Christine Meeusen

Christine Meeusen (b. 1959/1960 (age 60–61)),[1] also known as "Sister Kate", is a farmer and businessperson in Merced, California. Her business specializes in high-CBD, low-THC preparations made from on-premises grown cannabis.[2][3][1]

Christine Meeusen
Bornc. 1959
NationalityAmerican
Other namesSister Kate
OccupationOwner, Sisters of the Valley

Biography

Christine Meeusen initially adopted the persona of a nun named "Sister Kate" in participating in the Occupy Movement in 2010,[4] and continues to use the Sister Kate moniker and dress in the production of cannabis medicine.

She produces the medicine in a semi-cooperative operation in Merced, California, Sisters of the Valley, with her partner Darcy "Sister Darcy" Johnson and other temporary workers.[1] Meeusen, who does not identify with Christianity, considers the production to be a spiritual activity,[5] whose rituals and incorporate New Age practices and environmentalism,[6] "borrowing" from Native American practices.[7]

References
  1. Chavie Lieber (April 20, 2016), "A Higher Purpose Sister Kate and Sister Darcy aren't real nuns, but they do want to save you — with weed", Racked.com, Vox Media
  2. Abby Haglage (January 24, 2016), "Sister Kate: the Vegan, Pot-Loving Feminist Behind Etsy's Cannabidiol Shop", The Daily Beast
  3. Thaddeus Miller (December 9, 2015), "Merced users, advocates of medical marijuana gain a win", Merced Sun-Star
  4. Jesse Hamlin (April 8, 2016), "Oakland Museum exhibition looks at pot from every angle", San Francisco Chronicle
  5. "California Bureaucrats Want Nuns to Stop Producing Marijuana Products", The Liberator, Advocates for Self-Government, January 5, 2016
  6. Julia Carrie Wong (January 25, 2016), "Cannabis-growing 'nuns' grapple with California law: 'We are illegal'", The Guardian
  7. Melia Robinson (April 4, 2016), "These nuns are the most talked-about women in the pot business", Business Insider
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