By Jill Goldsberry
This year the Revelry Buyers Club and Festival in NYC presented a two-day event featuring a day for buyers to connect with 100 of the best legal New York brands. The second day had festivities for the enthusiasts, the culture, and celebrities to mix and mingle—all for the love of the plant.
On the Revel has been going strong since 2016 by it’s pioneers, Lulu Tsui and Jacobi Holland. It is always an event including cannabis brands showcasing their products for retail sales, panels, and discussions with local celebrities. This event did not disappoint!
We were on the lookout for women-led and owned cannabis brands offering quality products to share, and we certainly found them. Here are a few of our favorites.
New York Cannabis Brands to Watch
Dealer Cannabis, Kate McLaughlin, CEO
Dealer Cannabis is one of the only full-scale operations that is Black woman and veteran owned. They were on hand introducing a new sku– an edible chocolate bar that is 400mg/10mg per piece. It will be available in dark and white chocolate. The brand’s flower and pre-rolls can also be found in many dispensaries throughout NYC and the state.
Sky Rose Farms, Jenny Hindes, Cultivator and CEO
Lead by a genuine 3rd generation legacy farmer. Jenny is a 20-year veteran in cultivation and is very connected to the plant. Sky Rose is premium flower at better prices than most. Don’t sleep on this brand!
Tarot Tokes Cannabis, Lovely Hamlet, Chief Marketing Officer
Hamlet is the brains, beauty, and tarot practitioner behind the sun-grown flower brand Tarot Tokes. Hamlet often combines her metaphysical skills to cannabis consumers by including a tarot card with each strain to explain its mood benefits. Tarot Tokes can be found throughout New York State and recently won the best in state for their strain of Lilac Rose.
Supernaturals is a woman-led, family farm. They are known for “using our best quality flower to create the best pre rolls on the market.” They pride themselves on their strict cultivation practices in using only living soil to grow potent flower. But the MVP of the day was by far their gummies– the best I’ve tasted in a long time. Made with fast-acting THCV and herbs with flavors like Peach Matcha Energy the effects will be out of this world!
Despite the industry is still very male-dominated in terms of cultivation, manufacturing, and sales, Revelry Buyer’s Club did a great job of showcasing these women-led brands who are breaking down barriers. With thoughtful cultivation and branding, they are bringing their unique female perspectives to the plant in the best way.
