These solvents must be manufactured (often in developing countries with lower standards) and then disposed of-creating additional pressure on our earth and exposure to its inhabitants. Legal solvents, including butane and propane and their derivatives are cancer-causing and have a dirty life cycle. Many companies can remediate dirty cannabis (grown with toxic pesticides and herbicides) using chemical solvents that during extraction and distillation, strip out impurities that would otherwise cause a lab testing failure. One of the biggest misconceptions in the legal cannabis market is that everything is organic because of mandated lab testing. Plus, it’s incredibly rewarding to grow the medicinals that help so many of our patients. This is important to us because we are able to reduce emissions from transportation and our crops continue to contribute to healthy soil, becoming a carbon capture over time. Herbs that is! We have been working on growing our own herbs for our formulations and this year, we are setting a goal of sourcing 75% of our medicinal herbs from our own farm by 2022. We routinely visit these farms to visually inspect for any chemical usage and we always have our oil third party tested to ensure there has been no drift or other chemical usage. Where we are unable to meet our sourcing needs, we also source oil from CCOF certified organic local farms that grow the same varietals as our Tuscan blend oil. Our family has grown olives and made olive oil for over 25 years. The base of all of our medicinal products is locally-grown extra virgin olive oil. A regenerative farm is one that grows other crops and often hosts animals like pigs, bunnies, and even a goat or two! Some of our beloved regenerative farmers include Moon Made Farms in Southern Humboldt, Hogwash Pharms in Southern Humboldt, and North Country Farm in Trinity County. To enhance habitat for beneficial soil flora and fauna, our farmers increase organic matter by interplanting potatoes, lettuce, and marigolds within rows of cannabis and implementing the strategic use of cover crops, compost, compost teas, and homemade plant ferments derived from local resources. In practice, this includes integrating mulching, crop rotation, and reduced tillage. The standards of regenerative represent an evolution beyond organic by embracing the concept of earth regeneration. We were proud to be among the very first manufacturers included in the Sun + Earth regenerative cannabis campaign this past Fall. Perhaps the core principle most dear to our hearts has been to always-without exception-source regeneratively-grown flower from the Emerald Triangle.
Here are a few of those principles in action.Ī regenerative cannabis farm. We choose to believe that we can build our company on our own terms, staying true to our values. Sadly, with legalization and the massive amount of money invested into the cannabis economy, there has become a push for profits and growth above all else, including our planet. One of the reasons we have declined to take venture capital or institutional money to date is to retain utmost control over our supply chain and to operate as a values-first company.
Since our inception as a collective under Prop 215, we have scaled with that ethos in mind, keeping the Earth front of mind in everything we do. We were one of the first companies on the market to create what we think of as farm to table-bringing the beautiful olive oil, honey, and herbs grown on our family farm to our unique line of medicinals. Nicole Skibola, co-founder of Cosmic Viewįor my mother and I, founders of this company, a cosmic view extended to our line with the idea of cherishing and regenerating the earth through each of our formulations.