Yerba Buena Brand Wins Best CBD Flower at Oregon Cannabis Cup
Stem Holdings, a vertically-integrated cannabis and hemp company with state-of-the-art cultivation, processing, extraction, retail, and distribution operations, is pleased to announce that its Yerba Buena brand won first place for Best CBD flower at this inaugural competition on Oct. 25-26. Yerba Buena’s Dr. Leveque cultivar was introduced earlier this year after months of genetic development.
“This acknowledgment of our CBD-dominant cultivar in a highly-respected cannabis competition is very important to Stem’s mission of creating world-class consumer products that promote well-being,” said Stem Chief Executive Officer Adam Berk. “It is an honor to receive a first-place award from High Times which conducts the world’s largest cannabis competitions, and this was its first one in Oregon High Times has an important legacy of education, activism, and promotion of cannabis culture. The organization has been a leading expert in the industry since its founding in 1974 and we are very pleased to receive this prestigious recognition for our work on the Dr. Levesque cultivar.”
Yerba Buena has also received past recognition for cultivating award-winning, CBD-specific strains. For three consecutive years since 2017, Yerba Buena won gold awards in the Supplemental Light Type 3 category (CBD dominant) at the Cultivation Classic, a science-focused cannabis and CBD competition. Both of Yerba Buena’s Blue Dragon Desert Frost and Corazon cultivars have been recognized in this highly respected Oregon competition.
More information on the Yerba Buena brand can be found at yerbabuena.com.
