EPISODE 21

Explore the roots of Aspen Green with founder Brandon Lewis in this deep dive into the brand’s USDA Organic standards, physician-formulated products, and commitment to clean hemp wellness. From sourcing to sustainability, we unpack what sets Aspen Green apart in a crowded market. A must-listen for anyone seeking clean, values-driven CBD with a mission behind the bottle.

May 16, 2025

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Maria
What is the key to better wellness? Wasn't in another prescription bottle, but in a carefully cultivated plant grown organically, extracted responsibly and backed by science. The problem? The CBD industry exploded before the rules did. Thanks to a patch work of state laws, a 2018 farm bill that left gaps and the FDA's continued reluctance to evaluate or regulate CBD products like dietary supplements, we've ended up with confusion, chaos and a flood of products, making claims they can't back up.

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Maria
Today, I Just Say KNOW. We're cutting through that fog and getting real about what's in your CBD and what should it be?

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Hello, hello and welcome back to Just Say KNOW where. Today we are going to take the mystery and the marketing spin out of cannabis and hemp products. I'm your host, Maria Calabrese and I am excited about today's topic because it addresses something near and dear to my heart. Transparency and wellness.

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Maria
I'm coming to you from the heart of California's cannabis country on KCAA radio 1050 AM, 106.5 FM. And wherever you get your podcasts. With so many CBD brands claiming to be pure, organic or doctor recommend it, how do we as consumers separate the truth from the noise, the hemp from the chaff? Well, one company that walks the walk is Aspen Green, USDA certified Organic, full spectrum and physician formulated by one of the most respected names in integrative medicine.

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Maria
Joining me today is Brandon Lewis the founder of Aspen Green. Brandon's mission goes beyond selling wellness products. He's here to raise the standard and help us all become smarter. CBD consumers. Brandon, welcome.

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Brandon Lewis
Well, thank you for having me, Maria. It's a pleasure.

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Maria
I have been looking forward to this conversation, not only because we're welcoming Aspen Green to the Green Bee Life hive, but because I think your story and the science behind your products can truly empower our listeners. For those who may be new to Aspen Green, tell us how it all started. What led you and your co-founders to step into the CBD space, and what problem were you hoping to solve?

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Brandon Lewis
Boy oh boy, that is a loaded question.

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Maria
A lot to unpack.

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Brandon Lewis
Yeah. So look, I'm not going to get religious on anybody here, but I will tell you that I literally was asking from above for something that I was passionate about and that would fulfill me for close to a decade now. I had, I am a recovering alcoholic addict. I'm sober 28 years, and I ended up in a business where I had an executive search firm that was tied to pharmaceutical marketing and health care advertising.

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Brandon Lewis
And during this time, when I would ask my clients, I would I would ask them about therapeutic categories of expertise that they would require to have and so forth. And different skills that they're looking for when they would bring on, on whether account talent or scientific talent into their organization. And my stomach really started, started to churn somewhere around 14, 15 ish, maybe 16, when I had clients that were in the pain space in particular, were promoting opioids and, so with that, I just didn't want to be a part of that any, any longer.

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Brandon Lewis
I didn't know how I would end up over on this side of the, you know, this, this business, I've been passionate about prison reform, decriminalization. I believe that people need to go to treatment centers and get help when any when they have any addiction. And I did not grow up as a, as really a cannabis lover, I didn't I used to have a retail chain a long time ago when I was in my, in my early 30s, we had I did business in eight states.

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Brandon Lewis
I had a thousand employees and, and I like the action, but but that business was really about the money. It wasn't necessarily helping people, per se. And when when this came about with me, probably the first, the first, moment that it made me really pause and think was in 20, I want to say 2012, I was in Colorado Springs and I had stopped off at a dispensary right off of I-25 and selfishly, look, I'm a male.

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Brandon Lewis
I've been married to my wife, Heather, who's involved in the business for, I don't know, what, 23, 24 years now. And I had I heard that you could have a good time with your intimacy, if you will, if you've got a buzz from cannabis. So I stop in at this dispensary and it took every bit of 45 minutes I get out and, you know, get back into the car.

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Brandon Lewis
And Heather says, what? What took you so long? And I said, babe, you don't understand what I just saw. I saw every walk of life. I saw every demographic. I saw people who do want to get absolutely buzz, there's no question. But I saw so many people who are looking for, you know, help from their ailments. And again, I want to be very cognizant.

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Brandon Lewis
I know I mentioned I was in executive search tied to pharmaceuticals before. Well, you know, we're not making any claims, right? So we're not we're not going to tell you that we're going to help you, quote unquote, with pain or with your with your other, ailments where the FDA, is involved in far in pharma can pump out a drug for you.

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Brandon Lewis
But these are natural, you know, natural remedies, if you will, from this plant that's been around for thousands of years. And, it was really eye opening to me to see that in 2012 where people were really looking for relief from a variety of their issues. And, you know, it took a few years still where I had to go on a journey where I thought, you know what?

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Brandon Lewis
Why do I open up these marijuana dispensaries, medical marijuana dispensaries? And I really was disheartened because it is so stinking political and every state is doing it differently. Look, we're a lover of Colorado. Everything that we've been doing is based out of Colorado. From soup to nuts, growing the plants, extraction. Rebecca and Stephanie were on this call live out there.

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Brandon Lewis
Our our teammate Adam Young is in Colorado Springs. And and with that, you know, I also I live in Florida in a town called Ponte Vedra Beach, which is a beautiful place. And I go out to Colorado all the time. But with that, I really got disheartened in these in these state sessions, both in Colorado and in Florida.

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Brandon Lewis
And and having it be, you know, vertically integrated, you have to do every single thing under the sun and you have to retail directly with, you know, brick and mortar and so forth. So fast forward through that. I was sharing my zest to explore this medical marijuana space with a friend of mine who's a very wealthy guy.

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Brandon Lewis
And, he came to me a couple months, maybe about six months later. So this is in the beginning of 18. And he I'm sitting at this desk right here, and he calls me up and he says, hey, what do you think about this CBD thing? He hit me in a bad moment and I just go, I think it's a fad.

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Brandon Lewis
And it was in the nation because I always focused on marijuana, right? Right.

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Maria
Write!

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Brandon Lewis
And I'm not understanding the difference here. I'm not a connoisseur of cannabis at this time. Really. So fast forward to this. He invites me to come in and to be a distributor for another brand out there. And I started asking him, well, and that company, where are the farms? I want to meet the farmer. And they couldn't tell me they were to say, hey, we buy material from all over the place, 5000 farms, whatever it was, across the country, we ship it in into one location.

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Brandon Lewis
We're grinding it up, mixing it all together. It's like a hodgepodge of, really biomass. And. And I said, Tim, I said, this is not what I've envisioned. I have another gig that I do. I've had success, yada yada yada, and and I really want to help people, and I and I want to know, I want to know, like at the ground level, the strains, the farming and so forth, so fast forward through that.

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Brandon Lewis
My ... we have two...we have partners,, Kyle and Valerie Chong, lifelong friends of mine. I've known Kyle since we were 12 years old. He's a Chinese Jamaican guy. No joke. His mom used to grow, you know, cannabis. And she would use it in tea.

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Maria
Right.

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Brandon Lewis
Properties to help with the various elements. So anyway, so with that, his wife Valerie, was very in tuned to these different talks and got her in skincare products like the brand over. I think it's 1300 of them. So this is kind of the genesis of us where we came together two families, homeopathic, looking for the natural remedies.

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Brandon Lewis
And then the journey began.

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Maria
Looking for the natural little turn it give to, you know, pharmaceuticals or products that are packed with preservatives or not so great ingredients. You know, there's a lot of manufacturers out there who put profit over people and for you, it was personal. And I share that with you. I think that's what drew me. I didn't realize the specifics, but two Aspen Green, it's it shines through in your, you know, your products.

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Maria
They're USDA certified organic. They're grown in the United States, Colorado to be exact. And, the care you take and the interest you have in commitment towards sustainability, for me, it's personal and, I really appreciate your sharing the the why in in such a candid and personal way. Our journeys are quite parallel. I went to law school.

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Maria
I mean, to me now, unfortunately, I was drummed in as a child, and there was a it was a felony. And the devil's drug and a gateway drug to, to all kinds of mayhem. But, I had a horrific car accident. I had four massive spinal surgeries and opioids. That is not a long term use drug.

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Maria
Sorry. Pharma got it wrong. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it hurts. Opioids was, it's just not a long term use drug if there's really specific cases. Very acute short term pain. But for someone struggling or suffering with with a chronic, lifelong condition. This happened to me after my first year lost. I was only 24. Opioid addiction was a real threat and concern, so but cannabis was never on the table.

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Maria
So for me, it wasn't until 2016 when it went on the ballot in California, and it was actually through a dog that I had. It's funny because with all of the propaganda and, and the misinformation, I really thought you had to go full blown cannabis and that CBD was, you know, was just a fad. I didn't understand the endocannabinoid system.

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Maria
We'll get into that. And cannabinoids and the THC and CBD are only two of over 150 at least cannabinoids. So, someone suggested marijuana failing dog. I was, you know, that was the devil's weed and CBD I thought was a fad. But she her suffering, not my back. Her suffering forced me to kind of look into it.

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Maria
And when I had the moment, like you, especially in the dispensary and seeing people from all walks of life in there, and that's what our audience wants to learn more about, because they're, they're folks who are looking for natural alternatives to pharmaceuticals and alcohol. So I wanted to just take you back to, you know, your commitment to doing this.

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Maria
So, so authentically and clean. Can you explain to the audience what exactly USDA certified organic means and how rare it is to come by in the CBD industry?

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Brandon Lewis
Yeah, well, that was something that I was, it was a non-negotiable for me. Is that to put out the cleanest products that we can possibly make. And so starts really at the farm. The. So the USDA has to come out and certify the actual farm. They do this on the hemp side of the business. Okay. Just so everybody's clear who's listening.

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Brandon Lewis
This is all the same exact plant. It's called the cannabis sativa L plant. There's the the only difference between what is classified as marijuana and what is classified as hemp is the actual weight of the product cannot exceed point 3% THC. If it's 0.3001, you call it marijuana. You have to have a marijuana license. If it if it's at 0.3%, and below by dry weight, of that actual THC, then you can call it hemp.

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Brandon Lewis
And the feds had passed the farm bill, also known as the Agricultural Act, in 2018. And that made it federally compliant. Now, every state's doing things all differently now, too. There's this whole all this stuff. It's a quagmire, frankly. Right. That's what gave way to to to this space. And with that, you can have the USDA will certify a hemp farm as being organic, but they won't do that with a marijuana farm.

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Brandon Lewis
It does not exist. Okay. I just say, you know, now again.

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Maria
And that's because of the legal classification of the amount of THC.

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Brandon Lewis
Yes. It's all about the amount of THC in the plant. And look, and as we're growing plants realize this. You have a buffer state by state. They give you an allowance. I told you point 3% by weight. So just imagine this. For example, if you have a five gram gummy point 3% of five grams is 15mg. So if that came from what was classified as a hemp plant, and it was no more than 15mg of THC from a hemp derived plant, then you are federally compliant, right?

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Brandon Lewis
So with if you're on the quote unquote marijuana side of the business, the USDA will not certify any farm as being organic. But again, it's the exact same plant. And when you're growing the plants, the term is it went hot, meaning it went over a threshold that's acceptable by the state, which typically is more than the 0.3 in a manufacturing process of growing the plant.

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Brandon Lewis
Okay, getting the oil out, they allow a buffer for that. Okay. And again it does it differently. So if it's over that whatever that threshold may be in the growing, part of the manufacturing and production, then it's called it went hot and now it's called marijuana. You got to burn it, whatever it may be. So, you know, we're testing at the field level at the farm, clipping the buds, clipping the flower, if you will.

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Brandon Lewis
Then we're testing the biomass when it's ground up and there's no stems. We don't use any stems. It's all the flower, all the buds, if you will, all the cannabinoids and turbines and so forth. So so you and.

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Maria
Then and that that's important for bioavailability, right?

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Brandon Lewis
Yeah. Absolutely. You have to...

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Maria
Well move the stems and you have the hemp flower.

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Brandon Lewis
Yeah. For sure. But there's also the ways of ingesting for bioavailability.

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Maria
Okay okay. Right. Okay.

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Brandon Lewis
So like a tincture a tincture with the oil, the droppers smoking is the fastest way to take this stuff and get it in your system. It hits your lungs lumbs, . right. Set. The second fastest way is actually a tincture bottle. And you leave it in the back of the gum line for about 20 minutes, and so forth.

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Brandon Lewis
And it soaks in. And I want to I want to be very careful with the FDA, all that stuff with the FDA...

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Maria
Sublingual sublingual.

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Brandon Lewis
Because you have that and then, you know, you can drink it. We have new drinks coming out, by the way. You have the gummies, you have topicals and so forth. But the tinctures are, to, to and we don't sell smokable. So if you look at our side, I don't believe in and I'm, I'm totally anti-smoking. If somebody smokes, that's their prerogative.

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Brandon Lewis
I'm personally anti vaping. I've been asked to get in the smokable space, the vaping space constantly. And I'm like, I just don't want to be a part of it.

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Maria
Sure, lung health it’s a whole lung health is a whole other issue. But I got you a little off track. You were talking about that. You mill the hemp flower, removing the stems on the topic of the USDA certification. And that's not something everybody does correct?

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Brandon Lewis
Oh, yeah. For sure. There's very few of us out there that do that because it's it's very costly. Yeah. I mean you're talking about you know, you're talking about the sprays used. You have to have everything that has to be approved by the USDA as being organic and clean your soil. Then you're talking about the actual facility where you're doing the, the, the extraction, getting the oil out of the biomass.

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Brandon Lewis
The facility has to be certified organic. I'm like, you know, in manufacturing the gummies, that facility needs to be certified organic, everything from soup to nuts.

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Maria
That's what caught my attention about Aspen Green because it was a few years back. But, I mean, you were one of the first to get that certification, and I knew the farms could get it. But to see that you as a product, I said, I have to check this product out, and on top of the USDA certification.

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Maria
And we'll talk a little bit about your, manufacturing process, but you're also a physician formulated. And that is another unique value proposition. I don't think too many CBD brands can say that. And can you tell us a little bit about Doctor Adam Pearlman and his role in these formulations?

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Brandon Lewis
Well, he's formulated all of them. So you know, it is he we have to have doors open up with the right relationships, meeting people and so forth. Right. And I've we both smoke. We've spoken to so many different folks in this space. There's a ton of, imposters, if you will, a ton of bad actors that don't dot the I's, cross the T's, etc..

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Brandon Lewis
So with that, a dear friend of mine introduced me to Doctor Pearlman. And ironically, you know, I live almost a stone's throw my primary residence is from the Mayo Clinic here in Jacksonville, Florida. And so Doctor Pearlman lives in my same neighborhood. We finally got introduced by a very good mutual friend. And, we hit it off and he ended up offering a a a book-azine, if you will.

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Brandon Lewis
So it's a cross between a book and a magazine about 75 or so pages. It was published by Mayo Clinic Press. It was called, I believe it was called, the Medical Benefits of Marijuana. And, and the many benefits of CBD. And with that, you know, when you when anybody looks at Doctor Pearlman, we're not talking about just any old doc.

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Brandon Lewis
This isn't, an integrative functional medicine doc. He is all about your diet. Before anything. That's the first go to deal with.

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Maria
Yes. Yeah.

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Brandon Lewis
Yeah. So he doesn't prescribe pills unless he has to. He's truly that blend of eastern and Western medicine. And if if anybody in the audience listening, he never, ever got to really meet Doctor Pearlman. I mean, this guy is he's I think he's 58 now. He has like no fat. He's unbelievable. He's shredded in amazing shape. He does, martial arts, you know, just a really unique dude and a pleasure to be partnered with.

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Brandon Lewis
And he didn't join us just because we became friends. It's his name. It's his career. He was at Duke University, you know, for five years leading the integrative, and functional medicine at Duke University to the Mayo Clinic, for another five years. And so when, when he when he joined us, I wanted him to go through every formula and every product that we were coming out with.

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Brandon Lewis
And he signs off on all of them. Yeah.

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Maria
Wow. And, you know, and he had said something that struck me that his biggest concern in recommending CBD is the quality of the products out there. And that resonated with me, obviously with you too, and likely with our audience and, you know, quality control, as you mentioned, it's still a challenge in every space, not just CBD, but when you're in an unregulated space, in this space with such, the patchwork of laws that are inconsistent with gaps, then it's even more can be more unscrupulous, which is a shame.

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Maria
And that's why it's so important to amplify voices like yours and brands like yours, so that people who want to be helped by this plant and by the products know what to look for and, how how to find them. And not just people, but pets. Now, you don't just have. And we're going to talk about your products and formulas in a bit.

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Maria
And about your customer care team and meet some of them. But you also, which I love because my dog was the gateway to cannabis for me. Formula, CBD for pets. And I love that your pet line. I know Doctor Trina Hazan and, I know you've got an incredible veterinary board of advisors. It's really impressive. How did you attract such, such medical authority?

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Maria
So tell us about your veterinarian line and your veterinarian board of advisors.

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Brandon Lewis
Well, Doctor Michael Silver and Doctor Trina has, I got to tell you, I think it was just through constant networking. I really can't even remember. I mean, we're talking about it now, right?

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Maria
Well, they're the best they are. They are the best. Not just in the cannabis field, but doctors on the field of oncology, in their respective veterinary medicine fields. It's it's it's remarkable. You you hit gold there.

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Brandon Lewis
Well, they and those are their formulations. I, you know, I, I didn't want to make a product that two cannabis veterinarians or veterinarians have, have expertise in cannabis and hemp. It didn't make sense to me. There's so much there's so many products out there. Again, how does a consumer know what to trust, right. And that yeah, you get a lot of quote on quote brands, but there is no, dare I say, Coca Cola.

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Brandon Lewis
In our space, it just doesn't exist. Maybe it will in 30 years. But, you know, how do we send the message to the consumer to trust the brand? And to me and to me, it felt like we had to be USDA certified organic. It was a non-negotiable. We need true, true docs that have expertise in helping cannabis, both for the pets with with Doctor Trina and Doctor Silver.

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Brandon Lewis
And then, Doctor Pearlman from the obviously the human side and and and let's go further to because we didn't we didn't talk much about this is testing. So we all want to talk about oh, these are buying into all our products are tested by an independent third party lab. Does that mean it's medicine?

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Maria
Now that you got the MVP's of the space because you guys use SC Labs and I want you to talk about that. So I'm so glad you brought that up.

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Brandon Lewis
Well, with SC Labs, they were our original partner was Botanacor in Denver, which was purchased by SC Labs, nationally recognized as Botanacor ... with with us in Colorado. They were a accredit They were only one of three labs accredited by the state of Colorado. So me I'm like, I had we had to go with one of the three period.

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Brandon Lewis
And you know, they're doing state compliance. They're doing national compliance or you USDA or organic compliance. To me, they are the cream of the crop. And I've seen all these other labs out there. And I'm like, who are they? I've never heard of them, but a lot of them, there's a handful I have heard of. Yes, but SC Labs is the premier testing authority in our space, and we've been with them again pretty much since inception.

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Brandon Lewis
We were with a different lab in the very beginning for just a little while. And then when I stumbled on and I found out about SC Labs, aka previously botanical, it was a mic drop. We had to go there. There's no question about it.

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Maria
And your transparency is so impressive because you have such easy access to lab results for customers. When you talk about how to consumers even begin to evaluate and it can be overwhelming, but you have QR codes on every package and on your website. You have the lab results. Make them very, very, very transparent. And, you walk the walk brand.

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Maria
And what can I say? And, in terms of all of these creme de la creme, partnerships, you are also partner with the Realm of Caring Foundation, and they're incredibly respected in the space. Now, you know, why was it important for you to align with them again?

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Brandon Lewis
I felt like it was, true trust for consumers. But also we needed to have because we cannot speak to conditions or with what the consumer with, with our customer base who are so proud to serve. So when they want to talk to us about their variety, the variety of ailments that they've got, and then they get into their, their, other form of drugs that are taking or their medical, conditions.

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Brandon Lewis
We felt it was best to partner with Realm of Caring because they've taken over 100,000 phone calls from those clients, not patients. And they've also done research with Hopkins, Harvard and Penn, just to name a few. And we've donated products for some of those observational studies, and we just felt that that was the right thing to do for our, again, our consumers and educating people out there.

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Brandon Lewis
This is a this is a free call. They're, they're, they're, they're there to to help you and guide you on your journey, if you will. And with that, so actually, one of their, tenured guys I always had on my radar to come join us. His name is Adam Young. He's not on this call with us. But Adam, was there for about five years, well versed in cannabis and and in hemp again.

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Brandon Lewis
It's the same plant, folks. So, and he was a caregiver and...

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Maria
An important distinction to make. Not everybody realizes that can't be said enough, but go ahead.

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Brandon Lewis
No. And he was a caregiver as well. He's very empathetic. He took care of his mom down the stretch. She passed. So a lot of this with, you know, a lot of people were using RSO Rick Simpson oil, and Adam was, and he's such a caring guy. He's been with us for over two years. And we've got also two gals on that call with us here, Stephanie and Rebecca, who have been, yeah.

00;31;05;12 - 00;31;30;20
Brandon Lewis
So with Adam Young leading, our customer care team, him coming from Realm of Caring. And his experience was just perfect for that. But we needed to have some other really key stakeholders involved that could help our customers. And I actually had met, an awesome farmer. Rebecca, was at her farm myself, and now she's with us.

00;31;30;20 - 00;31;49;19
Brandon Lewis
It took about two years later, she joined us. And then Steph, who's on this call. Both Rebecca and are on this call. Sorry, Bonnie. You're not here. Adam. Sorry you're not with us. We love you both. But Steph and Rebecca are here, and I'm so honored and proud to have them on the team. I've been passionate about.

00;31;49;21 - 00;32;03;12
Brandon Lewis
I want to have an in-house American customer care team that can really guide, our customers and who've got experience in this space. So with that, I'll. I'll let you chat with Rebecca and stuff.

00;32;03;14 - 00;32;28;12
Maria
Well, welcome. Welcome. Rebecca and Stephanie. You know, I could discuss education and patient support all day, but I'm going to let some new voices talk about it. So why don't we start with Rebecca? Rebecca, tell us a little bit about yourself. How long you've been in Aspen Green and and what type of patient support or we call it,

00;32;28;14 - 00;32;36;07
Maria
we have to call it client support. You offered to, customers.

00;32;36;10 - 00;33;05;02
Rebecca A
Yeah. So I'm. I'm Rebecca. I've been with Aspen Green for about two years now, and it's been a great company to work with. For me, my background with hemp or cannabis has been an extensive background in growing cannabis on a small and a large scale. So that background of, like, seeing actually what goes into growing has really made me appreciate this job because I just know, like, how much effort and time and care really goes into it.

00;33;05;04 - 00;33;30;16
Rebecca A
My history with growing has also been organic. And that's really helped open my eyes to how insanely difficult it actually is to get USDA organic certification. It's not something that the farm that I worked with was able to do just because it was just so intensive and also really expensive, too. So that's been really nice, like work for a company that offers that on all levels.

00;33;30;18 - 00;33;55;03
Rebecca A
So I really appreciate that about Aspen Green. And as for the support that we give, I think that our main mission with Aspen Green is to, be not only knowledgeable, but also available to customers, and to our clients just because, I mean, that's something that, you know, and the world of like AI and computerization of everything, like people are really losing that personal touch with companies.

00;33;55;05 - 00;34;12;25
Rebecca A
And so for them to be able to actually, like, pick up the phone and call us, we'll call them back if we miss it right away, you know, we'll respond to their emails quickly. Talk to them on the chat, like just to actually be able to talk to a human being, like quickly has been, I think, a game changer for a lot of people.

00;34;12;27 - 00;34;29;12
Rebecca A
And on that note, like even for me, if I'm wanting to get, you know, customer service from a company and I'm like reaching out to them. Just working for Aspen Green is kind of set my, expectations for customer service a little more. I'm just like, dang, they haven't responded to me in 48 hours. What's going on? You know?

00;34;29;12 - 00;34;37;13
Rebecca A
So I think that's our main mission is just like educating people, being knowledgeable, caring and also, yeah, being available for people.

00;34;37;15 - 00;35;04;23
Maria
Well, this is a radio show and we're also going to have a video version, and I just love to highlight and spotlight the faces behind it because we're crushing the stigma. You're relatable. You're you're you're lovely. I I'd call you not to sound dated the girl next door. I'm like that stereotypical crazy propaganda, reefer madness, displays.

00;35;04;25 - 00;35;31;22
Maria
So not only are you, subject matter expert, you you come to it with years of experience, and, it's been a gateway to helping people. So I love spotlighting the people. I like to say that Green Bee Life is a people network with cannabis, not a cannabis network with people. And, I'm going to now introduce we want to say hi to Stephanie.

00;35;31;22 - 00;35;47;20
Maria
Stephanie, tell us a little bit about yourself. Another one who doesn't look like, you know, whatever. Not that there's not that there's anything wrong. I love Cheech and Chong, but you know. The demographics are much wider, you know?

00;35;47;23 - 00;36;09;13
Stephanie S
Yeah. So my name is Stephanie and I, similar to Rebecca. I've been in the industry now since 2013. I took a little bit different, path. I went more on the retail side of things, so I was working more ten different kinds of customer facing, job. And I worked for a company called Live Enlightened Health. They had no training program.

00;36;09;13 - 00;36;28;27
Stephanie S
When I first entered, they were only medical and so it was crazy to see, like, all these different walks of life coming into the dispensary, having little to no knowledge of, like what they were buying, how to ingest it, what it was going to do. And so I kind of saw, an entry way of being like, hey, I can be really impactful for this company.

00;36;29;04 - 00;36;53;28
Stephanie S
I'm going to help them create a training program. So we developed a world class training program that eventually turned into multiple different states. And and we really saw Louisville expand at a rate that we couldn't have expected. And the coolest thing was that a lot of our reviews that were left back, you know, in the early days, it was that they were coming in and it was an experience that they could come in and they could get walked through all the different forms of ingestion.

00;36;54;00 - 00;37;16;15
Stephanie S
We were answering questions in a compliant way, and they were leaving, you know, feeling really empowered in the decisions that they made. So it was really cool to be a part of that. I love Aspen Green because they've hired so many different people with different bike backgrounds. And so it all kind of for me, it's into this really beautiful symbiotic relationship where, you know, Rebecca has grow.

00;37;16;15 - 00;37;42;15
Stephanie S
I have retail, Adam has both sides, Bonnie as well, coming into it. And it's just been really cool to see how meticulous the process is for Aspen Green. And I use the products my family uses their products, family, friends, everyone's using their products and they love it. And it's really something that I can stand behind because the USDA organic, just the care that we take with our customer service, just every, every step of the way is really thoughtfully curated.

00;37;42;15 - 00;37;45;07
Stephanie S
And it's something that I can really get behind.

00;37;45;10 - 00;38;20;11
Maria
Yeah. And, you know, there's nothing more gratifying than having customers or listeners. I know today's listeners are going to walk away from this just interview, but to have an interaction with you as well, feeling more informed, that makes them feel more empowered on their wellness journey, which we talked a lot about the information gap. And there's a real and there's a legal gap, but those gaps in the law and when you you know, we talk about being able to speak to the customers in a compliant way.

00;38;20;11 - 00;38;55;20
Maria
It's it's tough for consumers. That's for me new to cannabis and having been so grossly misinformed and trying, that's why I put together green B life. And I'm trying to build a hive of brands that are aligned and who are putting people over the profits. But, you know, we need you know, it's connecting the people to the brands that are walking the walk that are well-meaning and that are really interested in helping the people.

00;38;55;20 - 00;39;22;02
Maria
Then the profits will come. But, the gaps in the law present gaps and information, because on the retail side and on the marketing side, how do you separate hype from marketing? But then even well-meaning companies like yourself, if you're restricted from making health claims or, you know, we're we have barriers to social media to putting information out.

00;39;22;02 - 00;39;52;02
Maria
So having this customer support team, I, I, you know, I, I evaluate and I look at and I search for many brands I don't I, I don't know too many that that offer that. And so it's fantastic. While I have such smart people we like to do something called a quick yeah. So, I'm going to have y'all drop a knowledge bomb where you guys are going to share and you're on the spot.

00;39;52;02 - 00;40;16;06
Maria
You're on the spot here. I'm not going to lie. They didn't know about this. Guys beforehand, but were you going to share a fast, powerful insight now? I kind of would, given your backgrounds and your mission, I thought it would be great to ask each of you. And you could go round. You could take a couple minutes each, and you could take a minute to think about it.

00;40;16;06 - 00;40;39;01
Maria
Tell me who would want to go first? Today's knowledge bomb or quick hat? What's the one thing you wish more people truly understood about CBD? Beyond the hype and the misinformation? So who wants to go first?

00;40;39;03 - 00;40;43;24
Maria
What's Brandon? Brandon is brave. Brandon you're muted.

00;40;43;27 - 00;40;53;25
Brandon Lewis
I was going to defer to the ladies and gentlemen show. You want to go with this I mean go ahead Rebecca okay.

00;40;53;27 - 00;40;59;14
Rebecca A
I think for me one thing that I really wish that people I mean, okay, can I drop two?

00;40;59;16 - 00;41;11;11
Maria
Oh, absolutely. You okay? I'd love you to indulge me and answer the one. Thank you. Wish more people today who have a knowledge bomb. You want to drop by all means.

00;41;11;13 - 00;41;31;17
Rebecca A
Yeah I think for me and Brandon actually touched on this earlier. Is that like hemp cannabis marijuana it's all the same plant. And I think that that's something that a lot of people don't realize. And so there's certain aspects of the plants I kind of get demonized so to speak. You know, like a lot of people are like, oh, like marijuana is awful.

00;41;31;22 - 00;41;57;04
Rebecca A
I just want CBD. And it's kind of explaining to them, like, you know, hemp is CBD is hemp and CBD is from marijuana plants. And it's all just about how much THC you're extracting from these plants. So that's something that I think would be really helpful, maybe not for people to know, but like for the respect of the plants, like, I feel like it helps people to like, have a better understanding of the plant and kind of the history of it.

00;41;57;06 - 00;41;59;21
Rebecca A
And just the terminology I think is important.

00;41;59;23 - 00;42;18;29
Maria
I agree, and I also think not to interrupt, but in terms of respect for the plant, I think when you make the distinction, we're, we're just perpetuating the propaganda and vilifying marijuana and that's, that's got to be normalized. But,

00;42;19;02 - 00;42;44;13
Rebecca A
Yeah. Thank you. And yeah, the other one is just that it's not, like one size fits all solution. And it's not like uniform. And so, you know, like Brandon was mentioning earlier, it's like coming from a space where, like a lot of people, I'd say most people are kind of conditioned to expect immediate results, you know, immediate relief, because we're used to like having access to medicines and things that, you know, mask the symptoms right away.

00;42;44;15 - 00;43;07;13
Rebecca A
And so when people are looking for like natural alternatives, they kind of have this built up expectation of like, okay, if I take this once, I'm going to sleep ten hours tonight or my pain's going to go away. But it's just like with any natural supplement, it takes time and patience and consistency to like allow your body to actually like, acclimate to it and give your body a chance to respond.

00;43;07;13 - 00;43;22;12
Rebecca A
And that could take some time. So for me, that's one thing that I would love to like. Shout out to the world is like, give it time. Be consistent, be patient with it, give it a couple of weeks and then come back. But like immediate results like it happens sometimes but pretty rare.

00;43;22;15 - 00;43;43;20
Maria
I love that. I mean, you guys are in it for the long haul because the education in managing the expectations. And that's another thing guys. Just, you know, if brands are making these crazy claims, it's they are clear. I love your honesty and and and that's realistic. Thank you.

00;43;43;22 - 00;43;47;06
Rebecca A
All right, Steph, your turn.

00;43;47;08 - 00;44;04;18
Stephanie S
Definitely jumping off of that. Like, the fact that we, you know, it's not a one size fits all. I think it's really important to really drive that home, for sure. I, I love that when people get the opportunity, like, talk to Rebecca or Bonnie or I, we can kind of help educate them that, you know, everyone's body is going to react differently.

00;44;04;18 - 00;44;28;09
Stephanie S
And so to be really open to, like, experimenting, not only with the different forms of ingestion, but with the different amounts that you're taking, because it is going to be different for every single person, right? What your partner takes may be a completely different effect for them versus for, you know, what you take. So being able to be open to experimenting is a really big thing, because your mindset is huge when you're entering the world of like full spectrum products or CBD in general.

00;44;28;12 - 00;44;47;04
Stephanie S
If you have that, you know, mindset of like, oh, I want this to be a quick fix and you're not willing to experiment and be open to like, what happened. It can be, I don't know, it can kind of be you can kind of not meet that expectation or you might be let down. Whereas if you're going into it with, okay, let me just be really open to this experience, especially for new time users.

00;44;47;04 - 00;45;03;11
Stephanie S
Right. Like when new time use like when you when someone that is trying CBD for the first time cause it's like, okay, this is what you know, you're trying. How about you try it on a day where you don't have a lot going on, you're in the safety of your home. You can be really open to what is going to happen to your body, because you just kind of have no idea.

00;45;03;11 - 00;45;28;00
Stephanie S
So really educating people on that. And I think another thing too, and this is something that we used to teach back, in the dispensary at least, is that people have the misconception that like, CBD is like not psychoactive, but like CBD is still altering your nervous system. So in a way, it's still going to be, you know, it may not be intoxicating, but it's still going to cause some type of difference in your nervous system.

00;45;28;00 - 00;45;42;13
Stephanie S
So, like, it's kind of a misconception to say it's not psychoactive because anything that alters your nervous system is. And so that was another big thing for me that we would really touch on when people would come into the dispensary, looking and to learn about different cannabinoids.

00;45;42;16 - 00;46;07;09
Maria
Very powerful. You've got you you did. Do you just get the best people, Brandon? I mean, that is such an important and distinction. And I always say, like psychoactive psychotropic. I mean, I don't even like the word intoxicating. I like to apply the word intoxicating to alcohol because it's toxic marijuana. It's a psychoactive effect, but it's not toxic.

00;46;07;11 - 00;46;34;08
Maria
So I know it's all semantics, but I hate when people say that CBD is, that's a strong word. I, I get discouraged when people say that CBD is not psychoactive because wait a minute, if you're taking it for sleep or sleep support or you're trying to just calm stress, I mean, it is it is affecting the psyche.

00;46;34;10 - 00;46;42;05
Maria
Perhaps, and that's what the studies indicate as well. But, so great, great insight. Wow.

00;46;42;08 - 00;47;04;10
Brandon Lewis
Verify with that because, a couple times throughout our conversation and we I've, I know we've said sleep, I know we've said pain. I want to make it very clear we are not making any claims. Now know that we can, that we are giving you better sleep, pain relief. We're not making those claims in case the FDA listens to this.

00;47;04;12 - 00;47;19;17
Brandon Lewis
So that's why our products say rest have a good have a good evening's rest. You'll be dreaming all night long. However you want to take that, right? You want relief from your ailments, whatever those are, and your discomfort. You can read between the lines, right.

00;47;19;18 - 00;47;42;11
Maria
Well, it's it's that balance. And we didn't have the we're not going to have time but to have you guys back because it is established that there's an endocannabinoid system and the endocannabinoid system, there are studies and we're going to have them on the show page does kind of regulate certain bodily functions. And there's a lot of research to be had.

00;47;42;11 - 00;47;49;22
Maria
And, and your honesty is, is and your, your lack of bias is refreshing.

00;47;49;24 - 00;47;55;13
Brandon Lewis
Maria. You're, you're you're you're audience, the listeners here, they can go to PubMed.com.

00;47;55;13 - 00;47;57;17
Maria
Absolutely. Yeah.

00;47;57;17 - 00;48;13;12
Brandon Lewis
They can go to PubMed and they can also go to the nih.gov. And they can type in cannabis. They can type in hemp, they can type in THC, they can type in CBD and any ailment that they want. And they can see a list of studies that we don't even know who these scientists are.

00;48;13;17 - 00;48;30;28
Brandon Lewis
So we used to actually have those on our site. We thought that we were good stewards in the very beginning of the business, and then we had obviously compliance lawyers and they said, no, no, no, you're by showing those studies, you're making a claim, a claim. They had to come down immediately. Right. So.

00;48;31;01 - 00;49;06;27
Maria
Well, this is where there's the regulation is in no man's land. But once we get to actual sensible rules and regulations, it's always threading the needle where you want to have regulations that are sensible to promote innovation and, to protect the consumers at the same time, but also to be able to inform them, I wish the FDA would stop stalling and, actually evaluate it, have, nice studies and and we'll see where that goes.

00;49;06;27 - 00;49;21;18
Maria
But that was a really good quick hit. Brandon. I'm going to I'm going to count. That is your quick. It always is. There one thing you wish more people truly understood about CBD?

00;49;21;21 - 00;49;56;08
Brandon Lewis
It's just it's it's one cannabinoid. We we have sold the, in all of our products. We've had all the cannabinoids that came out of the plant, the minors, the turbines included. And that's through all of our products. So I didn't want to be focused as a CBD company. I actually it kind of irked me. I feel like we are more of a health and wellness company, and it just so happens that the main ingredient that we use, if you will, happens to be from a cannabis slash hemp plant.

00;49;56;10 - 00;50;13;07
Brandon Lewis
I mean, it's one on the same, right? We've gone through that today and and look and we've gone through some of this propaganda that we that a lot of the audience doesn't know. And and it started back with Randolph Hearst right in, in and I don't know if we want to get into that or another time but...

00;50;13;10 - 00;50;16;20
Maria
1937 Marijuana Tax Act. Yeah.

00;50;16;22 - 00;50;46;18
Brandon Lewis
Yeah. And so there's so much stuff out there showing what Randolph Hearst he had paper mills. Well the hemp plant, the hemp trees were actually encroaching on his paper farms that he had in the Philippines. So in his newspapers, he literally put in the the ads where it's, a white woman getting busy, if you will, with the brown man and calling it Reefer Madness and marijuana and, and and that slang term versus just cannabis.

00;50;46;20 - 00;51;11;11
Brandon Lewis
And then, they also had put out a, stories of people going nuts and like, a young guy quit on his parents because he's high. That that's this is false, right? This is it's crazy. And Joe wrote I love Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan talks about this all the time. Right. So you know and and it goes into it goes into Nixon in 71 and the drug war.

00;51;11;13 - 00;51;21;14
Brandon Lewis
Right. So all the hippies anti-Vietnam movement, if you will, they all know the you know, the politicians are like, no, no, no, they're all smoking pot. This is how we're going to crack down on them.

00;51;21;16 - 00;51;30;03
Maria
And and by keeping it schedule one, they get arrested and felons can't vote. So yeah.

00;51;30;03 - 00;51;31;03
Brandon Lewis
That right.

00;51;31;03 - 00;51;34;28
Maria
All all. Yep.

00;51;35;01 - 00;51;51;10
Brandon Lewis
Taken away our freedom to use something that we want to use for a variety of reasons, whether it's recreational or it's from a therapeutic, decision from, the, you know, the consumer making that choice themselves.

00;51;51;13 - 00;52;15;18
Maria
We've unpacked very well and a lot of that because we could talk about so many facets, so many things. We could do a whole episode on full spectrum on, sustainability. Sustainability goes right to, oh, by the way, talking about false claims. Yes. William Randolph Hearst, I don't know. So watch out for false claims, people. We're not allowed to make health claims, but they were allowed to make those claims.

00;52;15;20 - 00;52;40;15
Maria
I guys, we're going to have to wrap up, but this is why I'm proud to welcome Aspen Green into the Green Bee Life hive. Because we believe in partnering with brands that care as much about what goes into the bottle as you care about what goes into your body. And, Brandon, Stephanie, Rebecca, I thank you guys so much.

00;52;40;19 - 00;53;05;05
Maria
And, I look forward to, doing part two and really diving in to the different ways you can consume for what, different effects. We're not going to say benefits. And, the different delivery systems there are because there's lotions, there's potions, there's pills and soft gels, there's tinctures. And you guys's being part of the customer care team.

00;53;05;05 - 00;53;20;09
Maria
We've got our retail specialists, and we've got someone with the cultivation background could talk a little bit about, all of it. So, guys, thank you. Thank you so much. And I look forward to having you back.

00;53;20;12 - 00;53;49;02
Brandon Lewis
Okay. If the audience would, they can feel free to call directly at 1-888-578-5900. You can talk to Rebecca, Stephanie or Adam. And, the websites AspenGreen.com. We also use DrinkAspenGreen.com coming out and then BoloBrinks.com is coming to. And by the way you'll be talking to these gals right here when you're asking about Bolo as well.

00;53;49;05 - 00;54;13;13
Maria
Thank you. Fantastic. Thank you for letting our audience know how to get in touch with you. That this could be my next question. Guys, if you you know, you can hear this live on KCAA Radio, which you're listening to right now, but also it'll be archived on all the major third party platform podcast platforms, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Amazon, Apple.

00;54;13;16 - 00;54;34;05
Maria
But if you go to GreenBeeLife.com, GreenBeeLife.com/listen, you go to our show page for this episode. We'll have all their contact information and who knows, maybe I can even get them to give us a little special affiliate link for green. Be like hide intent, no pressure. But, All right, guys, thank you so much.

00;54;34;10 - 00;54;43;02
Brandon Lewis
Well, why are we in Green Bee Life. Right. And let us go. Let's go. Green Bee, you want Green Bee Life Maria. We'll go GreenBeeLife and get 20% off.

00;54;43;04 - 00;55;11;23
Maria
Whoa! GreenBeeLife20. You heard it here, guys. It'll be on the show page. GreenBeeLife20 I love it I love it. Oh thank you thank you thank you guys. Thank you for your. All right so here's the truth. The more we know the better we choose. So before you buy your next CBD product pause and ask does it follow?

00;55;11;26 - 00;55;39;24
Maria
You know does this brand publish lab results. Aspen Green yes. Are they third party lab tested. Aspen Green? Yes. Do they use clean extraction methods and organic practices? Aspen Green? Yes. Or are they just hoping you won't ask those questions? Hey, if today's episode raised your standards or inspired you to try CBD for the first time, head over to GreenBeeLife.com.

00;55;39;26 - 00;56;09;00
Maria
Go to our show page for this episode with Aspen Green. Use green GreenBeeLife20 and they'll hook you up. Feel free to call them. We'll have their phone number. You could talk to their customer support. Stephanie. Rebecca. We didn't meet Bonnie, but they've got a whole learning team over there. And, so if you care about clean, responsibly made CBD, let your elected officials know.

00;56;09;02 - 00;56;42;21
Maria
Remember, the FDA has yet to create meaningful guidance on hemp derived CBD, and that's left grid companies like Aspen Green to figure it out on their own. While less scrupulous ones muddy the waters. It's timely demand action and definitely support the brands that are getting it right. So consider supporting groups like the US Hemp Roundtable, or reach out to your representatives and tell them you expect clear, sensible regulation that supports safe access and honest innovation.

00;56;42;24 - 00;57;08;27
Maria
Because the remedy you're looking for, it might not be in the prescription bottle, it might be in the plant if we protect it. Thank you for tuning in. If you found today's episode helpful, please share it, follow the show and leave a review wherever you listen. Every share helps us grow and helps others know cannabis isn't about getting high, it's about getting well, being informed and living fulfilled fully.

00;57;08;29 - 00;57;24;08
Maria
And here on Just Say KNOWw we're curiosity is Queen will always keep it real, relevant and rooted in truth. AspenGreen.com was today's spotlight. Thank you everybody. Have a good safe week.

00;57;24;10 - 00;57;37;15
Maria
Just Say KNOW is a Green Bee Life presentation airing live weekly on Friday afternoons from 4 to 5 PM. Pacific on KCAA Radio and KCAA TV.

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Maria
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