Farmers Cup
A friendly, vote-driven celebration of California sun-grown cannabis, held in downtown San Diego. Much of its early history is still missing from the record.
- 424results on record
- 2020–2025years in our data
- 5editions
- 205matched to strains
- Moonlight Amphitheater, Vista, CAlatest location
01Beginnings
Farmers Cup is a California sun-grown cannabis competition based in San Diego. The sources gathered for this page do not record its founding year or its original founders. What they do give is a name tied to the sixth edition: organizer Barry Herzberg, who says he works with a partner, John Caruso1.
The stated aim is simple. The organizers say they want to bring licensed California cannabis brands together with San Diego's market and culture, through fun competitions and by backing other events1. The sources say nothing more about how the idea first came about.
02The Story So Far
The event has run at least six times: the June 2024 issue of California Leaf covered the sixth annual Farmers Cup1. The sources do not describe earlier editions, so their dates, venues and results are not recorded here, and the date of the first event is unknown.
Winners are picked by popular vote. Voting uses digital people's-choice ballots, and the result depends only on how many votes each entry gets, so anyone who takes part can help pick the winners1. The sources do not say how ballots are given out.
03Culture and Community
The mood is festive. The sixth edition was billed as a friendly contest celebrating sun-grown cannabis, with lively vendors and live music1. Growers reportedly came from across California, which suggests the event draws people from well beyond San Diego. The sources do not say how many growers came or which regions they came from.
The voting model shapes the culture as well. According to the article, each category has roughly 60 to 100 judges, so the community itself effectively picks the winners1.
04Where It Stands Now
The most recent edition in the sources is the sixth, held on May 18 at Wicked West in downtown San Diego. The article does not give the year, so 2024 is inferred from its June 2024 publication date1. Attendance was reported at about 2,000 people1.
The organizers also run a 7/10 Cup for Concentrates and a Harvest Cup. The Harvest Cup is held in mid-November and adds indoor, light-deprivation and infused categories1. The sources give no year for the Harvest Cup, and results published elsewhere under that name may come from a different contest, so none are included here. The official site is listed as farmerscupofficial.com1.
05What's Next
The sources used for this page mention no announced future editions, and they give no dates, venues or format changes. For current schedules, check the official site, listed as farmerscupofficial.com1.
The results, in our data
CannaLib holds 424 results from this cup across 5 years (2020 to 2025), 205 of them matched to a strain in the catalogue.
Recent first-place strains
| Year | Strain | Category | Entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Gas Plant | Licensed Flower | Claybourne Co |
| 2024 | Apple Fritter | Home Grow Flower | Highest Combined Terpenes Good Bears Cannabis |
| 2024 | Super Lemon Haze | Indoor Flower | Northern Harvest |
| 2024 | Zoap | Legacy Sungrown Flower | SoHum Royal |
| 2024 | Maui Wowie | Infused PreRolls | Left Coast Extracts |
| 2024 | Peach Zkittlez | Rosin (Non-Solvent) | Hashish |
| 2024 | Pink Guava | Vape Carts | Cake |
| 2024 | Moroccan Peaches | Solvent-Free Vape Carts | Hashish |
| 2024 | Super Boof | Home Grow Flower | #47 Good Bears Cannabis |
| 2024 | Gary Payton | Home Grow Rosin | #9 Fallen Forest |
| 2024 | Orange Apricot | Solvent Dabs | Arcata Fire |
| 2024 | Gmo Cookies | Rosin Dabs | Arcata Fire |
| 2024 | Triple Og | Infused PreRolls | Weedwoodz |
| 2024 | Gelato | Solvent Vape Carts | Amber |
Editions on record
- 2020 · online (FB Live and Zoom)
- 2021 · online
- 2023 · San Diego, California
- 2023 · Four Points by Sheraton San Diego, 8110 Aero Dr, San Diego, CA
- 2024 · San Diego, CA
- 2024 · San Diego, California
- 2024 · San Diego, CA (Balboa Park Earth Fair)
- 2025 · Moonlight Amphitheater, Vista, CA
Sources
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