Digital Magazine: Cookies U Class of 2024
The partnership between AROYA & Cookies U was formed out of mutual respect and a desire to promote education, empowerment, and equal opportunities for underrepresented communities in the cannabis sector. As a proud sponsor of Cookies University 2024, AROYA headed up to Humboldt to deliver two days of instruction covering plant science, cultivation, and crop steering. With this publication AROYA celebrates this partnership, the excellence of Cookies University Class of 2024, and the enduring impact of this life-changing program.
AROYA Case Study: Node Labs
In botany, a node is the part of the stem that sprouts a leaf. In tech, a node refers to the intersecting data point within a network. Both speak to connection, the emergence of something new from that which currently exists. For Node Labs, the San Francisco-based tissue culture company, sourcing fire phenos from around the world is the starting point.
MJ Lifestyle:
The (R)evolution of Nina Parks
With cannabis spending projected to reach a staggering $23.4 billion nationwide by 2022, it’s clear that Americans (60% of them, to be exact) are more in favor of legalization than ever. And yet, even with two-thirds of the nation having cannabis legalization laws on the books, black and brown people are not only still being disproportionately arrested for cannabis crimes—but they’re also being shut out of the legal industry.