The 19th Annual Emerald Cup Awards presented by OCB Rolling Papers was held on Saturday, May 13th, 2023 right on the waterfront in Richmond, California overlooking the San Francisco skyline from the magnificent Craneway Pavilion where 2,000 of California’s most...
ENTER 2023 COMPETITION The Entry window is Jan 3rd through Feb 3rd, 2023 The 2023 Emerald Cup Awards will feature winners from the following categories: FLOWER: SungrownMixed LightIndoorSungrown Greenhouse3rd Party Certified – Sungrown3rd Party Certified –...
Written by Ganja D from Rebel Grown, with words from Chris Anderson of Redwood Roots FIRST, SOME HONEST TRANSPARENCY California’s Cannabis industry is filled with brutal harsh realities. Lawmakers could not have been further away from understanding or...
The Emerald Cup, globally recognized as the “Academy Awards of Cannabis” is proud to announce the entry window for the 19th annual Emerald Cup Competition & Awards. The iconic cannabis competition, celebrating excellence in the cannabis world and awarding...
– Emerald Cup Harvest Ball Craft Cannabis Marketplace to feature California’s finest farms, brands, and counterculture curiosities. – The Emerald Cup Harvest Ball announces a stellar cast of panel speakers taking entheogen education to new heights –...
In the early 2000s, cannabis culture was bursting out of decades of hiding in Northern California, fueled by the state’s trailblazing medical cannabis marketplace established under Prop 215 and SB 420 – what many OGs consider to be the “good old days” of...
Stephanie Landa is the 2022 Emerald Cup Social Justice Award co-recipient Stephanie Landa has been active in helping cannabis prisoners ever since her own incarceration over two decades ago. It was a first-hand experience about the many problems long-term inmates and...
Amy Ralston is the 2022 Emerald Cup Social Justice Award co-recipient For 20+ years, Amy Ralston has been an accomplished filmmaker, writer, speaker, and activist. Her efforts have focused primarily on issues related to executive clemency, criminal justice reform,...
Terrance Alan is the 2022 Emerald Cup Legacy Award recipient Terrance Alan, 68 – Serial activist – Cannabis compassionate care advocate – Flore Dispensary owner – Castro Merchants Association Co-President Terrance Alan’s career in cannabis...
A message from Emerald Cup founder, Tim Blake The Emerald Cup is very excited and honored to announce a new collaboration with StateHouse Holdings, which is the parent company of Harborside, Urbn Leaf, and Loudpack. StateHouse will be sponsoring our Small Farms...