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Sun+Earth Certified Approves First Five Oregon Producers of Regenerative Organic Cannabis

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Sun+Earth Certified, a nonprofit regenerative organic certification program for the cannabis industry, has approved its first five businesses in Oregon, including four farms—East Fork Cultivars, Green Source Gardens, Oshala Farm, and Phoenix Rising Farms—and cannabis products manufacturer Luminous Botanicals. To kick off its expansion into Oregon, Sun+Earth is hosting a press conference on Monday, February 3 at 10 am, announcing its first certifications in the state.

What: Press conference announcing first Sun+Earth Certified cannabis farms and product manufacturer in Oregon

Who: Les Szabo, President of Brother David's & Sun+Earth Certified Board Member

Andrew Black, Executive Director of Sun+Earth Certified

Sally Alworth, Co-Founder of Luminous Botanicals

Nathan Howard, Co-Founder of East Fork Cultivars

Earl Blumenauer, US Member of Congress (D-OR)

David Bronner, CEO of Dr. Bronner's & founder of Brother David's

When: Monday, February 3 at 10am

Where: The Commune, 19 NW 5th Ave #300, Portland, OR 97209

One of the first Sun+Earth Certified businesses in the state, East Fork Cultivars is a 33-acre farm in the small town of Takilma, in Southern Oregon's Illinois River Valley. East Fork grows 13 acres of CBD-rich cannabis for Oregon's adult-use program and the broader hemp market. Luminous Botanicals manufactures full-spectrum tonics, gelcaps, and topicals using cannabis from Sun+Earth Certified farms East Fork Cultivars and Green Source Gardens. With a manufacturing facility in Portland, Luminous Botanicals supplies its products to more than 100 dispensaries across Oregon.The Sun+Earth seal guarantees that certified farms cultivate cannabis—and that product manufacturers source cannabis—that is grown under the sun, in carefully tended living soils, and cultivated with techniques that uphold strict criteria to ensure application of regenerative organic farming practices. Sun+Earth is furthermore committed to human empowerment and community engagement and seeks to ensure cannabis production benefits family farmers and workers through price premiums, a guaranteed living wage, and collective bargaining. For more on Sun+Earth Certified, go to www.sunandearth.org.

As more and more US states change laws to allow for the responsible adult consumption of cannabis, and as public opinion in favor of lifting federal prohibition on the plant increases, Sun+Earth is poised to become the leading standard in the industry: demonstrating how cannabis can be cultivated ethically, ecologically, and with minimal carbon footprint. Sun+Earth Certified aims to be the pathway to a future in which cannabis is cultivated through regenerative organic agriculture at a scale that is large enough to supply growing US market demands.

Sun+Earth Certified ensures cannabis products are grown under the sun, in the soil of Mother Earth without chemicals by fairly paid farmers. To learn more please visit www.sunandearth.org.

Source: PR NewsWire