From seed to weed: Yolo Organic Botanicals celebrates first medical marijuana harvest

In Woodland, the signs of the harvest are everywhere — trucks hauling fruits of local labor, typically processing tomatoes, on Main Street and elsewhere.

It’s been an annual sight, but this month, a small group of growers just celebrated their first harvest, preparing medical marijuana for thousands of patients.

“This is really exciting,” said Robin Miller. “We have a lot to learn and there is a very steep learning curve, but the community really cares and they are coming together to make things happen.”

Located on a one-acre plot in rural Woodland, Miller and other members of the Yolo Organic Botanicals collective began to process what they simply call “medicine” — snipping buds, separating them from the stems of the bushy, green plant before filling bins to the brim before pouring them into a machine designed to trim away any excess leaves.

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