Probiotics & Cannabis Magazine May 2015 | Page 7

Ask Eddy Lepp By Alan Albin Adkisson Rev. Charles “Eddy” Lepp Rastafarian Minister, California Medical Marijuana Grower, Spiritualist, and Activist. Convicted, sentenced to 10 years in 2009 for growing medical cannabis plants for patients and fellow Rastafarians. Photo of Alan Albin Adkisson next to poster of Eddy Lepp. Alan is co-founder of Probiotic Farmers Alliance (PFA) & Owner of Gro-Kashi. Photo from PFA website at Facebook.com. When I was farming, Cannabis was mostly used by young men with Aids. It was beautiful stuff, looked great, smelled great and yet many of them coughed and gagged on it. I realized instantly that it must be the chemicals. That was the first and only time I ever used them. I went back to my youth. When I was about 13 my parents split up and we lived on about 5 acres of land in Walla Walla, Washington. My mom made me plant a huge one-acre garden. We had little money so I just planted the garden and hoped for the best. As the summner progressed many of the Oldtimers came by and offered many ideas on how I could make it better. All were organic in nature. That next winter I turned over the whole thing and added a lot of the chicken shit, mixing in well and watering it as it sat all winter. I often wondered what was to happen. Well what happened was the most work I had ever done I was busy every free minute trying to keep up with the abundance of food. Corn, beans, peas, potatoes -- it didn’t matter, it was going crazy. I only used the chemicals at first because that’s what everyone said you needed to do. With no surprise to me at all, I proved them all wrong the second year when my gardens went crazy and thank Jah this time, only could those suffering from Aids Cancer and other problems all use it with little, if any, side effects. I was thrilled!!! Awhile later I learned of the Gro-Kashi method and saw incredible results. I use many things in my garden, all are natural and organic. For me there is no other way to do it. Gro-Kashi has had a very profound effect on my life and every plant I plant will be blessed by the presence of probiotics. Next to the Sacred Plant itself, it’s the best thing that could happen to any garden. Love Respect Eddy! 7