and Cannabis Decarboxylation of Cannabis in Your Ethanol Extraction Process Decarboxylation is, in my professional opinion, the most important step in producing cannabis distillate extract of premium quality. While the quality of the biomass, the rigor of the extraction, and the sensitivity of the distillation are also crucial, the only chemistry in the entire […]

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Safety and Cannabis Extraction Article by UL Safety Is Critical to the Growth of the Cannabis Extraction Industry There’s an old saying, “You don’t know what you don’t know,” and it applies not only to people but evolving technologies as well. Innovation almost always starts with a knowledge gap in some form or another, and […]

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