The Growing Divide

The Growing Divide is an online documentary project that uses photography and a series of 25 interviews with residents, marijuana growers, police officers and government officials to tell the story of the marijuana boom in the rural community of Hayfork, California.

With photographs by Talia Herman and Brian Gossman, and with support from California Humanities, a nonprofit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Humboldt Area Foundation, the result is a multi-faceted look at the marijuana industry in the microcosm of a small, rural community. Read on for excerpts from this project, and view it in its entirety online at: www.thegrowingdivide.com.

The Marijuana Industry Goes Boom

In the rural town of Hayfork, California, marijuana has become a defining element. Marijuana gardens are almost as numerous as people, with cultivation so prevalent that gardens are visible from most roads. It is the primary source of employment, and...

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