On their official Facebook page, Blue Mountain Growers describes their business as: “Growing optimized genetics for the adult-use cannabis industry and honeybees.” Speak to the two partners in the recently state-approved and licensed microbusiness and you’ll get a sense that one of the things they’re all about is history, and that history’s appeal to connoisseurs.

For Spencer Sutton, head grower and partner, history is about genetics. Sutton also runs Catskill Mountain Kush, a legacy brand through which he’s been collecting genetics since the ‘80s. Sutton is more than an enthusiast, he’s an expert. And his expertise extends to understanding how some cannabis varieties brought here from around the world can survive and thrive in Saugerties.

“There are Afghani varieties that were growing h

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