Blum Holdings is focused on cannabis retail and brands in California.
FACILITIES:
State-of-the-art 13,000 sq ft facility built in 2017 with on-site propagation, 4,000 sq ft canopy with 240 lights in 4 flowering rooms with remote atmospheric control.
4 stores as well as delivery.
NEWS & PARTNERSHIPS:
2012
The company announced a strategic relationship with Edible Farms for the joint construction and operations of up to 10 acres of commercial hydroponic greenhouses, starting with 2,5 acres. The company will hold a 51% interest in the venture and will be in charge of securing capital for the expansion plan to develop a specialized nutrient line, a marketing and branding stragey, secure contracts with major retail chains and the agreement is effective for 100 days, after which the company will assess their continued joint efforts.
The company launched its line of hi-tech digital environmental controllers for indoor and outdoor agriculture.
The company announced a strategic relationship with Family Hydroponics where they will both work towards creating a proprietary brand of agricultural equipment, launch a Family online store and make strategic acqusitions of Family corporate stores and their franchised stores. The agreement is effective for 100 days, after which the company will assess their continued joint efforts. The company will also help the Family with the design and imjplementation of M&A program for both their corporate and franchised owned retail stores.
The company launched Bestbuyhydro.com, Goodearthhydro.com and Egrow.com for the sales of anything garden for the urban gardener with the websites distributing products from GrowOp, Sunlight Supply, Hydrofarm and others.
The company merged with GrowOp Technology.
2013
Edible Garden’s locally grown produce is now available at BJ’s Wholesale, starting at BJ’s Massachusetts clubs with a primary focus on Parsley and Basil.
The company signed a disitribution deal with Heartland Growers which will be responsible for the cultivation of the full line of Edible Garden produce, packaging and shipping of the product for retail sales in the Midwest market and Blum Holdings will in turn manage the marketing and sales.
The company’s Edible Garden is now available at Fairway Markets in New Jersey, Connecticut and New York.
The company incorporated FoodLink into its Edible Garden business.
The company launched an e-commerce platform with Family Hydroponics.
The company signed a distribution deal with Palm Creek Produce where the company has first right to purchase Palm Creeks entire crop of hydroponic produce throughout the year. The company will assist with the cultivation and marketing of Edible Gardens line of locally grown sustainable produce in the South West Florida market and will receive 15% of the selling price of all products sold.
The company signed a distribution deal with NB Plants where the company will have first right to purchase New Jersey-based NB Plants entire crop throughout the year for sales in the northeast.
The company signed a distribution deal with New Jersey-based GroRite Garden Centers where the company will be purhcasing a majority of their plants for retail sales from Edible Gardens in the northeast. The company will convert 35,000 sq ft of existing greenhouse space at GroRite’s Lincoln Park store into a hydroponic lettuce cultivation facility.
The company expanded into the Washington cannabis market.
The company acquired Edible Garden and its line of locally grown hydroponic produce.
GrowOp launched its second generation of digital environmental controllers for indoor and outdoor agriculture.
The company launched Simple Solutions, a 3-part nutrient line.
2014
Edible Garden started shipping 4 Living herbs to A&P grocery stores throughout the Northeast, 39 King Kullen stores throughout Long Island and Kroger grocery stores throughout Indiana and Cincinnati.
The company started shipping its Living Herbs to Tri Town Supermarkets, Key Foods, A Matter of Health Stores, Garden of Eden and C-Town Supermarkets in the northeast.
Edible Garden expanded to 75 new stores to Daves Marketplace in Rhode Island as well as Associated Grocers and Trucchi’s Supermarkets in New England with RBest Produce Inc distributing the brand in the Northeast market.
The company launched IVXX, a premium brand of cannabis offering flowers, pre-rolls, joints and concentrates. The IVXX Sampler Kit is featured in the High Times Magazine Holiday Gift Guide.
The company’s ine of hydroponic butter head lettuce started shipping to Coosemans Worldwide in New York as well as to John Vena through Philadelphia’s wholesale produce market with distribution reaching the northeast.
The company’s line of sustainable and locally-grown produce is now available at Marsh Supermarkets throughout the Midwest.
Edible Garden started shipping its 4 Living Herbs to Walmart throughout the Northeast and to Stew Leonard’s including hydroponic basil.
The company’s line of sustainable and locally-grown produce can be found at DeMoulas market basket in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
The company entered into a strategic partnerhsip with Inergetics for the development of a new line of CBD-based nutritional supplements initally marketed towards consumers for pain management and other therapeutic properties.
The company signed a distribution deal with Sunshine Growers which will be responsible for the cultivation of the full line of Edible Garden produce, packaging and shipping of the product for retail sales in the Florida market and Blum Holdings will in turn manage the marketing and sales.
The company launched a 4-week training program in partnership with Abilities of Northwest Jersey which focuses on providing individuals with mental or physical disabilities the opportunity to gain experience and self-confidence to work in the greenhouse industry.
2015
Edible Garden is to receive a cash grant from New Jersey’s Clean Energy Pay for Performance Program at a total of 300,000 USD.
The company announced the following retail and delivery retail partners for its IVXX brand in California: One Stop Healers, LA Flight Club, City of Angels Healing Cente, 420 Manchester, Highway 29 Health Center, 215 Collective, PC Wellness, Universal Collective 30 Cap, Delta 9 THC, Humboldt Patient Resource Center, Urban Farm Syndicate, Cali Kush Delivery, One Love One Life, Venice Caregivers Foundation, The Weed Wellness Earth Energy Dispensary, Kushmart, Outerspace Collective, CBCB, The Bloom Room, Igzactly420, Berkeley Patients Care, Blue Sky Care Center, Green Valley Collective, Divine Wellness Center, Mother Natures Remedy, Super Fast OG Delivery, Grateful Meds, The Apothecary Collective, Kush Collective, Highway 99 Collective, SFVDM, The Green Door, BLUM, Cannasutra, Firehouse Caregivers, OMG Group, Airside 30 CAP, Tree Factory, TFH The Famous Healers, Herbal Remedies Caregivers, Rose Collective, Venice Alternative, 4906 Pain Free Society, ReLeaf Alternative Healing, 1841 El Camino, Universal Collective 30 Cap, CCC California Choice Collective, California Caregivers Alliance, MMC Club, 12th St. Medical, Sherman Oaks Studio, 60 medical cannabis collectives Orange County and San Bernardino County and 55 medical cannabis collectives in San Diego County, Orange County and San Bernardino County.
The company signed an exclusive agreement with a large distributor based in Southern California.
Edible Garden received its Global Food Safety Initiative certification at its flagship New Jersey hydroponic farm.
The company retained KCSA Strategic Communications for its IR program.
Edible Garden expanded its line of naturally grown living produce to 182 Stop & Shop grocery stores in the northeast.
Edible Garden was added to 4 additional Walmart distribution centers located throughout the northeast as well as the midwest with each distribution center servicing approximately 75 retail stores.
The company announced that Edible Garden became available at FreshDirect’s website as well as at their 1,800+ retail stores.
2016
The company signed an exclusive agreement with Nutrasorb, giving the company for the production and commercialization of Green and Red Super Lettuce across the North American and European continents as well as Australia.
The company added 2 contract farmers, one in each state of Virginia and New Jersey to its cooperative of local growers of fresh and local produce, bringing the company’s national contract farmer count to 8.
The company signed Katie Burnett for the promotion of Vitamin Way featuring Edible Garden’s SUPERLEAF driving brand awareness through the development of an integrated advertising campaign with crafted messaging geared to appeal to consumers in retail partners’ markets such H-E-B and Meijer.
The company announced the shipping of Edible Garden’s line of 4 inch potted living herbs to Wegmans Food Markets in New Jersey.
Edible Garden received the following certifications: USDA Certified Organic, The Non-GMO Project Certification and the Kosher Certification.
The company acquired the Blüm Oakland, California store.
The company opened its Blüm Reno, Nevada store.
2017
The company executed a 1-year lease and operating contract with Panther Gap Farms, with the option to renew both the one-year lease and the operating contract a further three times in the following years. The craft cultivator works in Honeydew, California on a farm with 22,000 sq ft of engineered greenhouse space.
The company signed Cannabis Craftsman for the cultivation of all-natural, sustainably produced, high grade cannabis for its IVXX-brand.
Edible Garden with its SUPERLEAF salad appeared on Plant Based by Nafsika and aired commercials during the breaks of the program.
The company acquired The Reserve OC medical cannabis store in Santa Ana, California.
Edible Garden was seelected by Hannaford Supermarket and Sweetgreen Restaurants for the supply of organic fresh herbs to selected retail outlets.
2018
The company sold 1 store in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Edible Garden was selected to supply organic leafy greens to Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover.
The company made a strategic investment in Hydrofarm Holdings Group.
2019
The company sold its Blüm Desert Inn store in Nevada.
The company acquired the remaining 50% of the Blüm store in Reno, Nevada.
The company launched a cannabis delivery service in Orange County, California starting within a 20 mile radius from the Company’s Blüm Santa Ana store.
The company announced a partnership with Valiente Group for the production of infused beverages under the IVXX brand.
2020
The company merged with OneQor.
2021
The company merged with Unrivaled, changing its name to Unrivaled Brands.
The company sold its ownership in Hydrofarm Holdings Group.
The company signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Life Cannabis Co. involving the sale and distribution of all Life branded products in California.
The company entered into a management agreement granting it operational management and control of the store in before acquiring its People’s DTLA store in Santa Ana, California.
The company signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Humboldt Farms involving the sale and distribution of all Humboldt Farms branded products in California.
The company sold its interest in its JV with NuLeaf.
The company acquired SilverStreak Solutions and opened its SilverStreak Bay Area distribution hub in San Leandro, California.
The company signed an exclusive distribution agreement with G-Eazy’s FlowerShop brand.
The company launched its state-of-the-art cultivation facility in Oakland, California.
The company partnered with Amuse for the distribution of its Korova brand to over 400 zip codes in California. The launch featured an exclusive CBN & THC Sleep tincture from the brands Black Bottle lineup.
2022
The company opened a cultivation facility with 10,000 sq ft of greenhouses and 50,000 sq ft of full sun cultivation area in southern Oregon.
The company has a distribution agreement with POTTERS Cannabis Co. will bring a lineup of Potter’s products into Unrivaled’s distribution network in the state where Unrivaled in turn will be in charge of last-mile distribution throughout California of POTTERS’ products to store clients.
The company started a partnership with Paradise Smokes for the distribution of their brand and their pre-rolls and infused pre-rolls with Ahti hash rosin in California.
The company started a MSA-agreement with 2 Cookies-stores that are planned to be acquired.
2024
The company announced its Turkey Bag Heroes brand.
The company sold its last California cultivation facility to now focus on retail and brands.
The company sold its controlling membership interest in its Santa Ana store to Haven Nectar.
2025
The company signed a binding term sheet to acquire 100% of a holding company with an indirect equity stake in Cookies Creative Consulting & Promotions.
The company acquired a high-volume Bay Area cannabis store in California.
BRANDS:
Korova’s first product was the 1000 mg Black Bar edible.
Korova is a counter-culture brand selling flower and high potency products in California, Oregon and with licensing agreements in Arizona and Oklahoma.
Sticks originated as a pre-roll brand and quickly became the market leading pre-roll in Oregon. Sticks is a value brand across categories, offering infused and outdoor flower products. Over 3 million Sticks pre-rolls have been sold to date in Oregon and California. Sticks offers carts, pre-rolls, blunts, moonrocks and moonsticks.
Cabana offers small batch pre-rolls and packaged flower from boutique West Coast growers.
Turkey Bag Heroes offers high-quality small batch flower for cannabis enthusiasts with respect to flavor and potency with exclusive drops in 14 and 28-gram quantities.
Edible Garden is a co-op of local growers of all-natural, hydroponic herbs and produce.