MCA

We still have some tickets available for this weekend’s celebration of Mendocino community and culture, and the farmers at the root of it all 🌞🏆

Sit down next to Swami and he might just pass a lil’ something your way 👌

All the details are at TheMendoCup.org

repost from Join us on April 10 for an Appellations Town Hall on a key decision shaping the future of place-based cannabis.

The CDFA Cannabis Appellations Program is preparing to launch this year. CDFA has proposed regulations open for public comment now that will determine who qualifies to participate. At the center of the conversation is a critical question:

Who gets to participate in petitioning for an appellation?

CDFA’s current regulatory proposal would require three or more licensed cultivators from a given region to submit an appellation petition, with a limited exception allowing for one or two cultivators to petition in regions where there are no other licensed cultivators.

Supporters say this approach helps ensure broader representation and protects the integrity of appellations. Others raise concerns that requiring multiple petitioners may create barriers to entry—particularly as many small and legacy cultivators have exited the licensed market or may not be positioned to collaborate.

This raises a broader question of how to balance access and integrity in a system meant to reflect place and community.

How this is decided will directly impact who can participate—and whether appellations are realistically achievable across California’s diverse growing regions.

Origins Council is hosting this Town Hall to break down the current CDFA rulemaking and create space for informed, community-driven discussion.

🗓 April 10
⏰ 2–4 PM (PT)
📍Virtual (registration link in bio)

We will be joined by appellation subject-matter expert and OC advisor Richard P. Mendelson, Esq., who will provide an educational presentation, followed by a moderated stakeholder discussion.

👉 We want to hear from you:
How should the appellations system balance access and integrity?