{"id":282975,"date":"2025-10-07T02:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T02:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282975\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T02:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T02:04:23","slug":"nyc-cannabis-dispensary-tests-carrier-pigeon-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282975\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Cannabis Dispensary Tests Carrier Pigeon Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only in New York would someone look up at the sky and wonder if that pigeon\u2019s carrying lunch\u2014or a little something else. The Travel Agency, one of the city\u2019s buzziest cannabis dispensaries, just launched what might be its most quintessentially New York innovation yet: the Cannabis Carrier Pigeon Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yes, it\u2019s exactly what it sounds like. The company took flight with a pilot (pun intended) delivery test using real pigeons outfitted with mini backpacks to carry up to one gram of cannabis across the city. The trial featured a flock of 20 birds completing symbolic routes under the watchful eye of professional pigeon handlers and animal safety staff. Each bird\u2019s pack went through multiple prototypes to ensure comfort, and trainers said the pigeons \u201cadapted in just a few days.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs The Travel Agency, it\u2019s only natural we\u2019d explore all modalities of travel for our delivery service, even pigeons,\u201d said Arana Hankin-Biggers, co-founder of The Travel Agency. \u201cAnd being in NYC, we thought there\u2019s no better courier than the ever-present and beloved pigeon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy of The Travel Agency <\/p>\n

The test earned humane treatment certification and while the project sounds like a marketing stunt\u2014and, frankly, it\u2019s an excellent one\u2014the brand insists it\u2019s part of a genuine push to rethink delivery in a city defined by gridlock and grit. By using the birds that already outnumber New Yorkers, The Travel Agency says it\u2019s exploring a model that\u2019s both sustainable and delightfully absurd in equal measure.<\/p>\n

If all goes according to plan, the program will expand in 2026, with trained birds flying directly from the company\u2019s Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan dispensaries to destinations across three boroughs. The company is calling it the fastest and most environmentally friendly delivery option in the city (though they\u2019ve yet to confirm how they plan to navigate apartment buzzers).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cannabis Carrier Pigeon Program is not about putting birds to work; it\u2019s about reimagining delivery with a very New York sense of ingenuity,\u201d reads the announcement.<\/p>\n

In an era of drone drops and 15-minute delivery apps, it\u2019s oddly comforting that New York\u2019s newest couriers are the same ones who\u2019ve been circling its skies for centuries\u2014just with slightly chicer accessories this time.<\/p>\n

For now, keep your eyes on the skies. If a pigeon lands near you with a suspiciously stylish backpack, your order might just have arrived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Only in New York would someone look up at the sky and wonder if that pigeon\u2019s carrying lunch\u2014or…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":282976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,10336,405,403,30302,5226,5225,5228,5227,1072,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-282975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-categories-things-to-do","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news-weird-wonderful","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-things-to-do","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115330434399627257","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}