How to grow cannabis? With modern science and technology

Canada (Conversation) – In Canada and around the world, legal cannabis producers face many challenges: Varying government regulations, high security requirements and a lack of reliable information on how to grow their crops. Growing cannabis has been illegal for so many years that scientific research on how to best produce this crop is limited. Much of the knowledge on how to grow cannabis lacks validation, is clouded in secrecy and is mostly connected to hidden and illegal production facilities of the past. In contrast, researchers have been improving production practices…

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Magdalene Magazine Gives a Platform to Women and Other Marginalized Sectors of Indonesia

Indonesia (GV) – Since 2013, Magdalene has been publishing articles that speak to adolescent girls and women, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, and religious minorities in Indonesia. This online publication was launched to offer a space for writers who wanted to tackle taboo topics in a country where Islamic hardliners have been aggressively pushing authorities to enforce their religious beliefs in society. Indonesia is the largest country in the world with a Muslim-majority population. Its founding principles as a nation include the promotion of pluralism,…

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