Meet 20 BIPOC business owners featured on Inclusivebase that you can support! Inclusivebase is database of BIPOC-owned cannabis businesses to be used as a resource for conscious cannabis consumers to shop responsibly, created by Cannaclusive and ALMOSTCONSULTING.
Sara Hussain, Owner of Budwell
Budwell is a lifestyle brand catering to a high design, low maintenance stoners.
While our founder is Bengali-American, the Budwell brand is not overtly Desi. We call ourselves "Brown Owned" to reflect solidarity with our melanated brothers and sisters along with the collective experience in America of being perceived in terms of appearance first. Brown is not a bad word. Stoner is not a bad word. Being Brown and building a brand for stoners is not bad, it's rad.
How to support Sara and Budwell: Get to know the "stonerglam" aesthetic & then tell your weirdo friends about it!
Young-Jin Yang, Founder of Elevar Wellness & fénix CBD
We serve only the BEST phytocannabinoid rich hemp flower & wellness tinctures & topical products.
How to support Young-Jin and Elevar Wellness & fénix CBD: By supporting & spot lighting more fellow BIPOC companies/orgs that are doing amazing things for their customers & communities.
Classic Cauley, Founder of Classic Touch
We create hand crafted CBD infused sensual wellness products.
How to support Classic and Classic Touch: By continuing to create opportunities for BIPOC brands like mine.
Yognandani "Yogi" Maharaj, Founder and CEO of Luv Kush
Luv Kush is a wellness and lifestyle community reclaiming cannabis in the South Asian diaspora with consciously cultivated education, resources, and experiences.
How to support Yognandani and Luv Kush: Sign up for our email list to get our newsletter + shop our site! Our newsletter will give you insider access to a monthly Vedic Oracle reading, recipes, upcoming events, discounts and more.
Tess Melody Taylor, Founder of Dose of Saucy
Saucy is an elevated and savory infused condiment brand with Texas roots and healthy ingredients that are helping Californians safely gather around cannabis again. Our products can be precisely dosed and enjoyed by cannabis connoisseurs and the canna-curious alike. Our table is fun, diverse, and always has room for one more. Healthy, infused condiments for y’ALL.
How to support Tess and Dose of Saucy: Funding, grant programs, accelerator programs, supply chain solutions in states outside of CA, affordable designers, pro bono legal/accounting services
Tiffany Yarde, Co-Founder x CEO of SHOKi Beverages, Corp.
We are an Afro-Caribbean beverage manufacturer and cannabis lifestyle brand. We grow and thrive in community, not isolation. Let's amplify each other and teach the world all that we've learned about these powerful plants.
How to support Tiffany and SHOKi: Collaborations with as many diverse brands as possible!
Lo Friesen, Founder/CEO of Heylo
Heylo's mission is to help anyone get more out of life with cannabis. Heylo produces cannabis vape cartridges, PAX Pods, and topical products using full-bud and a proprietary CO2 extraction method. Heylo's extraction method aims to respect the plant and create an extract that is as close to the plant as possible. Heylo goes above and beyond to ensure our products are pesticide-free, sustainably sourced, and will provide consumers with a consistent experience. Alongside Heylo's products, two of our core values are education and transparency. We have a wealth of information and educational resources on our website and Youtube channel to empower consumer to understand how cannabis chemistry interacts with your body.
How to support Lo and Heylo: The cannabis community can support us by demanding pesticide-free cannabis and caring about the cannabis products they consume. The community can also support us by empowering themselves with learning! Watch our HigherED series on YouTube and share it!
Amanya Maloba, Co-founder of Cosmically Charged Beauty
Created by Women.Weed.WiFi and Avenue South Naturals, this holistic line redefines high-end beauty products. Products are sourced from premium ingredients including full-spectrum hemp CBD to assist with overall relaxation and surrender to the divine within. Each product comes with a complementary ritual intended to amplify the healing and pampering effects. Women.Weed.WiFi is an expansive, international, and intergalactic network of women of color artists that use our ancestral and learned knowledge, our melanin, spiritual guides, and our natural talents to heal and teach about and through cannabis. Avenue South Naturals creates all natural cooking and body products for mind, body, and spirit.
How to support Amanya and Cosmically Charged Beauty: The cannabis community can continue to support us by purchasing and sharing our products, and supporting the womxn behind the brand-- Amanya Maloba and Janice Ibarra of Women.Weed.WiFi, and Nyema Clark of Avenue South Naturals.
Munib Bhandari, Co-Founder of Grasse
We are a cannabis manufacturer. We believe it is important to educate consumers on the history of cannabis and the importance of highlighting the rich history of Cannabis in South East Asia and the Middle East. History of cannabis is associated with the war on drugs but if we want to help with ending the stigma, we must educate consumers on the full history of the plant prior to the drug war.
How to support Munib and Grasse: Support local family businesses who are using create craft organic cannabis products.
Mimi Lam, Co-Founder of Superette
We sell weed and curate vibes ~
How to support Mimi and Superette: Sharing our community initiatives and amplifying our brand would be lovely!
Yvonne Perez Emerson, CEO/Founder of Make & Mary
We are artists of whole plant wellness. Body, Bath & Soul.
How to support Yvonne and Make & Mary: Buy our full spectrum products, follow us on social, attend our events, support our missions.
Kristina Lopez Adduci, CEO of House of Puff
Driven by art and fashion, House of Puff makes chic cannabis accessories for your modern lifestyle. From our organic hemp L'aperitif mini pre-rolled cones to our artist-made ceramic one-hitters and rolling trays, we’ve built a modern brand; one that curates, listens & inspires. From collaborations with artists to thought-provoking perspectives, our mission is to live life distinctively, with style and grace.
How to support Kristina and House of Puff: While there are a growing number of Black and Latinx women-led startups crossing the $1MM threshold, the majority of Black and Latinx women–led startups raise significantly less than the average funded startup. Let's start funding Black and Latinx women-led startups in the cannabis space, and promote women entrepreneurship within the industry.
Dr. Natasha Khallouf, Founder of Agricola Flower & Nursery
Natasha is the cultivator behind Agricola Flower and Nursery where you can find her amongst the plants immersed in the medicine. She also runs an integrative medicine clinic in Northern California, On Point Integrative, and teaches wellness classes. Dr. Khallouf is committed to remembering tradition and creating access to medicine for the people inspired by her rich cultural diversity and urban upbringing. Born and raised in Los Angeles to a Nicaraguan mother and a Lebanese father, she moved to Northern California and began growing cannabis along with other herbs & flowers. She is and was the first and only POC, female licensed cultivator in Sonoma county. She holds equity status in the county of Sonoma and in the state of California. Dr. Khallouf is an active community leader advocating for other farmers. She is committed to creating access to clean medicine and food and believes they are the pinnacles of health. Her other projects include a retreat space for social justice & healing; creating land access and opportunity for urban dwellers and mentorship for youth.
How to support Natasha and Agricola Flower & Nursery: You can support her work by seeking out her Flower; La Fresa and soon to be her 2022 season drop.
Farbod Nael, Maker at Farbod Ceramics
We make handmade ceramic accessories.
How to support Farbod and Farbod Ceramics: Purchasing my work and referring to stores for wholesale and media
Dae Lim, CEO of Sundae School
We are a higher education institution that sells Cannabis products in California and Apparel & Accessories via e-commerce. Our mission is to globalize Cannabis and celebrate its ever-expanding fabric. All puns are fully intended.
How to support Dae and Sundae School: We are looking to hire great talent to join our team and we are always looking to meet like-minded entrepreneurs / folks in the industry.
Lindsey Renner, Owner/Founder of Native Humboldt
I cultivate cannabis on land that belonged to my Wailaki tribe before white incursion , and my third great grandmother after white incursion. My tribe was Native to Humboldt before being pushed to a reservation in a neighboring county. I use regenerative farming practices that are reminiscent of Native American culture. We are strong. We are resilient. We are indigenous. We are still here!
How to support Lindsey and Native Humboldt: My company’s main objective is to draw attention to the forgotten history of Native American cultures in Humboldt County amd Northern CA. The cannabis community can support me by listening to my story and remembering and honoring the indigenous communities that belonged to this region.
A.yoni Jeffries, CEO of Handèwa Farms
We are a cannabis farm & advocacy firm.
How to support A.yoni and Handèwa Farms: To help us best through Handèwa Farms I’d say general awareness of our mission, helping us to generate more sustainers to further our goals on our farm, and spreading the word regarding our mission(s) so that we can continue providing our customers & clients with quality Cannabis infused products.
Dania Cabello, Medicine Maker + CEO of Ojo De La Sol
I'm in the business of healing. Ojo De La Sol is a topical cannabis medicine line made with the intention to help others expand the tools at their disposable to take ownership of healing starting with the body - one of our first sites of knowledge production.
How to support Dania and Ojo De La Sol: At a time when the earth and humanity demands that we make immediate and conscious changes in the ways in which we exist it would be most meaningful to me if the cannabis community could share the messaging of what Ojo De La Sol stands for and what investing in this medicine means not just for the individual, but for our collective wellness: Ojo De La Sol exists within an ecosystem of the cannabis industry that promotes solidarity and reciprocity to dismantle the systems that uphold extractive economies, extractive farming practices, and extractive relationships often at the exclusion of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people. For over ten years Ojo De La Sol has remained loyal to its principles, vision, and values centered in Indigenous knowledge, equity and collective liberation. The Sol System is comprised of 8 elements: Land + Water / Play + Movement / Stories + Interconnection / Rituals + Practices / Family + Community / Reciprocity + Solidarity / Love + Justice. These guiding elements help direct all decisions within the company - from business partnerships, to collaborations, farming practices, hiring and messaging. Ojo De La Sol centers partnerships with small, BIPOC family-run businesses from farm to packaging. So please...choose your medicine wisely and share it.
Meryl Montgomery, Cofounder & CEO of Barbari
BARBARI IS WEED’S BEST FRIEND. We are a national cannabis brand based in Portland, Oregon which provides low dose cannabis solutions through our THC, CBD, and botanical product lines. As a woman and BIPOC owned brand, It’s our greater purpose is to serve as a flywheel of diversity, equity, and creativity within the cannabis industry.
How to support Meryl and Barbari: We'd love to connect and work with budtenders across the nation on working with the new and low-dose consumer.