Why Sungrown Cannabis from Los Sueños Farms is the Go-To Choice for Mary Jane’s Medicinals Topicals
Sungrown cannabis is happy cannabis.
“Know your farmer, know your food.”
That popular adage is equally relevant and important with cannabis—meaning, the source of your cannabis matters.
At Mary Jane’s Medicinals, the unparalleled quality of our topical products begins with the caliber of the plants we use and the skill of the farmers who grow them, which is why we source our cannabis from Los Sueños Farms.
Los Sueños is the largest outdoor cannabis farm in Colorado, with 36 acres of rich farmland near Pueblo, and its owners believe in letting Mother Nature take the wheel. They use organic cultivation methods and materials, as well as the least invasive agricultural practices possible to ensure a healthy and sustainable agricultural ecosystem.
They rely on beneficial native insects and southern Colorado’s warm climate to produce healthy, pesticide-free, sungrown cannabis. Their practices are better for the soil, the air, the cannabis they grow—and ultimately, the consumer.
That Los Sueños Farms is all about sungrown cannabis is very important to me.
While sometimes necessary, indoor cannabis grows require a great deal of energy and resources, so cannabis plants grown outdoors better align with our philosophy of sustainability and environmental responsibility. Plus, I firmly believe that cannabis grown outdoors has a richer terpene profile, which is essential for us to create full-spectrum, whole-plant cannabis products.
Plants are happier outdoors, and a happier plant makes for a better plant-based product.
Having built out my own grow a few years ago, I understand how demanding and difficult it is to grow quality cannabis sustainably. When sales of recreational cannabis started in Colorado in 2014, demand for Mary Jane’s Medicinals products skyrocketed, and the suppliers I had been sourcing my cannabis from couldn’t keep up.
I then decided the only way to keep pace was to build my own growing facility.
But at the same time, other entrepreneurs were seeing the increased demand for cannabis and as a result a number of large commercial grows came on line during that time, including several greenhouse facilities that had over 100,000 square feet of growing space. I had built out a 3,500-square-foot facility, but the larger facilities could grow far more at much lower costs. The market became flooded with cannabis and the price point plummeted.
It became clear that I could purchase cannabis for less than I could grow it myself. I was faced with the difficult decision of whether to keep my grow. We had put so much hard work and money into building it, and it had only been up and running for less than a year, so shutting it down was heartbreaking for me. But the numbers showed that it was costing us more money to keep it running. So I bit the bullet and shut it down.
At that time we were desperate for a larger production facility. We were producing all our topicals out of a space that was the size of a two-car garage. The space was so tight that we were climbing over each other to get our jobs done. This was limiting our growth, hard on employee morale, and making it difficult to keep up with demand.
Zoning is highly restrictive for cannabis businesses so I was having a difficult time finding a new location for our production space. However, the grow facility was zoned properly so that I could legally move my production facility to that space. This was another factor that helped me make the tough decision to shut down the grow
Once we had transitioned the grow to become the new manufacturing facility I never regretted the decision. It was wonderful working out of a space that could support the scope of our production. It was also very helpful to focus on the manufacturing and not have to deal with the headaches of operating a grow facility.
There’s a lot to be said for zeroing in on doing what you do best. Los Sueños has a very impressive operation, and their expertise and top-quality cannabis allows us to focus on our wheelhouse, which is to deliver the highest quality cannabis topicals we can to our customers.