The Cosmo
Cultivator of the Year. Regional Game Changer. Community Impact.
These are just some of the categories for which the editorial team of Marijuana Business Daily vetted more than 670 entries for the inaugural MJBizDaily Awards.
With the list of nominees having been culled to 55 finalists, a panel of cannabis industry professionals is hard at work helping to pick the winners.
Five companies are vying for the honor of being the recipient of the first Hemp Game Changer Award: Access Rosin, Canopy Growth Corp., Front Range Biosciences, Mile High Labs and Mission Lago Farms.
A single winner for each category will be announced at the gala awards ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 12, at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas as part of MJBizCon Week.
“We’ve wanted to host an awards event for many years,” said Chris Walsh, president and founding editor of Marijuana Business Daily.
“We’re now at a place where we can put the effort needed into creating a pre-eminent, credible B2B awards program that recognizes leading companies and executives.”
To be considered, companies were required to submit revenue figures for the past four years, profit and loss information as well as number of employees and locations.
“We aim to bring the credibility and trust Marijuana Business Daily has built up over the past eight years to an awards program,” Walsh said.
Tickets to the awards reception are available for attendees of MJBizCon, the largest event for cannabis professionals in North America.
MJBizDaily expects 35,000 attendees, with preconference events that include the Investor Intelligence Conference, Hemp Industry Daily Forum, Science Symposium and the inaugural Associations Day.
For more information about registration, preconference programs, the awards ceremony and more, click here.
The complete list of finalists appears below:
U.S. Market Leader Award: Retail
Bloom Medicinals
Native Roots Cannabis Co.
One Cannabis Group
Planet 13
The Apothecarium (subsidiary of TerrAscend Corp.)
U.S. Market Leader Award: Infused Products
Coda Signature
Dixie Brands
Plus Products
Sweet Grass Kitchen
Wana Brands
U.S. Market Leader Award: Cultivation
Columbia Care
Cresco Labs
East Fork Cultivars
EcoGen Laboratories
Regional Game Changer Award: U.S. Region
Acreage Holdings
Cresco Labs
Green Thumb Industries
Headset
LivWell Enlightened Health
Regional Game Changer Award: LatAm Region
Khiron Life Sciences
Avicanna
PharmaCielo
Regional Game Changer Award: Europe, Middle East, Asia, Oceania Region (EMEAO)
Rua Bioscience
Little Green Pharma
Cansativa GmbH
Bedrocan International
Regional Game Changer Award: Canada Region
Cronos Group
Fire & Flower
MediPharm Labs
Valens GroWorks
Industry Impact Award
Charlie Bachtell, CEO, Cresco Labs
Julie Berliner, CEO, Sweet Grass Kitchen
AC Braddock, CEO, Eden Labs
Troy Dayton, CEO, The Arcview Group
John Lord, CEO, LivWell Enlightened Health
Shanita Penny, president, Minority Cannabis Association
Keith Stroup, founder, NORML
Nicholas Vita, CEO, Columbia Care
Steve White, CEO, Harvest Health & Recreation
Nancy Whiteman, CEO, Wana Brands
Hemp Game Changer Award
Access Rosin
Canopy Growth Corp.
Front Range Biosciences
Mile High Labs
Mission Lago Farms
Community Impact Award: Sustainable Business Practices
Canndescent
Ecomedics S.A.S. (doing business as Clever Leaves)
LivWell Enlightened Health
Native Roots Cannabis Co.
Smokey’s 420 House
Community Impact Award: Giving Back – Company or Individual
Berkeley Patients Group
Bibiana Rojas, country manager, Canopy Growth Colombia
Bloom Farms
Green Thumb Industries
Eden Management Group (dba Uncle Herb’s and Alaska Herb Garden)
