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COFFEEHOUSE CULTURE -- Issue 2

Like so many hard-up people within the cannabis culture, Laurence Cherniak has benefitted from the support, promotion and sponsorship of the Sensi Seed Bank. One of the best known cannabis companies in Amsterdam, largely through the exceedingly well publicised, Hash Marijuana Hemp Museum, the Seed Bank has been influencial and successful in furthering the acceptance of marijuana and hemp in Dutch society and beyond. A tireless activist and a far sighted entrepreneur, Seed Bank founder, Ben Dronkers is one of the founding fathers of the cannabis culture as it exists in Amsterdam today and has been at the very fore-front of the culture throughout its develop-ment. The Seed Bank, started in 1973, is credited with the first skunk genotype and has been the prime mover in the dissemination of seeds to grow the skunk plants for which Amsterdam is renowned. With shops in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Groningen and the famed Cannabis Castle near Rotterdam, Sensi Seed Bank has a strong presence within the Netherlands and, through the Cannabis Cup and sponsorship of many of cannabis luminaries, a growing one world wide. A highly professional set up that has been and continues to be among the most innovative in the cannabis field, the Seed Bank is among the leading breeders of new strains and have taken hemp into the broader commodity field with products such as hempflax (a bedding for horses), cosmetics and even fibreboard. The Seed Bank was among the first companies to be awarded a Cannabis Cup and have received innumerable cups and medals over the intervening years.