Mendocino County Dispensary Announces ‘Kure Mendocino Invitational’ Cannabis Contest and ‘Farmer’s Supper’

This is a press release from the Kure Wellness Group:

For Russell Green, founder and CEO of three Mendocino County-based dispensaries, a continuing dream is showcasing, marketing and distributing top-grade, county-grown cannabis flowers to a broader audience.

“Despite the fact that Mendocino County cannabis has name recognition, very little of our high-grade products are sold south of Sonoma County. To address this issue, we have created the Kure Mendocino Invitational- a consumer-driven contest where customers vote to determine premiere county cultivators.”

The idea for the Invitational is simple. “Come harvest time, we will accept entries from local, licensed farms. The first 28 entrants that meet our high-quality standards will be entered into the contest. Kure staff will do the heavy lifting- testing, packaging, manufacturing and marketing the flower.”

The Invitational kicks off on September 10th with a farmers-only informational supper held at Kure’s Lake Mendocino Drive store. “We will introduce ourselves to farmers, present the concept of the event and encourage farmers to sign up.” Interested attendees should contact Kure to RSVP. Kure will begin accepting high-grade flower for consideration from October 1st to December 31st. All 28 entrants will be featured in a commemorative booklet, and all 28 strains will be sold at Kure outlets and to regional partners.

“In February 2022, we will have 28-gram ‘sampler’ boxes available for purchase by the public. These samplers will contain 28 individual grams from the top 28 farms. We believe the public drives the cannabis market. We respect their opinions and want them to have a say in identifying our region’s superior cannabis.”

Customers will have the entire month of February to judge the cannabis and submit their votes to a confidential online portal. “Once we’ve tabulated the winners, we will host an elegant dinner party for our farmers and their guest on April 1st, 2022. We want to keep this event simple, safe and focused on the people who are responsible for growing what is arguably the best cannabis in the world.”

“We hope there is enough interest to replicate Invitational event throughout the year,thus providing our farmers with reliable outlets to sell their wares, generating much-needed revenue and credibility for our county while creating a fun, memorable event for our customers and supporters,” Green concludes.

For information email [email protected], attention Leslie or phone (707) 621-5390.

 

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NorCalNative
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NorCalNative
2 years ago

A 28-gram sample package sounds awesome. Allowing consumers to judge is also cool.

Jim Dogger
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Jim Dogger
2 years ago
Reply to  NorCalNative

Should all be the same strain if it’s a competition, I say. Was looking forward to the Growdozer challenge to see who grows Ice Cream Cake best but it got cancelled.

Legallettuce
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Legallettuce
2 years ago

Hmmm, it knew I was LL, testing, testing 1-2-3. I hate change and fancy fando mucky stuff. Anyways, anything to get our products direct to the customer, I support.

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Kym Kemp
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2 years ago
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We’ll be mucking with the settings for a bit. Kindly let us know what features you like, dislike, and what suggestions you have. I’ll be trying to work on this between the fire posts.

Legallettuce
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Legallettuce
2 years ago
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Don’t mind me I just do not like change. I will get used to it.

Near the upvote + and the downvote – we should have a poopy emoji cause some comments are just plain poopy.

In all the work you do don’t loose yourself and please be sure to take extra care of your mental and physical health. Blessings, peace, love and joy to all who surround you.

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thetallone
2 years ago
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The reply font is smaller and harder to read. I like the auto-fill name/email feature. And the green names.

Entering a world of pain
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Entering a world of pain
2 years ago
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I agree. Liked the old font better

derp
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derp
2 years ago
Reply to  Legallettuce

Theres also a huge world out there with different options like taking a locksmith coarse or fixing\welding all sorts of machines. They pay better, needed more, and are actually respected. Learn a skill, move to a town. Thats what will need to happen anyways so, pick a trade, sober up, and join the people content with non pot working jobs. its actually awesome in that you know what your doing and how much you can spend. There are nice bosses too that you can find if you become skillfull in a trade, other than pot. Its REAL

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kevin marsh
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kevin marsh
2 years ago

“Bring your LICENSE”,,,,,We don’t need no stinking license,,,

Fndrbndr
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Fndrbndr
2 years ago

Is this all donation from the farmers? If not what prices will you be offering to the farms and what will you be charging for the O’s?

Carole Brodsky
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Carole Brodsky
2 years ago
Reply to  Fndrbndr

Hello- Kure publicist here. Absolutely no donations. We’re buying. Like you, our staff is watching the horrific price drop that is occurring right now. Our commitment is to work with each farmer to provide them with the best price we can negotiate, while taking on the testing, packaging and marketing of our beloved Mendo flower in this novel way. We have received enthusiastic responses from cultivators- please feel free to email me if you would like additional information. We feel our farmers are now living the “extinction event” that many of us feared would occur following the passage of Prop 64, and as a business that has done everything we can to comply with impossible regulations, we are choosing to utilize our platform to raise awareness of the plight of our cultivators and hopefully create additional, reliable outlets for other folks that chose the path of legalization. I hope this helps clarify our mission for this project- best of luck to you.

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2 years ago
Reply to  Carole Brodsky

Do the farmers have to be from Mendo?

Farce
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Farce
2 years ago

Fake awards! If you push away your unlicensed neighbors you are excluding 80% of the county! Sell-out growers handing out fake awards to corporate bootlickers is what I see here…All the best I’ve seen and smoked in Mendocino comes from black market mom n pops.

Guyute
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Guyute
2 years ago
Reply to  Farce

Walked in just to see what they had to offer in Willits. The flower was nugs the size of thumb tacks with more stem than
Anyone should be okay with. I looked at the girl and said these nuggets go straight to the trim in most places, she said “yeah, that’s why it’s for sale in here”. Shameful. For the type of person driving into Mendo looking for weed, often this is there first impression of the Mendocino brand. This business should be ashamed to represent the community in this way. Do better.

Fndrbndr
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Fndrbndr
2 years ago
Reply to  Guyute

How much were they charging for the B buds?

shortjohnson
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shortjohnson
2 years ago
Reply to  Fndrbndr

too much for most locals given the challenge growers are facing getting more than 700 a lb without leaving the republic.