Drumroll, please. Finalists for the MJBizDaily Awards are now public.
The editorial staff of Marijuana Business Daily and Hemp Industry Daily teamed with a panel of industry experts to select companies from Alaska to Australia as leaders in the categories of Regional Game Changer, Community Impact and more.
“The growth of the cannabis industry in the past few years merits recognition of the best and brightest,” said Cassandra Farrington, CEO of Marijuana Business Daily, which is producing the awards. “We are excited to launch an awards platform backed by MJBizDaily’s unbiased editorial excellence, ensuring the honorees are true leaders and achievers in their categories.”
Staff members sorted through more than 760 nominations to hand-select 55 finalists in 11 categories. Winners will be announced at the MJBizDaily Awards gala on the evening of Dec. 12.
The event is part of MJBizCon Week, which is expected to draw more than 35,000 cannabis industry professionals to Las Vegas for five days of educational sessions and a tailored trade show with 1,300 booths and companies represented.
The finalists for the inaugural MJBizDaily Awards are listed here. The sector listed under each entry was provided by the finalist. Buy tickets to the awards gala at staging.mjbizdaily.com/awards.
U.S. Market Leader Awards
Retailer of the Year Award
Name: Bloom Medicinals
Headquarters: Boca Raton, Florida
Sector: Retail
Name: Native Roots Cannabis Co.
Headquarters: Denver
Sector: Cultivation, Retail
Name: ONE Cannabis, Unity Rd.
Headquarters: Denver
Sector: Franchise, Retail
Name: Planet 13
Headquarters: Las Vegas
Sector: Retail
Name: The Apothecarium (subsidiary of TerrAscend Corp.)
Headquarters: San Francisco
Sector: Retail
U.S. Market Leader Awards
Infused Products
Name: Coda Signature
Headquarters: Denver
Sector: Infused Products
Name: Dixie Brands
Headquarters: Denver
Sector: Infused Products
Name: Plus Products
Headquarters: San Mateo, California
Sector: Infused Products
Name: Sweet Grass
Headquarters: Denver
Sector: Infused Products
Name: Wana Brands
Headquarters: Boulder, Colorado
Sector: Infused Products
U.S. Market Leader Awards
Cultivator of the Year Award
Name: Columbia Care
Headquarters: New York City
Sector: Cultivation
Name: Cresco Labs
Headquarters: Chicago
Sector: Multistate Operator
Name: East Fork Cultivars
Headquarters: Takilma, Oregon
Sector: Cultivation
Name: EcoGen Laboratories
Headquarters: Grand Junction, Colorado
Sector: Cultivation
Regional Game Changer Award
United States
Name: Acreage Holdings
Headquarters: New York City
Sector: Multistate Operator
Name: Cresco Labs
Headquarters: Chicago
Sector: Multistate Operator
Name: Green Thumb Industries
Headquarters: Chicago
Sector: Cultivation, Retail
Name: Headset
Headquarters: Seattle
Sector: Ancillary Services (Data Analytics and Market Intelligence)
Name: LivWell Enlightened Health
Headquarters: Denver
Sector: Cultivation, Infused, Retail
Regional Game Changer Award
Latin America
Name: Avicanna Inc.
Headquarters: Toronto
Sector: Cultivation, Pharmaceutical, Research
Name: Khiron Life Sciences
Headquarters: Toronto, Canada, and Bogotá, Colombia
Sector: Cultivation, Medical, Consumer Packaged Goods
Name: PharmaCielo
Headquarters: Toronto
Sector: Cultivation, Extraction, Processing, Wholesale
Regional Game Changer Award
Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa and Oceania
Name: Bedrocan
Headquarters: Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
Sector: Cultivation
Name: Cansativa GmbH
Headquarters: Frankfurt, Germany
Sector: Importer, Distributor
Name: Rua Bioscience
Headquarters: Ruatoria, New Zealand
Sector: Cultivation, Genetics, Manufacturing, Research
Name: Little Green Pharma
Headquarters: Perth, Western Australia
Sector: Cultivation, Manufacturing, Production, Research
Regional Game Changer Award
Canada
Name: Cronos Group
Headquarters: Toronto
Sector: Licensed Producer
Name: Fire & Flower
Headquarters: Edmonton, Alberta
Sector: Retail
Name: MediPharm Labs Corp.
Headquarters: Barrie, Ontario
Sector: Extraction, Manufacturing
Name: Valens GroWorks
Headquarters: Kelowna, British Columbia
Sector: Extraction
Industry Impact Award
Name: Charlie Bachtell
Position: CEO
Company: Cresco Labs
Headquarters: Chicago
Sector: Multistate Operator
Name: Julie Berliner
Position: CEO and founder
Company: Sweet Grass
Headquarters: Denver
Sector: Infused Products
Name: AC Braddock
Position: CEO
Company: Eden Labs
Headquarters: Seattle
Sector: Ancillary (Extraction Technology)
Name: Troy Dayton
Position: CEO
Company: The Arcview Group
Headquarters: Oakland, California
Sector: Investment, Events, Market Research
Name: John Lord
Position: CEO
Company: LivWell Enlightened Health
Headquarters: Denver
Sector: Cultivation, Infused, Retail
Name: Shanita Penny
Position: Founder and principal, Budding Solutions; former president, Minority Cannabis Business Association
Company: Budding Solutions
Headquarters: Baltimore, Maryland
Sector: Ancillary (Consulting) and Association
Name: Keith Stroup
Position: Founder
Company: NORML
Headquarters: Washington DC
Sector: Association
Name: Nicholas Vita
Position: CEO
Company: Columbia Care
Headquarters: New York City
Sector: Cultivation
Name: Steve White
Position: CEO
Company: Harvest Health & Recreation
Headquarters: Phoenix
Sector: Multistate Operator
Name: Nancy Whiteman
Position: CEO
Company: Wana Brands
Headquarters: Boulder, Colorado
Sector: Infused Products
Hemp Game Changer Award
Name: Access Rosin
Headquarters: Downey, California
Sector: Hemp, Extraction
Name: Canopy Growth Corp.
Headquarters: Smiths Falls, Ontario
Sector: Cultivation, Processing, Retail
Name: Front Range Biosciences
Headquarters: Lafayette, Colorado
Sector: Cultivation
Name: Mile High Labs
Headquarters: Broomfield, Colorado
Sector: Industrial Hemp Extraction
Name: Mission Lago Farms
Headquarters: Central Point, Oregon
Sector: Hemp, Cultivation
Community Impact Award
Sustainable Business Practices
Name: Canndescent
Headquarters: Santa Barbara, California
Sector: Retail
Name: Clever Leaves
Headquarters: Bogotá, Colombia
Sector: Cultivation
Name: LivWell Enlightened Health
Headquarters: Denver
Sector: Retail
Name: Native Roots Cannabis Co.
Headquarters: Denver
Sector: Cultivation, Retail
Name: Smokey’s
Headquarters: Garden City, Colorado
Sector: Cultivation
Community Impact Award
Giving Back to the Community
Name: Bibiana Rojas
Position: Country Managing Director
Company: Canopy Growth Colombia
Headquarters: Bogotá, Colombia
Sector: Cultivation, Distribution
Name: Berkeley Patients Group
Headquarters: Berkeley, California
Sector: Retail
Name: Bloom Farms
Headquarters: Oakland, California
Sector: Brand
Name: Green Thumb Industries
Headquarters: Chicago
Sector: Cultivation, Retail
Name: Eden Management Group, dba Uncle Herb’s and Alaska Herb Garden
Headquarters: Anchorage, Alaska
Sector: Cultivation, Retail
