Since Sun+Earth was founded in April 2019, we have been generating news and commentary about regenerative organic agriculture in an effort to build a movement of cannabis grown under the sun, in the soil of Mother Earth without chemicals, by fairly paid farmers and farmworkers. Explore our extensive Sun+Earth media coverage below.
Sun+Earth Certified, a leading non-profit certification for regenerative organic cannabis and hemp, has expanded into the State of Michigan with its first urban farm located in the Palmer Park area...
[T]he ranch is aiming to be one of the first certified farms under the new California guidelines...and is in the process of getting certified by Sun+Earth, an organization of outdoor...
Family-owned soap manufacturer and longtime alternative health advocate Dr. Bronner's launched a campaign to raise funds benefiting nonprofit Sun+Earth Certified, which supports "small-scale, regenerative, organic cannabis and hemp farmers who...
As if this year's monumental "Green Sweep" wasn't enough, Bronner additionally launched a new regenerative organic cannabis certification program, Sun+Earth, to provide the services that a USDA Organic certification could...
As with all of Dr. Bronner's marketing initiatives, this one has its reasons. The brand has partnered with an organization called Sun+Earth, a certification standard that assures a given cultivator...
The plan, known as Sun + Earth Certified, aims to verify that cannabis products are pesticide-free and adhere to labor and environmental standards on par with the USDA's grades for...
In support of Sun+Earth Certified Campaign, Dr. Bronner's has released a limited edition cannabis-scented fragrance of its classic bar soap. The campaign, running November 20 to December 20, 2020, reinforces...
The best-selling brand of natural, hemp-based soap debuted a limited edition terpene-infused take on its classic bar formula in celebration of Sun+Earth Certified's crowdfunding campaign launch today.
This campaign will benefit the nonprofit certification program known as Sun+Earth, a company that helps CBD products get an organic certification. The goal is to make cannabis and hemp as...
With help from an Oregon grower, Dr. Bronner's is launching a campaign to support the nonprofit cannabis certification program Sun+Earth.
Dr. Bronner's has released a limited edition cannabis-scented fragrance of its classic bar soap, to support a new consumer education and crowdfunding campaign to promote the regenerative organic cannabis standard,...
Andrew Black, executive director of Sun+Earth Certified for cannabis and hemp farms, discusses the group’s background, its extensive requirements for farms and more.
"As cannabis emerges from illicit to the legal market, there is an opportunity to embrace ecologically responsible ways of doing it," said Andrew Black, executive director of Sun+Earth, a nonprofit...
We're also a Sun+Earth Certified farm, which means we only grow cannabis under the sun and in the ground, sustainably and regeneratively, without chemicals or other unnatural inputs.
Sun+Earth certification is a third-party validation of that standard. "The whole idea was to create a high bar for social and environmental standards, and to address multiple issues with a single...
Launched on Earth Day last year, April 22, Brother David’s is an entity separate from the organic soap empire founded by David’s grandfather in 1948 and is a means to...
East Fork is already out front with a certified organic hemp CBD oil, but Sun+Earth goes further, bringing in regenerative cultivation practices and including worker and community-involvement standards. The program...
"Brother David's donates its profits to fund the Sun+Earth non-profit and subsidize certification costs for small cannabis farms using regenerative farming processes. Since certification can cost upward of $4000 for...
Indoor cannabis production uses the same amount of energy it takes to power 1.7 million US homes, and generates greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 3 million cars. According to the...
Sun+Earth has approved 32 cannabis businesses in five states since we launched on Earth Day 2019. In Oregon, we recently certified the first five cannabis businesses — East Fork Cultivars,...
Tina Gordon is the founder and owner of Moon Made Farms, a small Emerald Triangle cannabis farm in Southern Humboldt County. Today, Tina thrives as an active cannabis farmer and...
Sun+Earth says it's a "beyond organic" cannabis certification program. It starts with customary limitations on the use of chemicals, but also brings in regenerative cultivation practices such as composting, cover...
Perhaps the latest certification to enter the market is the Sun+Earth seal. That certifies cannabis is grown under the sun, in soil, without chemicals, by fairly paid farmers. The seal...
Sun+Earth might be the most rigorous and prestigious certification process available to a cannabis or hemp farmer. The collaborative effort of many technical advisors, farmers, regulation and policy experts, and...
Tina Gordon's 9,600 square foot outdoor canopy spanning 40 acres has achieved Sun + Earth certification, a third party vetting process that ensures growers are living up to regenerative farming...
The East Fork farm has been Clean Green Certified since 2016, but the team is working to add a new, more robust cannabis certification, Sun+Earth, created by a nonprofit offshoot...
Sun+Earth launched earlier this year and has already certified 14 outdoor cannabis farms in California. Sun+Earth Certified cannabis is sold at more than 30 dispensaries across California. With its sights...
Sun+Earth is a cannabis nonprofit that aims to go "above and beyond" even USDA organic requirements in promoting environmental sustainability. This includes requiring farmers to "[build] soil quality through mulching,...
The Sun+Earth certification not only requires cannabis farms to grow their crop outdoors using sustainable and regenerative practices, such as crop rotation and organic farm inputs, but to also treat...
Since cannabis remains federally illegal, cannabis farms aren’t able to apply for national organic certifications or exemptions. So there is a growing push to empower small-scale, organic, sun grown cannabis...
Appearing on the scene just this year, and garnering attention because of its affiliation with the natural-soap company Dr. Bronner's, is an all-new, cannabis-specific program called Sun+Earth Certified.
Sun+Earth and Brother David's will be a complete game-changer and the most conscious initiative the cannabis industry has ever seen.
Because marijuana remains illegal under federal law, pot farmers who wish to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable, environmentally-sound organic agriculture practices cannot avail themselves of the label "organic," which is...