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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.
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.
We've grown in the same soil since 2019. Here's why we never replace it.
GOOD BUDS has grown in the same living soil beds since 2019 — indoors and out — amending and reusing rather than replacing medium each cycle, which eliminates the single-use pots and rockwool most cannabis production sends to landfill. It's a slower, harder method that compounds soil biology over years on the farm on Salt Spring Island, BC.
What Is Living Soil Cannabis?
Living soil cannabis is grown in a biologically active ecosystem where microbes, fungi, and organic matter naturally feed the plant—no synthetic inputs required. Over time, this system produces richer terpene profiles, smoother smoke, and a more sustainable approach to cannabis cultivation.
Mango Cake Cannabis
Mango Cake is a terpene-forward indoor strain bred from Mango Taffie × Wedding Cake, combining tropical fruit with a creamy vanilla finish. With 27–32% THC and 2–4% CBG, it’s a rare high-CBG cultivar grown in certified organic living soil on Salt Spring Island.
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Did you know GOOD BUDS was the first LP in Canada to be awarded with an outdoor grow license?
GOOD BUDS dives into Cultivation & Distribution Plans after receiving sales license from Health Canada.
Thanks to our friends over at Sessions High Life, we’ve been nominated #1 on their list of who’s bringing Canada’s finest cannabis products to the table.
GOOD BUDS becomes one of the first Living Wage Employers in the Cannabis Growing Sector.
GOOD BUDS launches Whole Flower Concentrates in Alberta
GOOD BUDS wins Concentrate of The Year & Best Social Media awards.
GOOD BUDS achieves Organic certification from the Fraser Valley Organic Producers Association.
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