Ted Mateja brings over ten years of experience in cannabis cultivation, project management, and regulatory compliance.











A veteran of the armed forces, Ted Mateja is an expert in all operational facets of the industry. Currently, he’s the president of Georgia Atlas, providing the best cannabis-based treatments to allow their patients to lead happier, safer lives through products designed to provide relief from a variety of conditions and encourage general wellness. 
In this episode, we’ll hear Ted’s viewpoints about cannabis in these trying times, how it is coping up, the legalization in Mexico, and optimistic sentiments amidst the pandemic situation.











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Some Topics We Discussed Include
1:54 – Best ganjas came from America3:35 – Crucial part of growing7:00 – Dry farming11:46 – Legalization of cannabis in Mexico13:45 – Cannabis in the pandemic situation19:36 – Greening the black market25:27 – OKC’s present environment26:23 – Reflections during the epidemic condition
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Transcript
Chip Baker: Hola mis amigos! This is Chip from The Real Dirt. In today’s dirt, I have my good friend Ted Mateja, and we’re speaking Spanglish coming live from Mexico say hey Ted.
Ted Mateja: Hola, everyone, and hola, to you, Chip. Always good to hear your voice always enjoy a good conversation with you. 
Chip Baker: Well, today is your birthday, right? 
Ted Mateja: Yeah, but I’ve started celebrating earlier because I figured I got the whole month down here by myself, so I might as well just celebrate the whole month.
Chip Baker: Well, Happy Birthday Ted!
Ted Mateja: Thank you Chip always means a lot [inaudible]
Chip Baker: So Ted is down in Mexico. His house down he’s decided to wade out the Corona virus. A worldwide quarantine in Mexico he’s living a luxurious life, he’s on the beach he’s kite surfing every day, he’s fishing, he’s looking at the waves. I mean wow! you could be hard to pass the time better any other way.
Ted Mateja: No, man things are getting so detrimental in the world the day. I went ahead and started sprouting marijuana seeds just in case it got really serious. Went to the garden and then started planting seeds just in the event that I need to be sustainable for a little while.
Chip Baker: Oh sweet man. That’s great.
Ted Mateja: Always ironic when an American is growing weed in Mexico, right? 
Chip Baker: What type of weeding smoking down there?
Best Ganjas came from America
Ted Mateja: Shit, whatever you can get really. So I mean, don’t get me wrong there’s good weed everywhere. And I’ve said this about the world America does have the best weed in the whole planet. And that’s not to say that we’re American– 
Chip Baker: Could you say that again?
Ted Mateja: I said,