Guy Rocourt, of Papa & Barkley, returns for a discussion on good manufacturing practices (GMP). “The GMP is there to prevent the off-chance of something going wrong and to put in standard operating procedure. In our industry, we used to not be transparent because we were secretive, so the road to GMP is about professionalizing some processes so that we have the gear to do it the right way at scale.” For Rocourt, the future of cannabis is one that is solvent- and chemical-free without any over-processing. Because the majority of GMP entails your standard operating procedures, codifying processes and looking for places wherein things could go wrong is essential.
Seth Adler:
Guy Rocourt returns via video column. Welcome to going to Cannabis Economy. I'm your host Seth Adler. Download episodes on canneconomy.com, that's two Ns and the word economy, or wherever you currently get your podcasts. First a word from our supporter and then Guy Rocourt.
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Seth Adler:
All right, so it's the maiden voyage of Industry Veteran with Guy Rocourt. Guy, thanks so much for doing this.
Guy Rocourt:
Thanks for having me. I appreciate having a voice.
Seth Adler:
All right, so just very quickly, I commented that your background is beautiful. Where are you?
Guy Rocourt:
I'm in Humboldt. I'm in the city of Eureka, a part called Old Town Eureka. The building I'm in now is the Boone building built in 1864. Back then, timber was a big industry. So this building was built by the Redwood barons. I'm overlooking Humboldt Bay right now. Yeah. Now it's weed country, so I feel like I'm seated in the capital of weed country.
Seth Adler:
There we go. So it certainly could be worse. Right?
Guy Rocourt:
Oh, yeah.
Seth Adler:
So from the ballroom, it could be better though. Our first piece is to talk about the road to GMP, but before we do that, just because it is the maiden voyage of Industry Veterans, the reason that we say that is because you are an industry veteran, but also a veteran of our U.S. Military. So thank you for your service. I always like to say that. And just to quickly remind folks they can hear it in the podcast, but as far as your service, what should we know so that we can trust this industry veteran.
Guy Rocourt:
Yeah, so look, in terms of the military, back in the '80s, during the Cold War, I was in the Navy and then now I'm in cannabis and I equate the two as both are patriotic acts, right? Back when I was a kid we were in a cold war. I joined the service for a bunch of reasons. And I really appreciate the Constitution of the United States, which is something that I hope everybody's reading the shenanigans that are currently happening. That's all we really need to say about that. The Constitution's pretty clear. That being said, cannabis, for the many decades I was in, was a lawless act.
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