An interesting take. Usual caveat of I'm not having a dig at anything or anyone, just adding a different perspective.
I disagree (a bit)
What you're talking about is quality vs quantity not commercial vs homegrown but you can make a profit based on either.
While I personally don't sell it, I think homegrown is more a concept than a black and white "is it sold" definition to me and I think whether it's sold or not is irrelevant. I agree with a lot of what you say, and it's similar to what I've said below but I think intent or focus matters more than just whether profit is involved. What I would class as homegrown is that it's cared for and tended to by a single grower whose sole focus is to produce the best quality bud. That shouldn't and doesn't preclude them making a profit from it or even that profit is their primary motive. People are just as able to focus on getting a profit from quality rather than just quantity.
Homegrown for me is a philosophy of choice and a homegrower will prioritise quality over quantity. They select what they believe to be the best strains from the best seedbanks. They don't skimp of the feeds, beneficials or the lighting. They tend to their handful of plants every single day, training, topping, nurturing the plant. They're not forcing the plant to grow as fast or as large as possible. They let the plant have that 2 extra weeks to get to "just" the right terpine profile. They carefully hand trim the buds to their absolute best. They slow cure the buds over weeks or even months to eek out the very best of the terpine profile. They are not driven by speed or quantity but for the love of growing what they consider to be the best weed and are happy to forego maximising profit to increase quality. Whether that bud is given away, kept by themselves or sold to others in small quantities doesn't make it not homegrown. Intent and focus is the essence of homegrown to me, not whether it's sold.
As for clean growing that's a philosophical decision.
I've covered this elsewhere but your next statement just isn't reflected in the reality of how plants work. There's currently no evidence that organically grown cannabis is any "better" or "cleaner" than synthetically grown. It's placebo, at best, but research is ongoing so it may turn out there is some benefit. Until then it's all "trust me bro". There is also no clear evidence that organically grown crops are better for the environment than traditionally grown ones. It's suspected to be no better for the environment and there's even some studies that show growing organically can actually be worse for the environment but that's a different chat for a different post
Broadly in many countries, at best consumer waste is an irrelevance accounting for less than 3% of the total waste generated by that country or at worst a minor proportion of the overall waste profile. In the UK, for example, household waste accounts for only about 12% of the total waste generated by the country as a whole. I can't seem to find any clear figures for the USA but it certainly generates a disproportionately large amount of household waste and is also one of the countries with the worst recycling rates. So while in the US and a handful of other countries domestic waste is a chronic issue, in other countries it is far less so.
But consumers are not where the problems are and consumers are not going to solve either the waste or the plastics problem. As consumers we've been indoctrinated that we're not only responsible for the problem but also responsible for the cure when it's nothing short of a total and utter lie on both counts.
Plastic recycling, specifically, is a complete and total con job. It was a scheme created by the oil and gas industry to con consumers into accepting plastic over materials which are FAR more recyclable such as glass or cardboard/paper. It never was, never is and never will be viable or possible to recycle plastic at scale. Most plastics can't even be recycled at all. It was all done to convince consumers to accept it so they could make countless billions while destroying the planet without repercussions. Convincing consumers that they're the cause (when we have ZERO control over what the goods we buy are packaged in) and that we're the solution (when most plastic just can't be recycled anyway) is THE con job. It allows the manufacturers/producers to continue to manufacture and create the plastics with impunity as they blame consumers for both ends of the problem when consumers are responsible for neither.
This could be stopped, overnight, by just banning it at a government level. To suggest you can't is part of the con but while they get bribed and make billions from it it's not going to stop. Personally I think to hell with the short term pain and consequences. Like cutting off your cancerous leg - you'll be in severe pain in the short term and have a long recovery where you'll have to learn to do things differently without it but at least the cancer isn't still killing you.
MJ
What does homegrown mean?
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