A few days ago, I wrote a story about my recent trip to the Lift Cannabis Expo. My article was about my general impression of the show this year, some interesting people in the Canadian cannabis industry and some cool gadgetry.
One of the people that I just happened to meet at the Expo was a friendly fellow named Michael Mason. I talked to him for about 10 minutes in his trade-show booth. Michael works for a family owned company called, Phytomedical. They help people to secure dignified access by assisting them to get their medical cannabis licenses or their cannabis grow licenses. Their business model is set-up, quite a bit differently than most medical cannabis consulting companies. Phytomedical doesn't dictate which Licensed Producer must be selected, from a choice of approximately 36 across the country. Instead of charging for each individual service or program that they provide, they simply just charge a yearly membership fee. The members can choose the services and the programs that they either need or want to take part in.
Michael explained all of this to me and I was really impressed because he and the Phytomedical team, are doing the same kind of cannabis educating and coaching that I am. Right from understanding the differences between cannabis strains, to learning how to use it and titrate or dose properly for specific ailments. Plus, all the troubleshooting that occurs along the way.
I, instantly liked Michael and I decided to ask him if I could take a picture with him. After speaking with him, I knew that I wanted to write a story about what he and his company are doing. I explained that I am a blogger and that I am writing for a new social media platform called Steemit.
He very politely agreed to have his picture taken with me and was making me laugh in the process.
He then, questioned me. "Did you say that you're writing for Twitter or Instagram?"
I responded with "No. The platform is new and is about a year old." Then I said, "It's built on something called a block-chain and all the people who use it and contribute to it get paid in cryptocurrency."
"Like Bitcoin?", he questions. "Yeah, sort of." I answer, "But way better."
I went on to explain a little bit more and then told Michael that I would write the website name down for him and I invited him to look at my Steemit blog, my own website and Youtube channel. I told him that once I completed the article, I would email it to him.
I thanked him for his kindness and I carried on with the rest of my day at the Expo.
As promised, once I finished writing the article that included Michael in it, I emailed him the link.
Yesterday, I received an email back.
It turns out that Michael Mason is the General Manger for Phytomedical. He'd gone onto my Steemit blog, then spent some time on the Steemit platform and on my Youtube channel. He said he was greatly impressed by what he saw.
Then he asked me if I would come into Toronto and be a guest at their next cooking with cannabis workshop. (Michael was really keen to share their techniques with me, when it comes to making medicated food.) I have accepted this invitation to participate and will go and attend the workshop.
I most certainly will keep you posted as to what happens and I hope Michael was intrigued enough by what he saw on Steemit, that he will soon join us too.
~ Rebecca Ryan