East Fork Cultivars

What East Fork Cultivars does

East Fork Cultivars is an Oregon-based craft cannabis and hemp operator founded in 2015 by brothers Nathan and Aaron Howard. The company breeds, cultivates, and sells CBD-dominant cannabis and Farm Bill-compliant hemp products from a 34-acre regenerative farm in Takilma, Oregon, with business operations and a (now-closed) retail flagship in Portland. Its core activities span proprietary cultivar breeding (Blue Orchid, Oregon Guava, Oregon Sweetgum, Sour Pineapple, White CBG), USDA Organic sun-grown cultivation, kiln-drying (up to 500 lbs/day), and nano-enhanced CBD processing via sonication technology that improves bioavailability for beverage applications. The company holds dual OLCC (cannabis) and Oregon Department of Agriculture (hemp) licenses and carries USDA Organic and Sun+Earth certifications.

The business operates a multi-channel revenue model combining B2B wholesale (bulk hemp flower, extracts, biomass to licensed OLCC retailers and processors), DTC e-commerce through eastforkhemp.com (CBD Drops, tinctures, pre-rolls), private label/white-label manufacturing for product makers, and seed and tissue culture sales to licensed hemp farmers through a partnership with Vibrant Hemp Cultures. Brand partnership revenue is generated via co-products with Stumptown (CBD Cold Brew Elixir), Rogue (CBD Seltzer), Brew Dr. Kombucha, Dr. Bronner's (cannabis-scented soap), and Gaia Herbs (Hemp Phyto-Caps enabling 50-state distribution). The company has pursued a roll-up strategy, acquiring Peak Extracts in 2022 and Tweedle Farms in June 2026 (adding $1.3M+ in accretive revenue), while closing its Hemp Bar retail experiment in May 2023 after two years. Customer base spans licensed cannabis retailers, food and beverage CPGs, personal care brands, and licensed hemp farmers across the U.S.

Name

East Fork Cultivars

Legal name

East Fork Cultivars

Website

https://eastforkcultivars.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

East Fork Cultivars is an Oregon-based craft cannabis and hemp company that breeds proprietary CBD-dominant cultivars, runs a USDA Organic regenerative farm, and sells wholesale flower, extracts, seeds, and DTC CBD products to licensed retailers, CPG partners, and consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Cannabis and Hemp Cultivation

SIC

Medicinal Chemicals & Botanical Products (2833)

akta.pro primary industry

Medicinal Plant Farming (Botanical/Pharmaceutical Crops) (AFAGAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

CBD/Hemp Specialty Stores (Tinctures, Oils, Edibles) (CRANAHAA), Hemp Flower & Pre-Roll Retail (Non-Dispensary) (CRANAHAE), Botanical & Herbal Extracts (Adaptogens, Polyphenols, Essential Oils, Standardized Extracts) (AFAJAKAD)

Keywords

• Craft hemp cultivation
• CBD extracts manufacturing
• Wholesale hemp flower
• Hemp seed genetics
• Private label CBD

Headquarters

HQ city

Cave Junction

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Hemp Flower and Extracts: Bulk sales of craft hemp flower, extracts, and biomass to licensed processors, manufacturers, and dispensaries. Primary B2B revenue stream.
2. Private Label Services: White-label manufacturing services for product makers seeking to use East Fork's USDA Organic hemp extracts in their own branded products.
3. Direct-to-Consumer E-commerce: Retail sales of CBD products including tinctures, beverage enhancers, pre-rolls, and hemp seeds through eastforkhemp.com.
4. Seed and Genetics Sales: Sale of proprietary hemp cultivars (Oregon Guava, Oregon Sweetgum, Sour Pineapple) as feminized seeds and tissue cultures to licensed hemp farmers.
5. Brand Partnerships and Co-products: Revenue from collaborative products with partners like Stumptown, Rogue, Brew Dr. Kombucha, and Dr. Bronner's using East Fork's hemp extracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

East Fork Cultivars is a vertically integrated craft cannabis and hemp operation that breeds proprietary CBD-dominant cultivars (including award-winning Blue Orchid, Oregon Guava, Oregon Sweetgum, and Sour Pineapple) on a 33-acre USDA Organic and Sun+Earth Certified regenerative farm in Oregon's Illinois River Valley. The company sells wholesale hemp flower, extracts and biomass to licensed OLCC processors and dispensaries; offers private-label manufacturing services using its USDA organic hemp extracts; distributes feminized hemp seeds and tissue cultures to licensed farmers; and retails finished CBD products (nano-enhanced CBD Drops, single-cultivar tinctures, and pre-rolls) direct-to-consumer online.

Product overview

East Fork Cultivars is an Oregon-based craft cannabis and hemp company founded in 2015, operating as a unified product portfolio spanning consumer retail (CBD Drops, tinctures, pre-rolls), wholesale ingredients (kiln-dried hemp flower, craft hemp extracts), and wholesale seeds/plants (bulk organic hemp seeds, tissue culture plants). The company also offered private label manufacturing services for licensed partners and operated Hemp Bar retail until its closure in 2023. Core differentiator is sun-grown, regenerative farming with proprietary CBD-rich cultivars bred for specific cannabinoid and terpene profiles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pride Llama: Pride-themed enamel pins and merchandise sold to raise funds for Portland's Q Center LGBTQ community center
• CBD Drops
• Blue Orchid
• Oregon Guava
• Peak Extracts
• Tweedle Farms

Products and services

• CBD Drops - Organic Beverage Enhancer Nano-enhanced broad spectrum CBD extract that uses sonication technology to break CBD molecules into smaller pieces, making them water suspendable and more bioavailable for mixing into beverages. Available in 1oz (300mg CBD) and 4oz (1200mg CBD) sizes, intended for individual consumers seeking a high-bioavailability CBD beverage additive.
• Single-Cultivar Organic Hemp Oil Tinctures Full spectrum hemp oil tinctures featuring single-cultivar extracts from East Fork's proprietary genetics (Blue Orchid, Oregon Sweetgum, Sour Pineapple, and White CBG). Made only with organic avocado oil and organic full-spectrum hemp oil, targeted at consumers seeking cultivar-specific CBD effects.
• Pre-rolls Hand-rolled cannabis pre-rolls made from craft sungrown flower, sold as single pre-rolls in plant-based hemp plastic tubes or as 7-packs in child-resistant steel tins, targeted at adult-use cannabis consumers.
• Kiln-Dried Hemp Flower (Wholesale) USDA Organic Certified hemp flower dried using a custom-built kiln system capable of processing up to 500 lbs per day, adapted from hops drying equipment and used as a wholesale input for extracts, topicals, tinctures, and CBD beverages.
• Bulk Organic Hemp Seeds Commercially available organic hemp seed packs including Oregon Guava, Oregon Sweetgum, and Sour Pineapple varieties, sold to licensed hemp growers nationwide (requires valid hemp grower license for bulk purchase).
• Tissue Culture Plants Commercial-scale tissue culture propagation offering for East Fork's hemp genetics, launched in partnership with Vibrant Hemp Cultures to provide disease-free, vibrant plant starts to farmers throughout the US.
• Craft Hemp Flower (Wholesale) Farm Bill-compliant, resinous, therapeutic-grade craft hemp flower and extracts sold across the US, carefully harvested, dried, and cured to preserve terpenes, cannabinoids, and flavonoids.
• Private Label Manufacturing Services White-label manufacturing services that enable licensed OLCC retailers, processors, and product makers to use East Fork's USDA Organic hemp extracts in their own branded products, including co-developed SKUs with partner brands.

Quantifiable outcome

• Won 1st place (Blue Orchid) and 2nd place (ACDC) at 2019 Cultivation Classic Sungrown Type 3 category; 3rd place (Oregon Guava) in Hemp category
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tweedle FarmscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Acquired Tweedle Farms, a hemp e-commerce brand, adding $1.3 million-plus in accretive revenue as part of a roll-up strategy to consolidate legacy craft cannabis operators.
• Peak ExtractscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 November 2022East Fork Cultivars officially joined forces with Peak Extracts in November 2022. As independent, family-owned companies with aligned values, East Fork and Peak strategically banded together to combat increasing commoditization and corporatization of the cannabis industry.
• Horn Creek HempminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFellow Southern Oregon farm that modified hops drying equipment for hemp drying. East Fork adapted Horn Creek's design for their own kiln system.
• Vibrant Hemp CulturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to offer commercial-scale tissue culture of East Fork hemp genetics. Vibrant Hemp Cultures provides healthy, vibrant starts to farmers throughout the US.
• Dr. Bronner'scoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreated limited-edition cannabis-scented bar soap with cannabis terpenes. Partnership with Sun and Earth Certified. Product is free of THC and CBD.
• Stumptown Coffee RoasterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCBD Cold Brew Elixir collaboration - 3oz concentrate with 15mg USDA organic water-soluble CBD extract. Available at Portland stores.
• Rogue Ales & SpiritsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRogue Recreational CBD Seltzer Water using East Fork Cultivars' craft hemp. 30mg nano-emulsified CBD, L-Theanine, Apple Cider Vinegar, 20 calories.
• Brew Dr. KombuchaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCBD Kombucha line featuring 25mg CBD from Oregon-grown craft hemp per 14oz bottle. Three varieties: Tranquil Herbs, Berries, and Ginger.
• Gaia HerbscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHemp Liquid Phyto-Caps collaboration making East Fork full spectrum Hemp CBD available for purchase in all 50 states.
• Infinite TreeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Sour Pineapple variety development and seed production. Cannabis research and production farm along Applegate River, one of first hemp farms to achieve USDA Organic certification.
• J&J OrganicsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrew several East Fork hemp cultivars for essential oil steam distillation, seeking terpene diversity and intensity.
• Athletes for CAREminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit representing 150+ athletes. East Fork's Director of Education wrote petition to WADA requesting removal of cannabis from prohibited list on behalf of athletes.
• Oregon Cannabis AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEast Fork co-founder Nathan Howard serves as Vice Chair of OCA Board and Co-Chair of PAC. Company helped write Oregon SAFE Banking Act legislation and advocates for industry priorities.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• CV Sciences (PlusCBD Oil): Public CBD consumer products company marketing PlusCBD Oil tinctures, topicals, and pet products. Comparable hemp-derived CBD retail product portfolio, though operating at meaningfully larger scale and broader retail footprint.
• Canopy Growth: Major global cannabis producer with North American cultivation and CBD/hemp consumer brands. Overlaps with East Fork on cultivation, CBD product categories, and brand strategy, but operates at scale orders of magnitude larger.
• Lazarus Naturals: Established CBD brand offering tinctures, topicals, and capsules with emphasis on quality and accessibility. Overlaps with East Fork's DTC tincture and wellness line at a broader scale with similar hemp-derived product positioning.
• Curaleaf Holdings: U.S. multistate cannabis operator with cultivation, processing, and retail across dozens of markets. Comparable cannabis cultivation and branded product portfolio but at significantly larger MSO scale, with which East Fork's craft positioning competes indirectly on shelf.
• Cresco Labs: Top-tier U.S. cannabis MSO with national wholesale, retail, and branded product operations. Overlaps with East Fork's branded wholesale and flower product categories, though at much larger cultivation and distribution scale.
• Charlotte's Web Holdings: Largest U.S. CBD hemp wellness brand with full-spectrum hemp extract products. Comparable in CBD tincture, topical, and gummy SKUs, but operates at significantly larger national scale with broader retail distribution.
• Trulieve Cannabis: Large U.S. cannabis operator with cultivation, processing, and retail across multiple states. Comparable cannabis cultivation and branded flower/extraction product mix, competing for shelf space where East Fork distributes wholesale.
• Tilray Brands: Large multistate cannabis operator with cultivation, processing, and consumer brands across North America. Comparable cultivation and brand portfolio in hemp/CBD/cannabis, though Tilray operates at vastly larger scale with broader geographic and product footprint.

Direct peers

• Flow Kana: California-based sungrown craft cannabis brand operating a similar farm-to-consumer model emphasizing regenerative cultivation, small-batch quality, and supply-chain transparency. Comparable go-to-market through wholesale and brand partnerships serving premium dispensary channels.
• Horn Creek Hemp: Fellow Southern Oregon craft hemp farm and one of the first USDA Organic Certified hemp operators. Horn Creek's modified hops drying equipment inspired East Fork's kiln system, making it a directly comparable sungrown craft hemp cultivator with similar certifications and customer overlap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/hemp.bar
• Xx.com/east_fork_farms
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/east-fork-medicinal

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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