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Outdoor Cultivation, Indoor Cultivation Mathilde Myburgh Outdoor Cultivation, Indoor Cultivation Mathilde Myburgh

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.

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The cannabis sustainability conversation is stuck on packaging. The bigger problem is how the flower is grown.

The cannabis sustainability conversation focuses on packaging, but the real footprint is in production — single-use pots, rockwool, synthetic mineral salts, and round-the-clock indoor power. GOOD BUDS grows mostly outdoors in living soil that's been running since 2019, fed with FVOPA-certified organic amendments and 100% recaptured rainwater on Salt Spring Island, BC.

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Outdoor Cultivation Alex Rumi Outdoor Cultivation Alex Rumi

One harvest a year

Sun-grown cannabis on Salt Spring Island runs on one harvest a year — Gluerangutan and Timewarp come off the field once each fall, in living soil beds that have been working since 2019. Tyler Rumi on what one harvest actually requires, the year we lost a third of the crop, and why we still grow the way we do.

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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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