Mendocino Producers Guild holding cannabis farmers market on April 23

MENDOCINO Co., 4/13/22 — Mendocino County’s cannabis farmers used to hold regular farmers’ market events throughout the warmer months, but as statewide regulations have shifted over the years, it’s become more challenging for farmers to meet with their customers. To help bridge this gap, the Mendocino Producers Guild (MPG), which consists of small scale local cultivators, is holding a free event in Laytonville on April 23 with over 60 vendors.

“Being able to connect with farmers who grow the herb gives people access to a storehouse of knowledge, from genetics to growing characteristics to the effects produced by each strain, a way of knowing the plant that can’t be reproduced in the current bifurcated supply chain,” the organizer explain in the event’s press release. The MPG also held a market event in July, 2021, in which a portion of proceeds were dedicated to the Ten Mile Creek Watershed Council, but additional markets were delayed to the pandemic.