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Dec 10, 2024 | 
kansascitymag.com | David Hodes
Imagine getting a hankering for a hamburger at a special burger joint in, say, Sedalia. Forget the hour and a half drive. Just hop into your Beechcraft Bonanza parked in your personal hangar next to your garage, roll out to the nearby runway, and get airborne in about five minutes or less. Crank your flying beast up to about 200 mph, and ta-da—you’ll be taking care of your mad burger need in about 30 minutes.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
kansascitymag.com | Ian Ritter |David Hodes |Hampton Stevens |Dawnya Bartsch
Some of the most powerful people around are those you haven’t heard much about, but they’re often the people who keep things moving and growing—and as a result, are shaping Kansas City. Here are 10 people of note who are exerting a quiet kind of power.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
cannabissciencetech.com | David Hodes
Published on: Cannabis Science and Technology, September/October 2024, Volume 7, Issue 5Pages: 30-33A look at how growers explore the possibilities of a more manageable operation as research about soil chemistry takes center stage. Growers explore the possibilities of a more manageable operation as research about the chemistry of the soil takes center stage.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
mjbizdaily.com | David Hodes |Kate Lavin
In recent weeks, the regulated marijuana industry has faced a crisis of confidence prompted by lab-approved products found to contain pesticides. Now there’s evidence some marijuana samples submitted for testing contain a mysterious “soup” of dozens of unknown compounds never before found in cannabis. Lab executives told MJBizDaily they believe the compounds are created when hemp-derived cannabinoids are converted to delta-8 and delta-9 THC.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
kansascitymag.com | David Hodes
A special edition of Kansas City magazine coming out this fall wants to honor and celebrate your senior dog in its pages and at a special fundraising event. The event will be held at Bar K Dog Bar (501 Berkley Parkway) down by the river. We are calling it the Good Ol’ Dog Days Senior Dog Celebration, with a bunch of events and the crowning of the special edition’s Good Ol’ Dog. More details to come.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
cannabissciencetech.com | David Hodes
Published on: Cannabis Science and Technology, May/June 2024, Volume 7, Issue 3Pages: 24-28A look at how extraction techniques are driving more product innovation and whether the rescheduling of cannabis will affect extraction. From simple DIY to lessons learned from mainstream agriculture to chemical discoveries, extraction techniques are driving more product innovation. The search to isolate more and more cannabinoids is driving extraction development. That’s been a trend for years (1).
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
kansascitymag.com | David Hodes |Dawnya Bartsch
By David HodesThe humble beginnings of local legend Alvin Brooks’ early life and how he became the civil rights icon that he is today have been deftly told and memorialized in a movie by an Oscar winning KU film professor.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
kansascitymag.com | Dawnya Bartsch |David Hodes |Rachel Layton |Reece Parker
By Dawnya Bartsch, David Hodes, Rachel Layton, Reece Parker, Ian Ritter and Hampton Stevens We scoured the history books, took a look at the last 180 or so years of Kansas City history and cherry-picked the moments and movements that shaped the city we live in today. Some events called for instant celebration or quick action, others for somber reflection and disciplined planning, but each moment in time led us to where we find ourselves now.
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May 15, 2024 | 
mjbizdaily.com | David Hodes |Kate Lavin
Gelato, anyone? Hop latent viroid, already infecting most cannabis grows across the United States and Europe, is coming under greater scrutiny as researchers scramble for options to control the spread of the parasite, including making the plant resistant to the viroid. Some cannabis cultivars, such as Gelato 33, are showing a natural level of resistance, although it is unclear what variables contribute to their increased defenses.
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May 9, 2024 | 
cannabissciencetech.com | David Hodes
Published on: Cannabis Science and Technology, March/April 2024, Volume 7, Issue 2Pages: 22-25With the cannabis industry expanding, David Hodes looks into two areas of safety concerns with cannabis processing, which include new ways to understand health issues of cannabis workers and new consumer safety alerts about cannabis products with higher THC percentages. Safety efforts now include robots, mental health assessments, and research on levels of THC intoxication.
