Category: Food, Lifestyle & Culture

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inCity Feature: Dr. Pernessa C. Seele

inCity Feature: Dr. Pernessa C. Seele

One of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Persons in the World and author of Stand Up To Stigma: How We Reject and Shame, Dr. Pernessa C. Seele is Founder and CEO of The Balm In Gilead, Inc., a not-for- profit organization, celebrating three decades of providing technical support that strengthens the capacity to faith institutions...

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Washington Offer Promise for Hemp and Cannabis Market

Washington Offer Promise for Hemp and Cannabis Market

Legal changes could soon make transacting business easier for the cannabis industry. Reports indicate that the president plans to reform cannabis laws, making commerce easier for businesses working in states with legal markets. Reforming the law could improve the position of companies working with cannabidiol (CBD) as a food additive and industrial hemp. Hemp and...

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Nova Scotia cannabis users concerned over ‘excessive’ plastic packaging

Nova Scotia cannabis users concerned over ‘excessive’ plastic packaging

Packaging must be tamper-resistant and child-proof, but provinces decide how to follow rules Some Canadians are discovering smoking cannabis legally comes wrapped in a whole lot of plastic. Nova Scotians who have purchased legal cannabis through the province’s stores have been taking to social media, surprised their paper bags of pot are filled with so much packaging. Greg MacLean says he was...

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“the greatest conference for anyone who works in healthcare”

“the greatest conference for anyone who works in healthcare”

“Simply put; this is the greatest conference for anyone who works in healthcare, church-related health ministries, or health advocacy! Mark your calendar and be there! ” Savalas R. Squire Sr, Winston-Salem, NC For 29 years: The Balm In Gilead, Inc. builds and strengthens the capacity of African-American faith communities to deliver programs and services that contribute...

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Solange, the Polymathic Cultural Force

Solange, the Polymathic Cultural Force

A MONONYM IS possessed of a certain celebrity: Prince, Madonna, Iman. No surname needed, thank you very much. Just a couple of syllables and the whole of the mononym’s grandeur flashes across our consciousness. Solange. Two mellifluous syllables and her face springs to mind: the fierce, open gaze, those striking full eyebrows. Solange the singer,...