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An Update From Casey O'Neill, Sun+Earth Board Member and co-owner of HappyDay Farms from their CSA Letter from the week of August 28th: The smoky summer evening gives way to...
7/8/2020 Cultivating a cannabis garden from seed to flower is a creative act that uses the power of intention to transform a landscape. Gardener or not, we all possess a...
Sun+Earth Spotlight: Herbanology Herbanology is an off-grid, small-scale, family owned, Sun+Earth Certified adult-use cannabis farm in the forested hills of Mendocino County near Ukiah, CA. They recently announced a partnership...
Sun+Earth Certified farms HappyDay Farms, Briceland Forest Farm, and Emerald Spirit Botanicals are collaborating to create a new type of cannabis product that could change the way Californians buy and...
Sun+Earth has certified 30 farms, but did you know we also certify manufacturers of cannabis products? The first manufacturer we certified was Luminous Botanicals in Portland, OR, which has a...
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...