Progress Report: 12.6.24

Grasshopper Family,

We are one week into the last month of the year!

The largest cannabis industry conference took place this week, MJ Biz Con. We have attended for the past three years. This and the other conferences we have attended have always yielded something valuable.

Two years ago we met representatives from Order.co, a company that specializes in sourcing supplies, services, and equipment. They then negotiate pricing and terms on both sides with an incredibly powerful platform to manage it all. Cannabis was 10% of their portfolio when we signed with them and it is now 50% of their portfolio.

Something that has contributed to building our brand has been telling our story at a booth at conferences. This year, we did that at MJ Biz for the first time. We had an idea...we invited Order.co to join us. We have such a wonderful business relationship. We thought operators would be interested.

And it was incredibly successful.

We were busy. We developed some new relationships. And we have some new opportunities...from the conference!

You will see Adam and Caroline in some of the pictures. You will also see Cortlandt and Iris from Order.co.

It was a busy conference. And it was well worth the effort.

A couple of fun pictures.

One of some signage on the street that was amusingly confusing. I get that one is for people and the other is for cars. But, still humorous.

The second is what I would call the hardest working attendee at the conference. I was pretty surprised to even see this attendee on site. Check it out!

Colorado is continuing the good work and sharing the amazing sunrises!

But wait...the brand is gaining in Colorado. Chris shared some feedback from someone very experienced in the industry. Grasshopper Farms flower is gaining attention and loyalty. First in Michigan. Second in Colorado. And both are VERY picky states, not quick to support brands.

Well done, Colorado team!

Michigan had some incredible snow and was not able to work some of the week. The new mother plants look good, the 2024 packaging looks good. And the Friday donuts routine continues!

We were also featured in another article!

GRAND RAPIDS MAGAZINE - December 1, 2024 - "Sun Grown Cannabis; the way nature intended" by Lisa Enos.

Aaron got a GREAT shot of the SpaceX Starlink!

Our Friday message focused on living our life to the fullest.

The next step is only waiting for one thing…

You.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCLpvUxo5gG/?igsh=emo5Ym9nOXl1d3U1

The video is so great at illustrating times in our life when we discover realizations and asks us not to wait.

Step into these realizations today.

Do not wait for critical challenges to appreciate what we already have.

We take our role very seriously. We get up and try every day. We work in swings of volatility of a market breaking out of illegality and helping people all over the world time and time again. People are sleeping better. People are extending time of which cancer is attempting to rob them. People are dealing with depression and PTSD. And, yes...some are even enjoying responsible recreational use as well.

We have a gift...and it is the life that is the most amazing lottery with the absolute most challenging odds of anything else in the universe.

I hope you enjoyed this week. I hope you enjoyed this day. I hope you have a fantastic weekend.

We are Grasshopper Farms.