Emily Cotter is a native Rhode Islander with ten years of professional experience in organic agriculture and advocacy. Alongside her work as Cannabis Editor at Motif, Cotter is a co-owner and director of operations for Lovewell Farms, a USDA-Certified Organic hemp farm and CBD company based in Hope Valley, RI. She also teaches gardening skills and environmental education programming to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals for local non-profit GardenTime.
In her spare time, Cotter advocates for criminal justice reform and cannabis policy reform, and she organizes with other farmers around food justice issues. She is a proud alumna of Students for Sensible Drug Policy and continues to advocate for compassionate, science-based and equitable drug policies in RI and beyond.
Her passions for social justice, sustainability and all things plants are able to come together in the cannabis space, and she is driven to help create an industry that reflects the goals of the movement behind it. She believes in the power of community, and that the lines between food, drugs and medicine are not as distinct as one might think.
More Posts by The Author:
Legalized It! Now What?: The State of Cannabis in the Ocean State
Taking Back American Hemp: The Indigenous farmers leading “The New Green Revolution”
Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities: Cannabis business summit on legal cannabis industry in RI
Hemp, The Real Fabric of Our Lives: Why hemp fabric makes cotton look so last season
FINALLY!: Rhode Island legalizes cannabis for adult use
