Well freezing it could be bad if it was wasn't stored in very thick plastic. FREEZER BURN is also real. If the product becomes freezer burnt then defrosting it WILL result in moisture being driven back into the bud. This could easily mold.
I agree with you particle that if frozen properly it will stay nice for a long time. I think if it was double vacuum bagged it would work. Single bagging may end up with a small pin leak and thereby not being sealed properly.
It has more to do with the equipment used and the thickness of the plastic bag material thickness. Professional or commercial grade vacuum equipment will do this. But not many folks have access to that. It only work because of the ultra thick plastic used.
Otherwise freezing is a risky storage method. Dry weed in mason jars in the fridge is also risky. Cool dry jar storage is the way to go. The buds store pretty well this way, but the weed will age this way. So using it up is best in 6 month from my experiance....IMO
Overall.....THE MORE MOISTURE LEFT IN THE BUD...THE HARDER IT IS TOO STORE.
Freezer burn isn't a necessary component of frozen storage. Neither is it the equivalent of mold or bacteria. Neither are we talking about long term storage. I'm talking about having it frozen from A to B, prior to which it's being prepared, after which it's being consumed. But if it were done really well, it no doubt could be stored very long term. Toss it in an MRE type package for example, which is multiple layers of metalized plastic, with an oxygen scavenger.
Vacuum seal bag plastic is pretty thick already and I'd be impressed if one wasn't enough to prevent frost. I fully expect that the LP's could easy have the best of professional/industrial equipment. In this discussion I'm not concerned with little johny copy and paste who wants to grow weed just like the LP's. Certainly useful considerations though.
I've tossed wet trim with some good buds in it into the freezer with nothing more than a double paper bag. It was going to be for extraction but I never bothered, It was of impressive quality when I took it out months later, and wound up smoking it. The point is that it's not that difficult, and even more to the point, it'll be a lot easier for the LP's to figure out than how to dry/and not even cure it, then shipping it, still wet, in a hot van, across the country, and not have it go bad in some way if not every way, while irradiating or not, which they're obviously having to do, because they are attempting to following convention mindlessly, with their big phd's.
It can be done way the hell better than they're (failing miserably at) doing it now.
The first isn't for long term storage either. That's just a cool place to throw it while it's jar curing, and only a personal stash, fine for short term storage too. But I'd rather not detract from the transporting issues that clients are suffering with current methods.
Overall.....THE MORE MOISTURE LEFT IN THE BUD...THE HARDER IT IS TOO STORE
Sure, ordinarily, but this is not ordinary. It's really easy to store when it's frozen rock solid. Any excess moisture left in it will escape rapidly once the clients receive it and let it sit out while it defrosts. Certainly far less of an issue than the way Tweed shipped wet, ruminated, irradiated cud.
I sure expect that we'll soon be seeing them experiment with such methods, and qualifying their own appropriately, publicly of course. Because up until now they've only assumed such standards, and the results speak for themselves.