Chasing the Green Dream: Cannabis Agriculture

Saturday, September 24, 2022 | 10:00am - 11:00am

100 Genetics and Plant Biology Building

In this lecture, Professor Ted Grantham will address misconceptions and uncertainties around California’s evolving cannabis industry and describe how research at UC Berkeley’s Cannabis Research Center is providing new insights into the social and environmental dimensions of cannabis production in the state.

Ted Grantham is an associate professor of cooperative extension in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley. Grantham is also co-director of UC Berkeley’s Cannabis Research Center and an adjunct fellow at the Water Policy Center of the Public Policy Institute of California. His work focuses on understanding the effects of human activities on freshwater ecosystems and the translation of science into sustainable solutions for managing water in California.