Lisa Mauriello’s Paper Crane Canna Romance
Lisa Mauriello is the wife of the husband-and-wife team that founded Paper Crane Cannabis in Hubbardston, Massachusetts. Lisa and her husband Boey were both participants in Massachusetts’ first Social Equity Program, a program designed to offer training and benefits to those disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs.
Their cultivation cannabis business is harnessing the great powers of nature and the knowledge that comes with decades of legacy cannabis experience, as Paper Crane grows terpene-rich organic flower that is deeply rooted in both sustainability and social justice.
Joyce is a big fan of Paper Crane Cannabis, which was first introduced to her at the Bong-and-Pong event last spring hosted by friends of the show at Stem Cannabis in Haverhill. Joyce speaks with Lisa about the products Paper Crane is creating, her real life canna romance, and all the ways she is adding value to our Massachusetts Cannabis Community.
Culture Corner
This week Joyce talks about the cannabis romance she’s authored –She’s Taking A Break.
When Annie McGrath returns to her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after being on the road with her husband’s band for twenty years, she moves back into her childhood bedroom to figure out how things in her life went so terribly wrong.
Dottie McGrath welcomes Annie home and is happy to have someone else in the house besides her ailing husband. And when Annie seeks a compassionate listener in Father Lorenzo - her next-door neighbor and childhood best friend – in the confessional, the threads of Annie’s life begins to unfurl.
Annie is a habitual cannabis consumer and throughout the story cannabis is normalized and accepted along with the unfolding story of Annie’s secrets, to upend the stigmas that have been created around cannabis use.
Topics Discussed
(1:09) Welcome
(2:50) Ardent Dacarboxylation
(3:38) The Culture Corner: She’s Taking A Break
(4:20) Reach Out For Printed Copy of She’s Taking a Break
(7:00) The Hemp Guitar – Play a Lick or Take a Hit!
(7:55) Introduction to Lisa Mauriello
(11:34) Audio Intro
(12:45) A True Canna Romance – How Lisa Met Boey
(13:40) 2007 Arrest Story
(14:44) Miami Trafficking Family Story
(16:04) Lisa’s Canna Story
(17:40) Getting into MA Cannabis
(19:28) Social Equity Program in MA
(20:30) Shout Out to Central, MA
(24:50) Sam Kanter of Dinner at Mary’s
(28:33) Canna Yoga at Heritage Club
(29:30) Family Stories
(32:23) Canna Mom Stories
(35:22) Women in Cannabis
(35:40) Paper Crane Pre-Rolls
(38:28) 1000 Paper Cranes
(39:50) Paper Crane Future
(41:55) Connect with Lisa at Paper Crane Website or Instagram
(42:00) Connect with Dinner at Mary’s for An Infused Yoga Event
The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:
Josh Lamkin and Bella Jaffe for writing and performing TCMS theme music and Fortuna Design for creating TCMS website and Sugar Leaf Creative for marketing and social media.