Led by owner Albert Eppinga, the first of three micro cultivation facilities in Sooke under the BC Cannabis Inc. brand was licensed on April 9. They expect the next two licences later this year.
Profiles
This BC company wants to bring more clarity to cannabis strain names and genetics
The founder and CEO of Lighthouse Genomics, Tim Harvey has been working with a handful of researchers since 2016, taking samples of cannabis plants from partners in Canada and around the world, in order to build a genetic database of cultivars.
Salt Spring Island’s Magi Cannabis
Magi Cannabis is a small, family-run micro-cultivator on Salt Spring Island, in British Columbia. Josh Beckett and his partner Nadine are long-time islanders, with deep roots in the community.
Covert Valley Reserve
Covert Valley is a husband and wife team who began making the transition from an ACMPR personal production licence to a micro cultivation licence in 2018.
Alberta’s iNaturally Organic on their path to market
iNaturally Organic Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emprise Canada Inc, and a holder of multiple micro-processing licenses, operating in Alberta. The company manufactures cannabis soft gels, topicals, nano-emulsions, and cannabis oils. Their facilities are located in Olds and Calgary, Alberta.
Origin Coast on micro cultivation and starting small
Licenced in February 2021, Origin Coast is a micro cultivator and processor located in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Okanna Craft on their long transition into the legal rec market
The family behind Okanna Craft is another success story of a legacy BC grower transitioning into the legal recreational market, but the process wasn’t easy, they say.
Robert W Ritchie aka Bob’s Better Buds
Operating as Bob’s Better Buds, Ritchie is one of the few licence holders in Canada with an indoor and outdoor operation on one site under one licence. His first crop was an outdoor crop harvested last October, followed by his first indoor crop started in mid-December.
Pistol and Paris
Pistol and Paris is taking a different approach to entering the micro cannabis market, pivoting away from growing and looking instead to help other growers make it to market.
Ovation AG Ltd
Shortly after legalization, Ovation AG began construction of an indoor facility inside an existing barn on the farm on the shore of Lake Huron. They applied in August 2020 and received their cultivation licence on February 12, 2021.
Grump Weed’s aeroponic micro cannabis
Grump Weed is a micro cultivator and processor in Manitoba who, in partnership with a BC-based micro-processor, has products just beginning to arrive on shelves in some provinces.
Activation Laboratories
Founded in 1987, Actlabs offers analytical testing services for the cannabis industry out of their 200,000 sq ft. headquarters in Ontario.
