1. Tell us about your first cannabis experience?

I was 15 years old and had just moved back to Hamilton. Was walking through the football field of the highschool I was going to attend in the Fall and there was a group of boys sitting on a bench smoking joints. They called out to me as I was walking by, and so I stopped to chat (as I was open to meeting new people since I was starting school soon) and they asked me where I was from and one of the boys offered me a joint. I wanted to look cool of course so I took it....had a few puffs (yes i inhaled) and then once my little buzz kicked in I made up an excuse that I had to get home and went on my way..........to the corner store for Sour Cream & Onion chips and a Skor bar hahahaha Side Note: Stayed friends with those boys to this day!

What inspired you to get into the cannabis industry?

I have always consumed and baked with cannabis, but it wasn't until 2015 after I lost my partner Brad to a heart attack, that I decided I needed something to focus on. If there's one thing I truly learned from that chapter of my life, was that I should go for what I want and not be afraid of what people think! And so it seemed quite natural to start pursuing cannabis seriously with my edibles as word in Parliament was legalization was in the 5year plan. I hit the ground running with markets in Toronto with my partner Chantel and for the next year we worked every market and event that would have us which led us to Smoke Signals Indigenous Cannabis Cup, where I met the High! Canada Team and shortly thereafter joined them and then became Ontario Editor. (Little known Tammi fact, my first round of college I went for Business and Publishing to start my own Womens Magazine....however, the internet became a thing and print lost its foothold. I took the safe choice and went back to school for Accounting, putting my magazine dreams on the backburner)

Can you share with us your favourite articles you've written?

My favourite articles from High! Canada, have to be all the pre-legalization things I covered. It was like the Wild West of Weed and it was like a magical dreamland. My hometown of Hamilton had over 100 dispensaries at one time and the events, parties, and markets were weekly. Everyone was excited about what legalization could look like and there was a true sense of Community. It's a feeling like no other I've experience since legalization. Gage Cannabis also set the bar high in my mind as to what LP operations might look like going forward with Craft grows. So, the articles written during that time were indeed my favourite.

That being said, Habitat Life in BC with an innovative approach to vertical growing and aquaponics, to The House of Sinse in Orange Hill Negril, and ACMPR Assistance, Renfrew County made my cannabis dreams come true! Visits I will never forget and are sure to return to!