Aftereightmonthsinhischildhoodhomehelpinghismotherthroughherboutwithcancer,MatthewFrankandhiswifewerethemselvesdesperateforcomfort.Theyfoundsanctuaryinthemostunlikelyplace--amidacollectionofoutcastsandeccentricsonaplotoflandmilesoutsidetheircomfortzone:a“mostlymedical“marijuanafarminCalifornia.PotFarmdetailsthestrange,sublime,andsometimesdangerousgoings-onatWeckmanFarm,aplacewithhiddenpoliticsandsocialhierarchies,populatedbyrecoveringdrugaddicts,alternativehealers,pseudo-hippiekids,andmedicalmarijuanauserslookingtogiveback.ThereisalsoLadyWanda,themassive,elusive,wealthy,andheavilyarmedbusinesswomanwhoownsthefarmandrunsitfrombeneathahousedressandahatofpeacockfeathers.Frankexploresthevariousrolesthatallowthisindustrytowork--fromfieldpickerstotractordrivers,cookstoyogainstructors,managerstosnipers,illegalimmigrantstolegalrevisionists,andthedeliverycrewtothehospiceworkersontheotherend.Hisbookalsolooksattheblurrylegislationregulatingthemarijuanaindustryaswellastheday-to-daylogisticsofrunningsuchanoperationandalltherelationshipsthatbringsintoplay.Throughfirsthandobservationsandexperiences(someinfluencedbythefarm’scashcrop),interviews,andresearch,PotFarmexposesathrivingbutunsungfactionofcontemporaryAmericanculture.
