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"America's Longest Running Cannabis Competition."
Based out of Laytonville California - Rooted in AREA 101 and Humbolt.
Get ready as this is going to be our biggest and best year and we can't wait to see all the amazing contestants, attendee's, vendors and entertainment! This is one of the longest running Medicinal Marijuana Cups in the world! Don't miss this years festivities!
The History
Here’s how Tim Blake tells the story:
In 2003, during the fall, a friend of mine and I got to talking about the fact that Mendocino had the best bud on the planet, but no form of acknowledgment or celebration about it. That was when it was still very iffy to be out front about having a public competition. We put out no press, just some last minute posters, word of mouth, and twenty-three entries into the ganja contest came forward.
The crowd was small, with very few even willing to be in the house with their faces seen, much less come forward for their prizes. Still, it was a wild night, everyone had a ball, and other than the inevitable undercover agents, it was pleasantly uneventful.
The next year we took the event more out front, putting up more posters, talking to more people, pushing the envelope. Slowly we crept into the light. Forty-three entries were put up, and the bud was overall much better then the year before, because then growers had begun growing their plants in the full sun.
The show was headlined by the Avalon All-stars, with Vince Welnick sitting in. Bless his heart, it turned out to be his last gig before his unfortunate demise.
By the third annual Emerald Cup competition, we all had medical permits and everyone was growing in the full sun. Marijuana was blooming right into mainstream America. The fourth year we had fifty-one entries, and in 2009 there were ninety-nine, all organic, grown in the sun as God intended. In 2010, we had our banner year of over one hundred and fifty entries.
The judging gets harder every year. The medicine is judged on color, smell, Trichomes, crystals, taste, vibrancy, and finally how it changes the consciousness. Entries must be in a month before the Cup so our judges can assess them all.
