Our Story: an Independent Family Cannabis Farm on Salt Spring Island, BC
GOOD BUDS is an independent, family-run cannabis farm on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Brothers Tyler and Alex Rumi founded the company in 2017, received their first Health Canada cultivation licence in 2018, and in 2019 planted the first federally licensed sun-grown cannabis crop in Canada. The farm has been FVOPA Certified Organic for both indoor and sun-grown cultivation since 2020. GOOD BUDS flower, pre-rolls and vapes are sold through licensed retailers in BC, Alberta and Ontario.
We grow cannabis the way we think it should be grown: in living soil, under the sun, without shortcuts.
Why We Grow This Way
Cannabis is a plant. We think it should be grown like one: in soil, under the sun, with clean inputs and real seasons.
When we built this farm, we made a few early decisions that shaped everything after. We grow in living soil because the biology in the bed, the fungi, the bacteria and the nutrient cycling, contributes to the flavour of the finished plant. We grow under the sun on Salt Spring Island because the coastal climate, ocean air and natural light cycles let the plant develop on its own schedule. And we built a farm where the soil gets better every year instead of being thrown out after each harvest.
That last part is what keeps us here. Our living soil beds have been built and rebuilt over eight growing seasons. Each cycle adds complexity. Winemakers understand this about their land: the longer you work with the same soil, the more it gives back.
It also means less waste. Soil beds are rebuilt with compost and cover crops and reused. The sun-grown crop is irrigated with rainwater from on-site retention ponds and grows without grow lights or climate control. Our indoor rooms run on high-efficiency LEDs over reused living soil beds. Those are not the reason we farm this way, but they are part of why we are proud of it.
We are FVOPA Certified Organic at the farm level. Every input and process is audited annually by a third-party certifier.
This is our version of what good cannabis looks like: grown slowly, in living soil, on an island farm that gets a little better at it every year.
Built by Growers
Tyler had been cultivating cannabis since 2005, long before legalization. When he and Alex founded GOOD BUDS in 2017, they combined two decades of cultivation experience with the operational side needed to build a licensed cannabis company from the ground up.
Ryan Mant, Tyler's collaborator since grade school, joined them to lead the sun-grown operation. Between the three of them, there is not much they have not figured out the hard way.
Tyler Rumi
Tyler has been growing cannabis since 2005, first under the MMAR and later as the driving force behind GOOD BUDS' cultivation programme. He designed the pheno-hunt that selected Gluerangutan from 150,000 plants over three sun-grown seasons. He oversees all cultivation decisions and is the primary architect of the farm's living soil system.
CEO & Co-Founder
Alex Rumi
Alex joined Tyler on Salt Spring Island in 2017 to build the business and operational side of GOOD BUDS. He manages sales, marketing, regulatory affairs and provincial distribution across BC, Alberta and Ontario.
CSO & Co-Founder
Sun-Grown Cultivation Manager Ryan has been Tyler's collaborator since grade school and has grown cannabis for nearly as long. He runs the day-to-day sun-grown operation on Salt Spring Island through every season.
Sun-Grown Cultivation Manager
Ryan Mant
OUR Journey
2005
Tyler Rumi begins growing cannabis under Health Canada's Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR), more than a decade before legalization.
2017
GOOD BUDS founded on Salt Spring Island by brothers Tyler and Alex Rumi, alongside longtime collaborator Ryan Mant.
2019
GOOD BUDS becomes Canada's first licensed outdoor cannabis cultivator. The first sun-grown crop goes into living soil beds on the island.
2020
FVOPA Certified Organic status achieved for both indoor and sun-grown cultivation. First recreational sales launch in BC and Alberta.
2021
First concentrates launch: small-batch hash and live rosin made from the farm's living soil harves
2018
Health Canada issues GOOD BUDS' first cultivation licence, covering indoor production at the Salt Spring Island facility.
2025
First vape products launch, filled with cured resin, live resin and live rosin from the farm. No distillate, no fillers, no added terpenes.
2026
Available at 900+ licensed retailers across BC, Alberta and Ontario.
What Makes Us Different
Living soil
FVOPA Certified Organic farm
Rainwater-fed sun-grown crop
House-bred genetics: Gluerangutan, Mango Cake, Timewarp
Grown on Salt Spring Island, BC
Questions About the Farm
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GOOD BUDS is independently owned and family-run. Brothers Tyler and Alex Rumi founded the company on Salt Spring Island, BC in 2017 and still run it today.
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All GOOD BUDS cannabis is grown on our farm on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Sun-grown strains are grown in living soil beds under natural light and fed with rainwater from on-site retention ponds. Indoor strains, including Mango Cake, are grown in living soil rooms on high-efficiency LEDs.
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Yes. GOOD BUDS has been FVOPA Certified Organic for both indoor and sun-grown cultivation since 2020. Certification applies at the farm level and is audited annually by a third-party certifier.
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GOOD BUDS flower, pre-rolls and vapes are sold through licensed cannabis retailers in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. Use our store locator to find a retailer near you.
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