The GOOD BUDS Blog:
How our Organic, Sun-Grown Cannabis Is Made

GOOD BUDS is a family-run, FVOPA Certified Organic cannabis farm on Salt Spring Island, BC, founded in 2017 by brothers Tyler and Alex Rumi and Canada's first licensed outdoor cannabis cultivator. This blog explains how we grow: living soil beds reused since 2019, rainwater on the sun-grown crop, house-bred strains Gluerangutan, Mango Cake and Timewarp, and how flower, pre-rolls and vapes are made. GOOD BUDS products are sold at licensed cannabis retailers across BC, Alberta and Ontario. Find GOOD BUDS near you.

Tyler Rumi 7/10/26 Tyler Rumi 7/10/26

Indoor cannabis runs on lights and air conditioning. Ours runs on the sun.

Indoor cannabis cultivation runs on artificial lighting, air conditioning, and dehumidification around the clock, making it one of the most energy-intensive ways to grow the plant. GOOD BUDS grows most of its cannabis — including outdoor-only flagship Gluerangutan — in natural sunlight on Salt Spring Island, BC, removing that energy load entirely.

Tyler Rumi 7/3/26 Tyler Rumi 7/3/26

If You Like Mango Haze, You Might Like Mango Cake

Mango Haze and GOOD BUDS Mango Cake both deliver genuine mango flavour through completely different genetics. One got its mango by chance in a Dutch three-way cross; the other was deliberately bred for it on Salt Spring Island, with 2.4–3.2% CBG as a chemistry differentiator.

Tyler Rumi 4/13/26 Tyler Rumi 4/13/26

Mango Cake Strain: How GOOD BUDS Bred Mango Taffie x Wedding Cake

Mango Cake is a GOOD BUDS house-bred strain, Mango Taffie x Wedding Cake: ripe mango and tropical citrus with a creamy vanilla finish. Grown indoors in living soil on our FVOPA Certified Organic farm on Salt Spring Island, BC, it tests at 28 to 32% THC with 2.4 to 3.2% total CBGa. Sold in BC, Alberta and Ontario.

Posts are written by GOOD BUDS co-founders Tyler and Alex Rumi and the farm team on Salt Spring Island, BC. Tyler leads cultivation and breeding. Alex covers markets, regulation and the business of craft cannabis.
Living soil, sun-grown and indoor cultivation, FVOPA Certified Organic farming, breeding and pheno-hunting, drying and curing, vape and extract formats, and strain comparisons for Gluerangutan, Mango Cake and Timewarp.
GOOD BUDS flower, pre-rolls and vapes are sold at licensed cannabis retailers in BC, Alberta and Ontario, supplied through the BCLDB, AGLC and OCS. Nothing is sold on this website. Use the store locator to find a retailer near you.
Yes. GOOD BUDS is FVOPA Certified Organic for both its sun-grown and indoor cultivation on Salt Spring Island, BC, and was Canada's first licensed outdoor cannabis cultivator. Lots that require irradiation to meet Health Canada microbial requirements do not carry the FVOPA mark on the label.