Despite heavy rain and a tough Blazer game, it was a packed house Saturday, May 18, for the fourth annual Cultivation Classic award ceremony held at Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Cultivation Classic<\/a> is a three-day, scientific centered event that showcases cannabis cultivators in the state who shy away from synthetic and salt-based fertilizers and strive for sustainability. Over 100 entries from 48 cannabis state-licensed companies were put through rigorous judging and accredited laboratory<\/a> testing before the culmination of the contest on Saturday night.<\/p>\n The\u00a0event<\/a>, heralded as Oregon\u2019s \u2014 and possibly the nation\u2019s \u2014 most data-centric cannabis contest, also featured talks, seminars, and exhibits from some of the brightest minds and biggest names in the industry. Speakers<\/a>\u00a0included esteemed doctors, politicians, journalists, authors, breeders, cultivators and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n Crowds of craft growers, cannabis connoisseurs and plant geeks congregated much of the day around analytical displays of each entry adorning the walls. Strain photographs were accompanied by\u00a0terpene<\/a>\u00a0and cannabinoid profiles as well as judges\u2019 aroma intensity ratings and facility energy efficiency scores.<\/p>\n One trend visible from the colorful terpene wheels dominating each display was a shift from the common\u00a0myrcene<\/a>-dominant strains to a surprisingly high number of\u00a0terpinolene<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0caryophyllene<\/a>\u00a0dominants. A large majority of samples showed THC percentages between 15 to 18%.<\/p>\n \u201cThe wall is like a work of art,\u201d said Carolyn Dute, a team leader at\u00a0Green Force Staffing<\/a>, a workforce solutions company centered around the states licensed recreational market. \u201cIt\u2019s great to see a lot of my favorite growers up there, and even though they don\u2019t have the highest THC numbers they were ranked well from the judges.\u201d<\/p>\n On the main stage, during the evening\u2019s award ceremony, event Co-Founder Stephanie Barnhart preached to a cheering crowd about the judges\u2019 findings and THC percentages.<\/p>\n \u201cThere seems to be a great choke point at retail, where a lot of monetary value has been put on the higher potency products with a lesser monetary value on the lower potency products which disincentivizes the cultivators from making those beautiful plants,\u201d she said. \u201cSo if we look at the top ten most enjoyable flowers in this entire competition, 70% of them had less than 20% THC.\u201d<\/p>\n Barnhart went on to add that enjoying cannabis is not always about high THC levels.<\/p>\n \u201cI understand value, and I understand wanting to get the most for your money. But let\u2019s talk about getting the most enjoyment for your money. Not getting the most THC.\u201d<\/p>\n Noticeably absent from the Classic were signs of its former partner,\u00a0Phylos Bioscience<\/a>. Just weeks before the event organizers\u00a0announced on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0they would discontinue their relationship with the firm. Concerns about Phylos\u2019s potential use of grower submitted plant samples for its own breeding program rocked the community.<\/p>\n \u201cOur trust in science has been shaken,\u201d Barnhart said.<\/p>\n Despite this setback, the competition went on. Competition categories covered Type 1 or THC dominant, Type 2, 1:1 THC to CBD, Type 3, CBD dominant and industrial hemp.<\/p>\n A full list of entries and results is available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Resource Innovation Institute\u2019s Energy Innovation Award: Deschutes Growery<\/p>\n Regenerative Cannabis Farm Award: Lane Creek Hemp Co.<\/p>\n Supplemental Light Type 1 THC Winner: Cannassentials, Durban Chocolope<\/p>\n Silver:\u00a0Rolen Stone Farms,\u00a0Wedding Crasher<\/p>\n Bronze:\u00a0Focus North,\u00a0Now n Later<\/p>\n Supplemental Light Type 2 Winner:\u00a0Deep Creek Gardens,\u00a0Dynasty Genetics Huckleberry Web<\/p>\n Silver:\u00a0Bull Run Craft Cannabis,\u00a0Lite Me Up<\/p>\n Bronze:\u00a0Ideal Farms \/ Green Farms LLC,\u00a0Kween<\/p>\n Supplemental Light Type 3 Winner:\u00a0Yerba Buena,\u00a0Blue Dragon Desert Frost<\/p>\n Silver:\u00a0Yerba Buena,\u00a0Corazon<\/p>\n Bronze:\u00a0Truly Oreganic,\u00a0Harle-Tsu<\/p>\n Sun Type 1 Winner:\u00a0Alter Farms,\u00a0Purple Wildfire<\/p>\n Silver:\u00a0Frontier Farms,\u00a0Cuban Linx<\/p>\n Bronze:\u00a0Green Source Gardens,\u00a0Koffee<\/p>\n Sun Type 2 Winner:\u00a0Ebb & Flow Farm,\u00a0Goji DC #1<\/p>\n Silver:\u00a0Phantom Farms,\u00a0Mighty Quinn<\/p>\n Bronze:\u00a0Alter Farms,\u00a0Pineapple Thai CBD<\/p>\n Sun Type 3 Winner:\u00a0East Fork Cultivars,\u00a0Blue Orchid<\/p>\n Silver:\u00a0East Fork Cultivars,\u00a0ACDC<\/p>\n Bronze:\u00a0Siskiyou Sungrown,\u00a0Sour Tsunami<\/p>\n Hemp Winner:\u00a0OM Shanti Farms LLC,\u00a0Suver Haze<\/p>\n Silver:\u00a0OM Shanti Farms LLC,\u00a0Elektra<\/p>\n Bronze:\u00a0East Fork Cultivars,\u00a0Oregon Guava<\/p>\n Outstanding Terpenes Award: Diversity:\u00a0Alter Farms,\u00a0Fire Runner<\/p>\n Outstanding Terpenes Award: Intensity:\u00a0Trichome Farms,\u00a0Black Widow<\/p>\n Credible Cultivar Award:\u00a0Ebb & Flow Farm,\u00a0Goji DC #1<\/p>\n Nose Knows Award:\u00a0Eugreen Farms,\u00a0Tropicanna Cookies<\/p>\n Ladies\u2019 Choice Award:\u00a0Pruf Cultivar,\u00a0Pruf No. 24 | Astral Works<\/p>\n TELL US<\/strong>, do you pay attention to cannabis companies that have won awards?<\/p>\n The post Data is King at Cultivation Classic<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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