2015
Great Success
11th Place · Emerald Cup
Press page
HappyDay Farms Press & Media
Video coverage, awards, certifications, editorial features, and retailer-facing references from the farm’s public footprint.
HappyDay Farms is a small diversified family farm in northern Mendocino County, California. Public coverage consistently highlights regenerative practice, sun-grown cannabis, year-round produce, farmers market participation, and a strong community-centered point of view.
Medals
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Selected honors
2015—2026Award Record
2023
Strawberry Biscotti
Gold Medal · Total THC-A
2025
Governmint Oasis
Silver Medal · Total Cannabinoids
Bronze Medal · Total CBG
2026
Avenue of the Giants + Strawberry Biscotti
Gold Medal · Avenue of the Giants · Total Terpenes
Gold Medal · Avenue of the Giants · Total Myrcene
Gold Medal · Avenue of the Giants · Total MCL
Bronze Medal · Strawberry Biscotti · Total Cannabinoids
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Claire Weisbluth
Great articulation of farming, with strong herb and farm visuals.
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Best Management Practices Guide
Filmed with the Mendocino Conservation District around cultivation and land stewardship.
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How This Marijuana Farm Aims To Be Drought-Proof
Field segment on drought pressure and water strategy, featuring Happy Day Farms’ approach to resilient cultivation.
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Regenerative Farm Award 2018
Recognition-centered video piece tied to the farm’s regenerative cultivation story.
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Weediquette · 2016
VICE coverage from the Emerald Triangle era, with HappyDay Farms appearing in the broader story.
Certified since
2019
Sun+Earth lists HappyDay Farms as certified beginning in 2019.
Award years
2015–2026
Recognition spans the 2015 Emerald Cup, the 2018 Regenerative Farm Award, and medal honors in 2023, 2025, and 2026.
Farm profile
Off-grid
Public profiles describe the farm as solar powered, terraced, and diversified across cannabis, produce, and flowers.
Coverage mix
Video + Press
Video coverage, editorial features, certifications, directories, and retail/industry mentions all reinforce the farm story.
Core highlights
- Sun+Earth lists HappyDay Farms as a certified farm in Laytonville, California, and describes the farm as off-grid, solar powered, and multi-generational.
- Mendocino County Local Food Guide lists the farm as certified organic in practice, available through CSA and the Laytonville farmers market, with awards noted in the profile.
- Regenerative Cannabis Farming features Happy Day Farms as one of the farms honored with the Regenerative Cannabis Farm Award.
- DEM Pure lists Happy Day Farms as a certified producer and frames the farm as a small diversified family operation producing craft sungrown cannabis.
Sun+Earth
Certified farm profile emphasizing sungrown cannabis, living soil values, and fair labor/environmental standards.
DEM Pure
Certification profile focused on clean cultivation and artisanal seed-stock varietals.
Emerald Cup
Regenerative Farm Award associated publicly with Happy Day Farms.
CA State Fair
Strawberry Biscotti is publicly noted as a 2023 gold medal winner in the farm’s food guide profile.
Editorial coverage
Press features, columns, and farm writing.
These are the best press-style references for editors, retailers, and partners looking for independent or semi-independent coverage that goes beyond a simple directory listing.
| Outlet | Type | Why it matters | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Word of Mouth MagazineMarch 1, 2021 | Feature article | Detailed farm profile on regenerative development of the land, diversified crops, animals, seed saving, and family-scale production. | Open |
| Emerald MagazineJuly 28, 2020 | Sun+Earth series | Interview-driven feature on farm history, CSA roots, regulation-era farming, and Casey O’Neill’s role in Sun+Earth. | Open |
| Emerald MagazineJuly 5, 2016 | Profile | Amber O’Neill profile describing HappyDay as a diverse community-built farm with produce, flowers, and cannabis. | Open |
| Emerald Magazine2015 | Product / brand writeup | Early writeup praising HappyDay packaging and describing sampled medicinal flower in positive terms. | Open |
| Mendocino Voice2025–2026 | Recurring columns | Regular columns by Casey O’Neill keep the farm publicly visible through essays on food systems, farming, community, and daily work. | Search |
| IMDb / Weediquette2016 | Television appearance | Public credit trail for Casey O’Neill appearing as “Self - Happy Day Farms” in a nationally recognized cannabis docu-series episode. | Open |
| Kym Kemp | Feature Article | HappyDay Farms weekly newsletter published on KymKemp.com since 2020. | Open |
| Mendo Voice | Feature Article | HappyDay Farms weekly newsletter published on MendoVoice.com since 2022, making it established voice of the local community. | Open |
Industry & retail references
Brand presence in co-ops, product listings, and public retail contexts.
These references are useful for buyers and partners because they show how the farm is framed in market-facing environments, even when direct consumer reviews are sparse.
Farm Cut
Farm Cut’s farm page presents Happy Day Farms as a member farm in northern Mendocino County and mirrors the strongest parts of the public farm narrative: off-grid, solar powered, diversified, year-round terraced gardens, and CSA/farmers market ties.
View Farm CutLeafly / Weedmaps product pages
Public product pages for Happy Day Farms flower appear through retail and co-op listings. These tend to emphasize cultivar description, potency, aroma, and sungrown/regenerative framing more than customer comment volume.
- Government Oasis
- Purple Cream
- Orange Durban
- Strawberry Biscotti
Local food + farm identity
HappyDay shows unusually well in food-system coverage compared with most cannabis brands. That crossover matters: it frames the farm as a real agricultural producer, not just a packaged product line.
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