The Grow-Off and The Humboldt Legacy Project are partnering to help educate: on the value of legacy cultivars, the people who develop and curate them, and how the biodiversity in the Emerald Triangle regions lead to innovation around the plant. The Humboldt Legacy Project is an incubator of Humboldt Grace, a Dreammaker of The Ink People. The project was created in response to the difficult market conditions faced by regional communities, particularly legacy operators in the cannabis industry. The volunteer group was formed with the goal of finding ways to preserve the genetic diversity and experience of these communities. It began in 2020 by holding weekly online meetings with experts in various areas related to cannabis breeding, cultivation, science, technology, compliance, law, and community. The group operates under a set of value statements focused on integrity, innovation, quality, and collaboration. We have been using two selections of a Skunk #1 as test subjects to create pathways to preserve, authenticate, and value cannabis cultivars. The group is producing an auction event in 2024 to educate on these pathways, the value of cultivars, and the communities that have created them. The Humboldt Legacy Project auction event aims to empower small farms in the Emerald Triangle to stay focused on innovation and quality while providing unique and well developed cannabis genetics to farms, brands, and researchers outside the region.

When you participate in this partnership you are gaining early access to one of the selected Humboldt Legacy Projects Skunk #1, (Humboldt Legacy Project Skunk #1, No3.). This is from the Sam The Skunk Man’s lineage . The plants were donated by Marty Yip. Your brand, your shared content, and the anonymized data will be included in the marketing around the Humboldt Legacy Project auction event. You will be listed as one of the farms growing the cut. Licensed operators will also have the opportunity to participate it at the Humboldt Legacy Projects auction next April 2024.

Through the Humboldt Legacy Project, The Skunk Grow-Off participants can also take advantage of the same extensive DNA testing the project uses given by Medicinal Genomics at an 80% discount. This DNA testing is the most extensive sequencing possible at this time on the cannabis plant at $299 per test. This price is not included in the competition. For more information email lele@humboldtgrace.org

Early access to the Humboldt Legacy Project Skunk #1 No.3.

Additional marketing value. The project will be promoting The Grow-Off participants.

Growers will be invited to an event next Spring in SoCal to promote their work.

Licensed farms will be given an opportunity to vend the cultivar and any of their own unique offerings at the 2024 April auction.

All participants will receive one free ticket to the SoCal and auction event in 2024. This is an invite-only event with limited tickets available.

The Skunk Grow-Off winners will be interviewed on the new podcast launching in July, (Humboldt Legacy Project with Host Kevin Jodrey), as well as showcased through the promotion of the auction.

In order to help educate on the value of our legacies and regions, the Humboldt Legacy Project needed a diverse group of farmers to grow this researched and studied selection of Skunk #1. We wanted to be transparent in the relationship between The Grow-Off and the Humboldt Legacy Project. We wanted to ensure the project had the grower’s permissions. We also see the marketing potential for each other behind us ALL collaborating.

The cultivation data will be used to help the Humboldt Legacy Project educate on the value of the bioregional diversity in the Emerald Triangle, the value of an individual farmers’ process, and the vast libraries of genetic diversity in our communities. This information will also be used to help educate on the value of legacy cultivars through out the auction. By using this documented cut we can attempt to see where the skunkiest cut is grown, how it is grown, and who can grow the skunkiest bud. Which will be fun, and this information can also help us as a community show why our regions plant legacy, climate, and experience is so important to the innovation of future cannabis as well as help us increase our market value.