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Genine Coleman

Executive Director

Origins Counsel


Genine Coleman is the Founder and Executive Director of Origins Council, a nonprofit education, research and policy advocacy organization. Origins Council is dedicated to sustainable rural economic development within legacy cannabis producing regions and establishing nationally and internationally recognized, legally defensible, standards-based, geographic indication systems for cannabis. Genine lives in Mendocino County and has over 20 years of cannabis cultivation experience. In 2012, she stopped cultivating cannabis to take up cannabis patient and policy advocacy. She is the co-founder of the Mendocino Appellations Project, which is now a regionally sponsored project of Origins Council, and serves on the Board of Directors for the 420 Archive which is devoted to collecting, preserving and sharing the history of cannabis culture and prohibition in the United States. Genine is also a founding board member of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance, formed in 2019. From 2017 – 2020, she served on the Board of Directors of the California Growers Association. Genine has a background in fine art, marketing, communications and education. She has studied traditional arts from around the world including Ancestral Earth Skills, West African and Zimbabwean music, Internal Chinese Martial Arts and Kriya Yoga.

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On Demand

Cannabis Appellations of Origin: Redux


Average Rating:
   1
Categories:
Regulatory Rounds |  Appellations |  IP law
Faculty:
Genine Coleman |  Richard Mendelson |  Luke Zimmerman, Esq., LL.M |  Eleanor Kuntz |  Anne Kelson
Duration:
60 minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
SKU:
INCBA072420CAOD
License:
Access for 6 month(s) after purchase.
Short Description:
Join us for an update - from the comments that INCBA has submitted to the CDFA on behalf of the industry, to the most important aspects of the regulations, and what is necessary to make appellations o...
Price:
$75.00 - Non Member Price

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On Demand

Interstate Commerce: What the Industry Needs and When


Average Rating:
   13
Categories:
Business |  Cannabis |  Cross Border Markets & Commerce |  Interstate Commerce
Faculty:
Adam Smith |  Shaleen Title, Esq. |  Robert Mikos |  Genine Coleman
Duration:
1 Hour 31 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
SKU:
INCBA08172022od
License:
Access for 6 month(s) after purchase.
Short Description:
Interstate commerce continues to be at the forefront of the industry's collective mind as we look for solutions to incongruence of supply and demand, stalled equity programs, and fierce competition be...
Price:
$75.00 - Non Member Price

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