OREGON STATE FAIR TO HOLD MARIJUANA JUDGING

Marijuana growers can now compete for blue ribbons at the Oregon state fair. Besides tastiest apple pie and plumpest pig, pot will now be judged for its finer attributes, including color, aroma, leaf structure and lack of pests. The top growers will become the nation’s first-ever winners of a state fair ribbon honoring a farm crop outlawed by the federal government. As some have pointed out, the contest effectively adds another H to the 4-H Club: Herb. More than 60 growers are expected to showcase their cannabis plants at that event. Winners will be awarded blue, purple or yellow ribbons and their prize-winning plants put on display at the state fair in Salem starting August 26. All plants have to be in vegetative (nonflowering) form, according to an entry form. The state fair exhibit will be displayed in a greenhouse and monitored by a security guard. Visitors must be 21 or older. Don Morse, chair of the Oregon Cannabis Business Council, said, “For the people at the state fair to let this happen is really groundbreaking. We are not promoting the use of cannabis. We are there to show plants to people over 21 what award-winning cannabis plants look like.”
* Of course Oregon has been running a statewide version of this for years.
* First prize is a visit from a federal agent.
* You can win a blue ribbon, a purple ribbon, or a whatever, man, just chill…
* Everything’s fried at the State Fair, even the farming contestants.
* I’d keep that competition for the tastiest apple pie a good distance from these guys.