Recognizing the leaders in Colorado's cannabis industry

Cannabist Awards: Colorado’s top 2015 cannabis businesses

The first-ever Cannabist Awards recognizes businesses that are excelling in Colorado’s marijuana and hemp industries.

Here’s a list of the winners, which were announced Tuesday, Dec. 15 in Denver:

Branding & Marketing

WINNER: O.penVape
FINALISTS
Ajoya
Cultivating Spirits
Dixie Elixirs
Green Dot Labs
Love’s Oven Bakery
Native Roots
O.penVape
Sweet Grass Kitchen
The Farm

Breakthrough Product

WINNER: iBake
FINALISTS
Bluebird Botanicals
Flowhub
iBake Denver
Mary’s Nutritionals
Sage Analytics

Community Involvement

WINNER: Denver Relief
FINALISTS
Denver Relief
Faragosi Farms
Good Chemistry
Hoban & Feola, LLC
MassRoots
The Clinic
The Farm
Women Grow


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Customer Service

WINNER: The Farm
FINALISTS
BotanaCare
DANK
Good Chemistry
Groundswell
Live Green/Patients Choice
Medicine Man
Native Roots
Preferred Organic Therapy
Starbuds
Sweet Mary Jane
The Clinic
The Farm
Wellspring

Eco-Friendly

WINNER: The Growing Kitchen
FINALISTS
CBDRx
Growing Kitchen
Industrial Hemp Recycling
Nexus Greenhouse Systems
Terrapin Care Station

Hemp Forward

WINNER: The Colorado Hemp Company
FINALISTS
Colorado Hemp Company
Hemp Box
Hemplements
National Hemp Association
Pure Hemp Technology, LLC
The Industrial Hemp Research Foundation, Inc.

Innovation

WINNER: Surna
FINALISTS
Ananas
Cultivating Spirits
Flowhub
Greenito
Jorge Cervantes of THC University
Mary’s Medicinals
Mountain Medicine
O.penVape
Pharmpods
Surna
The Green Solution

Medical Advancement

WINNER: Mary’s Medicinals
FINALISTS
CW Botanicals
Mary’s Medicinals
O.penVape

Public Education

WINNER: “Good to Know” campaign by CDPHE
(Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment)
FINALISTS
“Smart Choices Safe Kids” created by Colorado Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
“Good to Know” campaign created by CDPHE
Dixie Elixirs
iComply
Jorge Cervantes of THC University
Rachel K. Gillette, Attorney LLC

Technology

WINNER: Tradiv
FINALISTS
5700 Consulting
Cannabase
Cannabis Training University
Canna Score
High There!
Surna
Tradiv

Awards judging panel
Larisa Bolivar, Cannabis Consumers Coalition
Troy Dayton, The ArcView Group
Patrick Rea, Canopy Boulder
Teri Robnett, Cannabis Patients Alliance
Jane West, Women Grow, Inc.

Photos: The Cannabist Awards