LEE, Mass. – Sweetgrass Botanicals, a woman- and minority-owned and -operated craft cannabis company, took home five awards — including three first-place finishes — at the Ninth Annual Harvest Cup in Worcester, Massachusetts, November 8–9. Sweetgrass also was named runner-up in two other categories: Solventless Concentrate and Topicals categories.
Winning entries were:
- First Place, Tinctures / Capsules: Sweetgrass Hash Caps.
- First Place, Syrups / Sauces / Condiments: Sweetgrass Kitchen Cannabutter.
- First Place, Topicals: Sweetgrass Therapeutics Muscle Salve.
- Runner Up, Solventless Concentrates: Sweetgrass Solventless x Picnic Papaya Live Rosin.
- Runner Up, Topicals: Sweetgrass Therapeutics Massage Oil.
The Harvest Cup, a premium New England-focused cannabis competition, was established in 2017 and is an open competition featuring entries from licensed and legacy market operators across the Northeast and beyond. Unlike other competitions where licensed facilities and legacy marketers compete separately, the Harvest Cup judges purely on quality of the entry and recognizes only the top two submissions in each category using unbiased, blind testing.
“We’re thrilled at these wins in multiple infused categories — and to have swept the table in Topicals,” said Cassandra Purdy, founder and head chef at Sweetgrass. “We’re also pleased to have been recognized once again for our live rosin, placing second in a hugely competitive field.
“Our mission at Sweetgrass is to showcase the superiority of solventless extracts, and these wins show we continue to set the bar not only in concentrates, but also with our infusions for edibles and therapeutic applications,” she added.
“Coming second at the Harvest Cup is a huge honor, especially given the caliber of hashmakers competing in this event,” said Ben McCabe, chief operating officer and head hashmaker. “We want to send a special thanks to our friends at Picnic for the fantastic flower we used for this special drop. Their dedication and care in growing exceptional material is exactly what we need to make top-tier extracts. They’ve been amazing partners for us.”
About Sweetgrass Botanicals
Sweetgrass Botanicals is an award-winning woman- and minority-owned and -operated dispensary and craft cannabis manufacturer based in Lee, Massachusetts. With more than 35 years of combined industry experience among its key management in legal markets such as the Netherlands, Connecticut, Oregon, and Massachusetts, Sweetgrass’s leadership team boasts a diverse range of expertise in cannabis retail and processing.
Housed in a rejuvenated lakeside lodge dating to the 1870s, Sweetgrass’s dispensary sells a curated lineup of quality cannabis for all budgets, with a focus on cultivators employing organic or eco-friendly grow practices. With a sizable retail showroom overlooking Laurel Lake, the dispensary also features a full “mercantile” room selling cannabis lifestyle products such as books, functional glass art, apparel, and homewares.
Sweetgrass’s co-located manufacturing operations feature a custom-built solventless extraction lab which powers the dispensary’s in-house lines of concentrates, edibles, and therapeutics. Featuring one of the only viewing windows in the country, the lab allows visitors to watch the hash-making process live from inside the dispensary, providing insight and transparency into how Sweetgrass products are made.
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