We are proud to be Michigan’s First Sun + Earth Certified Cannabis Farm!
WHAT IS Sun+Earth Certification?
Sun + Earth is a nonprofit organization sponsored by the Doc Bronner family, that provides third-party certification for regenerative organic cannabis. They set the standard above and beyond the general USDA NOP baseline of ‘Organic’. They certify cannabis that has been grown under the sun, in soil, without any chemicals by fairly paid farmers. They aim to, “create a world where cannabis is grown for the well-being of people, farmers, and the planet” (S + E, 2024).
What goes into certification?
The certification process is based on three pillars. The first pillar is Earth Care and Cultivation. This standard requires that farmers build soil quality through mulching/composting/manuring, practice crop rotation, and reduce the need for tillage. This ensures conservation of soil moisture, enhancing the habitat for plants and animals, and increases organic matter. We exemplify this standard through our biodynamic processes of soil fertility and crop rotation. The second standard is Human Empowerment. This standard highlights the importance of farm workers’ rights. All certified farms must fairly pay their farm workers and provide avenues to practice their work without discrimination. We exemplify this standard by providing a safe and positive environment for our farmers to practice their craft. We also pay our farmers fairly and provide our produce to them at no cost. The last pillar is based on Community Engagement. Sun and Earth Certified Farmers are required to engage with their local community, for us here in Detroit we chose The Congregation Detroit. Their certified gardens and orchard provides food to all who visit and especially the kids that play at Gordon Park across the street. A regenerative farm is not only responsible for building soil but also building community. We practice this pillar by growing over 100 different fruits, vegetables, medicinals, and herbs for our community to purchase at a greatly reduced cost at the local farmer’s markets. We also donate produce to local food banks and donate our time to maintain the community gardens we design and build.
Early Research Gallery
From our humble beginnings, we sought a way to blend biodynamic compost with natural USDA approved materials so as to create a living natural blend that would support and sustain the life of a cannabis plant grown indoors without any liquid nutrients, fertilizer or additives. This provides consistency in terms of growth, potency, and yields from sprout to harvest.
Organic Processing Gallery
The pathways to Demeter or USDA Organic processing are few. We started distilling our farm-based Demeter Certified Mead into Solvents and then moved onto close loop CO2 and Dry Ice extractions. We have found the ways to create Organic compliant concentrates for Humans and Animals alike. These include RSO (Richard Simpson Oil, cure for cancer). RSO/CBD blended extracts for curing cancer and relieving pain in animals. Hash, Wax, Live Rosin, and finally, the only true organic VAPE Cart in the USA.
Flowers Gallery
The flowers created using our Biodynamic Approach far exceed expectations of what most “experts’ believe possible in terms of volumetrics, lack of disease, and yields. Purified water, Biodynamic Preparations and Biodynamic Composts creates 1.00”-1.50” of growth, daily. Health and Vitality not only looks just like this. The end result our methodology creates, for all earthly or celestial transmissions flow in vortice spirals. 8 years of experimentation allowed us to help create Detroit’s 1st and only, Licensed Certified Kind Cannabis production facility.