OUR MEMBERS
Acreage Holdings:
With its principal address in New York City, Acreage is a multi-state operator of cannabis cultivation and retailing facilities in the U.S., including the company’s national retail store brand, The Botanist. Acreage’s wide range of nationally and regionally available cannabis products include the award-winning The Botanist brand, the highly recognizable Tweed brand, the Prime medical brand in Pennsylvania and Connecticut, the Innocent brand in Illinois and others. Acreage also owns Universal Hemp, LLC, a hemp subsidiary dedicated to the distribution, marketing and sale of CBD products throughout the U.S. Since its founding in 2011, Acreage has focused on building and scaling operations to create a seamless, consumer-focused, branded experience. The Botanist is both a retail and product brand, focused on using the holistic power of cannabis to help wellness seekers. The Botanist offers a wide selection of cannabis-derived products, features a “science meets nature” retail design, and aims to help guide guests as they discover cannabis and the power of herbal wellness through cannabis expertise and education. The Botanist respects the plant – we understand the importance of mindful cultivation and are committed to yielding pesticide-free, trusted, quality cannabis from our extensive collection of rare and exclusive varietals. From genetic selection and cultivation to treatment and harvest, we carefully control every element during each step of the cannabis plant’s growing cycle. The result? Superb, top-notch cannabis that is reliable, predictable and more.
Ascend Wellness:
AWH (Ascend) is a U.S. multi-state operator, currently operating in five states including Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Ohio. The company focuses on limited license states east of the Rockies, with flagship locations in desirable retail corridors serving key medical and adult-use markets. AWH is committed to breaking down traditional barriers in the cannabis marketplace to redefine the industry from the ground up. The company owns and operates state-of-the-art cultivation facilities, grows award-winning strains and produces a curated selection of premium products. AWH provides accessible retail experiences, trusted products and exclusive brand partnerships. Because cannabis should be accessible to everyone.
Breakwater Alternative Treatment Center:
A breakwater is a formation that protects the shore from the forces of the ocean. In the same way that a physical breakwater protects the shore, at Breakwater our goal is to protect our patients by providing them with consistent, high quality products in a safe environment. Our motto “A Safe Harbor” represents our philosophy and we hope you can feel it when you visit. The Breakwater Way describes our uncompromising commitment to providing the highest quality cannabis products and services in New Jersey. Our thoroughly trained cultivators, dedicated harvest crew, specialized laboratory technicians and highly precise trimmers produce our top-quality products. Our meticulous team of packagers, diligent maintenance and cleaning teams, together with our knowledgeable and friendly budtending staff deliver the results of our hard work to our patients. All of us together make Breakwater New Jersey’s premiere cannabis dispensary.
Columbia Care:
Columbia Care is one of the largest and most experienced cultivators, manufacturers and providers of cannabis products and related services, with licenses in 18 U.S. jurisdictions and the EU. Columbia Care is one of the original multi-state providers of medical cannabis in the U.S. and now delivers industry-leading products and services to both the medical and adult-use markets. In 2021, the company launched Cannabist, its new retail brand, creating a national dispensary network that leverages proprietary technology platforms. Cannabist Vineland and Cannabist Deptford, supported by the company’s cultivation facility in Vineland, serve the cannabis community in New Jersey.
Curaleaf:
Providing patients with quality cannabis for health and wellness has been our focus for the last decade. Along the way, we’ve learned exactly how to cultivate the cleanest, purest cannabis strains from hand-grown, healthy and happy plants. While cannabis flower is a marvel, we believe that cannabis isn’t one-size-fits all. So, in addition to offering fresh cured flower, we also craft quality, lab-tested cannabis products, which are available in multiple product formats. Lots of dispensaries just focus on cannabis. At Curaleaf, we focus on your relationship with cannabis. We value your history with it — or lack thereof — and your feelings towards this ancient plant that’s brought us together. Set up a private consultation or just come in to learn more - you can ask us anything. This is our forte. That’s why our products are available in a wide variety of strains, terpenes, delivery methods, dosages, cannabinoids and ratios. Something for everyone.
Harmony Foundation of New Jersey:
Harmony’s CEO, Shaya Brodchandel, and COO, Yuhuda Meer, assumed leadership of the company in 2016. Harmony began dispensing medicinal cannabis to registered New Jersey (NJ) patients in 2018. We established our relationship with the Department of Health (DOH) over 5 years ago, fostered that relationship through the application process and have now been successfully dispensing our own product for almost 3 years. Harmony moved seamlessly from certification to production, dispensing our high-quality product almost immediately upon securing our license. We grew from zero transactions to 45,000 in our first year alone. During the intervening three years we have continued growing from a new startup to a mid-sized company with almost 90 employees. From the beginning we have proudly been a NJ company – headquartered in New Jersey and wholly led by New Jersey natives. Our profits are reinvested in our business here in NJ and we answer only to our patients in this state and the regulators who care for the people of New Jersey. These have been challenging but exciting times to be part of the NJ Medicinal Marijuana Program. First, in early 2020, we were hit with the Covid-19 pandemic which, with the effective policies and measures taken by the Governor and the DOH, we have fortunately weathered and remain as strong as ever. Our expert cultivators and technicians currently have over ten thousand (10,000+) plants of diverse genetic selections totaling strains at all stages of development—from seedling to harvest-ready. New strains are being developed monthly. We have become experts in the use of the Containerized Bench system for maximizing output and reliability of delivery. Now, after the November 2020 success of the adult use referendum, we stand on the precipice of an entirely new industry with new markets and a whole new range of industry participants. Harmony looks forward to continuing our role as the only fully independent NJ Alternative Treatment Center (ATC) serving our residents first and foremost.
Hillview:
Hillview is a New Jersey-based cannabis company constantly building on our core mission to improve the lives of patients right in our backyard, across the country, and everywhere in between. From medical cannabis cultivation, to hemp production, to groundbreaking patent-pending cannabis technology, we are at the cutting edge of the ever-evolving cannabis industry and a pioneer in patient care. From our highly experienced team to our state-of-the-art facilities, we pride ourselves on scalable operations that can meet market demands—now and in the future.
Hillview’s founding family has been a leader in the agriculture industry for over 50 years and is the leading greenhouse supplier in the country. From seed to sale, and the technology in between, Hillview has developed a portfolio of ethical, forward-thinking cannabis brands.
MPX NJ:
Since 2015 we’ve been developing leading cannabis operations and innovating award-winning products across both consumer and medical industries. Our management team grew MPX Bioceutical from a single licensed producer in Canada into one of the largest vertically-integrated, multi-state operators in the US. With operations in seven countries across five continents, our mission is to evolve the global cannabis industry through our commitment to quality and innovation and improve lives.
Justice Cannabis Co.:
Justice Cannabis Co., formerly known as Justice Grown, was founded in Chicago by civil rights attorneys, Jon Loevy and Mike Kanovitz, in 2014. Since then, we have grown our national presence and have operations/licenses in 8 states including: Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Missouri, Utah, California, Michigan, to go along with Illinois and New Jersey. Our company has stayed true to its civil rights roots and looks for opportunities to get involved in underserved communities in which we operate. In Chicago, we have hosted expungement clinics for the previously incarcerated and food and household supply drives, including during the pandemic, for Chicago residents via the I Grow Chicago organization. In New Jersey, the Justice Cannabis Co. team has had meetings with the leadership of Isles, Inc, a community development and environmental organization based in Trenton, whose mission is to foster self-reliant families and healthy, sustainable communities. We have also met with Perry Shaw of A Better Way, an organization focused on helping veterans in need, previously incarcerated individuals looking for assistance as the they re-enter society, as well as at-risk youth and families looking to find A Better Way to live and contribute to society. We plan to support both these organizations as our operations grow.
TerrAscend:
Proudly Grown in Boonton Township, New Jersey. Our facility includes a 37,000-square-foot greenhouse. The new construction expanded our capacity to 140,000 square feet and added 40,000 square feet of indoor cultivation and post-harvest manufacturing capabilities. TerrAscend is a leading North American cannabis operator in: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Maryland, and Canada. TerrAscend operates an award-winning chain of Apothecarium dispensary retail locations as well as scaled cultivation, processing and manufacturing facilities on both the East and West coasts.
Verano NJ:
Verano brings together savvy operational expertise and inventive product development. These fundamental properties, among others, are driving forces behind Verano’s past, present and future successes. Since inception, Verano has forged its own path, through a nascent but competitive landscape, working to establish a dominant position across each market it enters.