HomeGrown Stories is a multi-year, oral history project that will record and preserve the personal experiences of “first generation” cannabis growers, who starting in the 1960’s to the late 1980’s, adapted foreign cannabis seeds to growing conditions in the Pacific Northwest.

These in-depth, HD video interviews will preserve this important piece of underground American agriculture and provide insights into how these humble, illegal beginnings would eventually lead to what is now a rapidly expanding, legal medical and recreational cannabis industry. Many of the 25 people, who have signed releases and agreed to participate, have saved old photographs and documents, which the project will digitize and organize in an archives along with the interviews.

As part of the mission of the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) to preserve the stories of our diverse history, MOHAI is supporting HomeGrown Stories by accepting donations designated for this project through the museum’s website or via postal mail. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. MOHAI will work with other institutions to preserve these recordings and make them available to the public. These never before recorded interviews could also form the core for documentaries and educational programs.