Book Review: “An American Cannabis Story” by David Goodman in Skunk
David Goodman opens An American Cannabis Story by detailing his initial visit to see his niece, Jade Stefano. It wasn’t an average familial visit because he was arriving at Jade and her husband Ben’s cannabis cultivation operation in Ellensburg, Washington, to photograph the annual harvest at Puffin Farm. What ensued was a photographic and journalistic pilgrimage to record and report on an entire year of full-scale Washington State cannabis cultivation. While you read the story of the trials and travails of negotiating the complex experience of participating in the West Coast cannabis industry, you are exposed to a comprehensive photographic journey through all the phases and aspects of commercial cannabis.
Presented in five sections: The Evolution of Puffin Farm, A Year in the Life of Puffin Farm, The Process, Signature Cultivars, and Good Night Puffin Farm, An American Cannabis Story is replete with many dazzling full-page color images of weed from the seed to the shelf and explanatory narrative the whole way through.
Every aspect and phase of commercial cannabis production is documented, from seedling to packaging, including great detail on various premium cultivars and forms of cannabis, with many close-up images that collectively constitute a cannabis curriculum that will render the reader a novice cannasseaur…
Read the full review by Vivian McPeak on Skunk.
