2025 California Harvest Report
The 2025 California Harvest Report is Budist’s second annual statewide harvest report, documenting the growing season through the lens of California’s sungrown farms and regions. Building on the structure established in the 2024 Harvest Report, this edition expands coverage to seven counties—Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Lake, Nevada, Sonoma, and Santa Cruz—and deepens its archival value through insightful reviews of the signature cultivars from participating farms.
The report serves as a durable historical record of California cannabis, capturing regional climate, growing conditions, and terroir across the 2025 season. The publication opens with a statewide overview, followed by county sections that place individual farms within their regional context through profiles that highlight the people, farming practices, and signature cultivars unique to each farm.
Submission Deadline
Farms interested in participating in the 2025 Harvest Report are required to complete the submission form by March 31.
Benefits of Participation
Participating farms receive:
- Inclusion in the 2025 California Harvest Report, featuring a full farm profile that highlights the people, farming practices, and signature cultivars, set within broader regional growing conditions.
- Reviews of up to three signature cultivars selected to reflect the farm’s most distinctive offerings.
- Visibility across Budist channels tied to the release and promotion of the report, including social media, email, website, and PR.
- Participation in Harvest Report Release Event, connecting farms with media, retailers, enthusiasts, and industry stakeholders.
- Long-term archival inclusion as part of an ongoing record documenting California’s sungrown cannabis heritage & landscape.
Requirements
To participate, farms must meet the following criteria:
- Hold a valid outdoor cultivation license
- Located within one of the seven featured counties or regions
- Complete the submission form by March 31, providing detailed information on:
- Regional climate conditions during the 2025 season
- Farm and regional terroir (soil composition, elevation, orientation, geography)
- Farm background, cultivation practices, origin story, and key personnel
- Signature cultivars and certifications
- Provide one to three samples of signature cultivars:
- Cultivars do not need to be proprietary genetics
- Cultivars must be available for purchase at licensed dispensaries
- Samples must be delivered at a designated pickup event
- Note: You are required to have a Google account in order to complete the submission form, please contact us if you have any issues.
Next Steps
- Complete the submission form by March 31st (Note: a Google account is required to complete the form)
- Upon completion, a member of the Budist team will follow up soon to coordinate product samples and next steps.
- If you have any questions, please contact us via email.
Sponsorships
Budist offers a limited number of sponsorship opportunities for companies interested in underwriting the 2025 California Harvest Report. Underwriting supports the creation of Budist’s independent editorial reports, which help define quality standards, deliver deep category-level insight, and elevate best practices across the cannabis industry. Sponsors align their company with thoughtful, high-credibility analysis and are recognized across the report and its related promotion, including digital channels and release events, while Budist maintains full editorial control to ensure the work remains objective and unbiased.
Companies interested in partnering with Budist on this landmark publication are invited to get in touch to learn more about available opportunities.