Cannabis Growers Seek Blue Ribbons For Their Buds At Oregon's State Fair
Whether you're in Maine or Michigan, state fairs have their own smell — a mix of hot oil from the curly fries, and that unmistakable livestock tent.
One exhibit at this summer's Oregon State Fair, though, has a particularly distinctive funk. It's the one introducing a new crop: marijuana.
"It was this year that the state Legislature designated cannabis as a farm crop. And the general public should know what it's all about," says Don Morse, the head of the Oregon Cannabis Business Council.
And the tent — which has a strong piney, somewhat skunky smell — features nine prize-winning marijuana plants. They're the first live pot plants that have ever been shown at a state fair.
The judges used a number of criteria, says Morse: spatial noding, leaf structure and aroma.
To be clear, the judges at the fair in Salem, Ore., didn't actually sample the finished product. And...
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