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Budtender of the Month: Tyler Lee Jones

Budtender of the Month: Tyler Lee Jones

Savannah Brown October 25, 2024

What Have You Learned About Weed Since Becoming a Budtender? “All the different benefits. How it can help people not just recreationally, but, you know, medically. Different topicals and how they can...

Hannah Youmans, a budtender who has been in the marijuana industry for about two and a half years, poses for a portrait inside TJ’s on Willamette, the dispensary she works at, on Feb. 12, 2024. Originally from New York, Youmans came to Oregon with her younger sister, whom she had custody of, in search of a better situation. “I did not have the best childhood, and I wanted her to have a better childhood,” she said. “She was 14 when we moved here, and that was the end of 2020. Right in the middle of Covid.”

Budtender Photo Series

Alex Hernandez and Pierce Baugh October 25, 2024

One might be donning heart-shaped glitter glasses, red locks, and a confident, knowing smile; one might smile at you with the utmost warmth; another could look at you with a distant gaze, the middle man...

Budtender Spotlight: James Nielsen

Budtender Spotlight: James Nielsen

Lizzy Solorzano April 16, 2024

After moving between dispensaries, James Nielsen has spent the last four years as a budtender at The Chalice Sorority House. What’s kept him there is the community he’s found. For Nielsen, The Sorority...

Budtender Spotlight: Terrence Quarles

Budtender Spotlight: Terrence Quarles

Javay Frye-Nekrasova March 19, 2024

How long have you been working at Peach Cannabis, and how do you like it? I’m digging it, honestly. It’s different from the last dispensary I worked at where the customer base was really varied...

Budtender Spotlight: Richard Flores

Budtender Spotlight: Richard Flores

Lizzy Solorzano March 19, 2024

It is not just the green from the trees that Oregon is known for, but rather the specific green that gets everyone highly excited. Oregon, home of the Trail Blazers, was one of the quicker states to...

Budtender Spotlight: Tiff Smith from Electric Lettuce

Budtender Spotlight: Tiff Smith from Electric Lettuce

Lizzy Solorzano November 9, 2023

How long have you been a budtender?  I actually got my OLCC workers permit two weeks after I turned 21. It’s been five years. When I was getting close to 21, I wasn’t going to be in college anymore....

Strains of the Month: Harvest Edition 2024

Strains of the Month: Harvest Edition 2024

Alex Hernandez November 9, 2023

I don’t smoke. You might think that this makes me unqualified to suggest particular strains of cannabis, and you would be right. That’s why I went to the experts. After a one-word Google search of...

Budtender Spotlight: Kirsten Hewes

Budtender Spotlight: Kirsten Hewes

Elijah Newman May 31, 2023

Kirsten Hewes, budtender at Snugz Dispensary on 1235 Railroad Blvd, advocates for zippy cannabis, following your passion and having meaningful conversations as a member of the queer community. Unbothered...

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Budtender Spotlight: Hai-Lea Eads from TJ’s on Willamette

Hannarose McGuinness March 3, 2023

Hai-lea Eads got a job budtending after moving to Oregon from Colorado in 2021. After spending some time working at Whole Foods, she felt called to put her customer service skills to the test...

Budtender Spotlight: Charlie and the Peach Cannabis Factory

Budtender Spotlight: Charlie and the Peach Cannabis Factory

Keaton Roberts November 1, 2022

Basic Info: I am 22 years old. I have been budtending for a little more than a year now. I love to make art, play with my pets and read books.  Are you in school? If so, what is your degree? I...

Budtender Spotlight: Sarah Salerno from The Herb Center

Budtender Spotlight: Sarah Salerno from The Herb Center

Megan McEntee April 19, 2022

Sarah Salerno began working at The Herb Center in Oregon City when she was 21 years old. Now, at the age of 23, Salerno is pursuing her degree in biology at the University of Oregon – with hopes...

Budtender Spotlight: Anthony Sorrell of Hashstoria

Budtender Spotlight: Anthony Sorrell of Hashstoria

Kayl Wohl February 20, 2022

How long have you been in the cannabis industry? What interested you about Hashstoria?  I’ve been in the industry for three years, and I’ve been budtending all three. One year I was supervising...

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