Learn how to identify and buy authentic heritage cannabis with this three-part series listing the farms of the famed Emerald Triangle. Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity Counties comprise the US’ number one cannabis production region, but the Triangle is roiling as it adapts to California legalization. To better compete in the free market, California farms have exclusive rights to market their county of origin — like “Mendocino” — and they’re listed with the state for the first time. Check it out.
Heritage for Sale
More and more consumers want to vote with their dollars for cannabis grown in America’s marijuana heartlands. Now, that’s easier than ever before.
- Major brands like Loudpack and Flow Kana are marketing heritage farms
- Three counties participate in a pilot program called CalOrigin, that uses tax stamps to verify heritage crops
- The California Department of Agriculture is listing farms by county (see below). Falsely advertising Mendocino roots is now illegal.
Running low on flower?Heritage farmers are facing steep price declines and massive new costs as a reward for inventing modern cannabis in the Triangle. Comprised of three main counties, Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity, the triangle has produced classics like OG Kush, Granddaddy Purple, and Trainwreck since the ‘80s.
Counterfeit cannabis brands have long-undercut heritage farms, though. Just like counterfeit Gucci and Prada, counterfeit “Mendo” is a global, multi-billion dollar business.Under California legalization Proposition 64, which passed in 2016, all commercial cannabis growers must be licensed and follow rules including not faking your county of origin. Only Mendocino County growers can use “Mendocino” in their names and packaging. Ditto for Humboldt, Trinity, and elsewhere.
To support the heartland of cannabis production, look for these farms on dispensary menus. This list comes from the California Department of Food Agriculture’s database of registered cannabis cultivators by county, including: Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity and Lake. We’ll update our heritage county farms list each quarter. *
(*Not all these growers can be found on shelves yet. They have to pass stringent Phase 2 pesticide and pathogen testing screening, among other hurdles.)
Authentic Cannabis Farms of Mendocino County
Registered Mendocino County Cannabis Growers:
- 2 Mule Ranch
- 3rdgenfamily
- abuela
- Adediran Farms
- Adjacent Farms
- Ambiland Farms
- Anderson Valley Organics
- Apical Industries
- ASES
- Ashton Korc
- Bablon Farms
- Bald Mountain Legacy
- BDB Holding Group
- Beautiful Morning
- BEE HAVEN HILL
- Big B’s Martyjuana Farm
- Big River Associates.
- Blackbriar Ranch
- Bluenose Botanicals
- Boggio Mangement Group.
- Book Three
- Boont
- Boonville Farm
- Bush Family Farms
- California Cannabinoids
- CAN GROUP
- CB Squared
- Char C
- Colibri Spirit.
- Cominsky Creek Farm
- Cool Ridge
- Covelo Seed and Scion Collective
- Covelo Son Grown
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- DAGOBAH FARMZ
- Daydream Valley Farm.
- Devil’s Harvest Farms
- Dew Organic
- Divine Matrix
- dog daze
- Dogwood Industries
- Donnelly Gardens
- Dragonheart Farms
- DSTL Farms
- Dutch Hawaiian
- dylan
- East Hill
- Eel River Medicinals
- Eighth Brother.
- Elemental Botanicals
- elk creek genetics
- Emerald Bridge
- Emerald Budda Farm
- Emerald City Farms
- EMERALD CITY GENETICS
- Emerald Essence Enterprises.
- Emerald Estate Farms
- Event Horizon Technologies
- Evonne Gee
- Farmers Support
- Farmers’ Support
- Ferrovia Farms
- First Cut Farms
- Fish Rock Farms
- Florapine Farm
- Flower Power Healing
- FOMO FARMS
- Free Man Organics
- Full Spectrum Flowers
- Gabriel’s Green
- Gary R. Wertz
- Giving Tree Farms
- Golden Eagle Enterprises
- Golden Gate ARCK
- Gonzales Farms
- Green Acorn Farms
- Green Crown Enterprises
- Green Meadow Farms
- Greenhouse Family Farms
- Harmony Hills
- Healing Herb Farms
- Helicopter Farms
- Herbanology
- Hiatt Creek Properties.
- Hobbit Hill
- House Farms
- Humboldt Spirit
- Island Mountain Investments
- JB Farms Realty
- JD AG SERVICES
- Kam Goodell
- Kenny Creek
- Larry Sanders
- LH H20
- Lion Family Farms
- Livingston Organics
- Lizard Rock
- Lost Paradise Organics
- Malama The Roots Farm
- MCC Collective
- Meiggsville Farm
- Mendo Blendo
- Mendo Mystic Farms
- Mendo Sour Power
- Mendocc
- mendocine
- Mendocino Clone Company
- Mendocino Green
- Mendocino HQ
- Mendocino Innovations for Quality
- Mendocino Reserve Farms
- Mendogrown
- Mendoroyal
- MendoULTRA Corp.
- Michael Gordon
- MJ Industrial Partners
- Moon Valley Farms 2
- Mountain High Farms
- Mountain House Mayhem Ranch
- Mountain Immortals Garden
- Mountain Meadow
- MVF South
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- Norse Organics
- North West Business Inc
- Ocean Grown Farms
- One Feather Ranch
- Off World Farms
- Old Guys Incorporated
- Outdoor Gardens
- Owen Renfort
- Paper Flowers
- Peak Organics
- Perrin Family Farm
- Pete Bertnick Enterprises
- Phoenix Phyre
- Radicle Herbs
- Red Dragon Farms
- redwood heritage
- Redwood Remedies
- Redwood Royal Roots
- Ridgeline Enterprises, aka MENDOKIND
- Ridge Top Enterprises
- River Txai Farms
- Robin Lindley
- Round Valley Farming Partners
- Round Valley Garden League
- Round Valley
- Rows of Sharin
- Rummell Partners
- SBM Associates
- secoya
- SEED707
- SensiFarms
- Shelby Ridge
- Shessa
- Skunkworx Pharms
- Silver Dragon Cannabis
- Sky Ranch
- Snake Trail Farms
- soul evolution enterprise
- Spirit Ridge
- Spy Bottom
- Sticky
- Stonewall Group
- Strongmountainfarm
- Sun N Moon Ranch
- Sunbright Gardens
- Sunspire Farms Mendocino
- Swami Select
- Sweet N Sunny
- Tank Farms
- The Esoteric Farmer
- The Unicorn Farm
- Three Brothers Farm
- Time Tested
- Tokin Terps Farm
- Tramp Creek
- Travlin
- Triangle Farms
- Tuff-N-Tender
- Twenty20
- Two Feathers Ranch
- Up The Hill Farms
- uv organics
- Valflores
- Valley Oaks Gardens
- Ventoso Farms
- Waska Farms
- Waterdog Herb Farm
- West Wind Farm
- Western Hill
- Wild Iris Farm
- Wild Oak Eco Ranch
- Yellow Star Now
Are we missing someone? Got farm news? Email California Editor David Downs at david.downs@leafly.com or message him on Instagram.
