Takilma and the farm are safe. Everyone in our team is safe. Though the Slater Fire reached to within a mile of the farm, the fire lines held for the most part, and firefighting has saved most of the inner valley. On October 1, all evacuation orders were lifted for the Illinois Valley, sending our spirits soaring, and gave us the opportunity to regroup and reflect on the important lessons during this scare.

It's natural that many folks are curious, or have quality concerns, regarding our hemp and cannabis being so close to wildfires this year.

In terms of the actual crop and flower, consumers and patients don’t need to be too concerned. We have a number of efforts underway to mitigate any potential impacts on the flower and ensure quality. Here's the general outline.

At East Fork, we are committed to offering our customers the highest quality cannabis flower. As breeders, we aim to create resinous, terpenoid- and cannabinoid-rich cultivars. We want to continuously breed plants for traits like pest resistance, novel chemical profiles (or chemotypes), and plant morphology in order to explore the potential of the cannabis plant and maximize its ability to provide relief for a wide variety of people. Simultaneously, we want to create a productive crop that is as easy to cultivate and process as possible.