Celebrate Mendocino Farmers at The Mendo Cup in Willits, CA on May 3rd, 2026
[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] Willits, CA – Tickets are on sale for Mendocino County’s premier annual cannabis competition: The Mendo Cup. Mendocino County, of Emerald Triangle fame, is the original site of the fabled Emerald Cup, and has decades upon decades of legacy cannabis history from the 20th century which outsiders were never invited to.
In the Post-Prohibition regulatory landscape of 2026, things are a tad bit more open now.This private competition culminates in an awards ceremony on May 3rd, 2026 which . The Mendo Cup organizers described what motivated the unheard of move in cannabis competition history:
“In our efforts to support small farmers, all revenue generated from the Cup (after expenses) will be returned to the farmers who enter and divided evenly. This is the only Cup that shares profit with farmers. We are truly a Cup by and for the Community.”
Now in its second year, The Mendo Cup has expanded to include more farms, a longer judging period, and retail partners for the Mendo cup winners. In the weeks prior to the event, a panel of experts will follow a blinded judging process and evaluate the submitted samples. After the winners are announced, winners of the Mendo Cup will be available for purchase at partner retailers.
The Mendo Cup Awards Ceremony will be held Sunday, May 3rd, at 2:15 PM at the Little Lake Grange, 291 School St, Willits, CA 95490.
Attending The Mendo Cup
The organizers of Mendo Cup 2026, along with all of the 28 farmers and all the sponsors and partners invite you to come to Mendocino County for a celebration of community and culture in May.“[…] Don’t miss your chance to bump elbows with local farmers, sample all the winners, and get together to celebrate the harvest with the community! All proceeds after event expenses are paid will be split among all the farmers who entered this truly community centered competition, so your ticket money goes to a great cause.
See you on May 3rd in Willits for The Mendo Cup! 🏆”
Buy Tickets: The Mendo Cup 2026 Ticket Link.
2026 Mendo Cup Competing Farms
This year, 28 farms will be competing. In no particular order, they are: Precision Farms 707, Major Farms, Sweet Sisters, Perrin Family Farm, Hungry Hollow Farm, Buck N Ham Farms, WildLand Cannabis, First Cut Farms, Mendocino Natural Farms, Laughing Farm, Emerald Spirit Botanicals, Arcanna Flowers, Elk Creek Genetics, Heart Rock Enterprises, Sunbright Gardens, Sun Roots Farm, Mendocino Family Farm, Happy Day Farms, Seed 707, Mendo Mystic, TasteBudz, Elkhorn Ranch, Martyjuana, SoulSol Mendocino, Nurturing Seed, Lost Paradise Organics, Cosmic Forces Farms, and Sticky Fields.Come to Willits for the Mendo Cup 2026 awards ceremony and meet these farmers yourself.
Mendo Cup Sponsors, Retail Partners, and Media Partners
Special thanks to the Sponsors that are making Mendo Cup 2026 possible: Meadow, Grove Bags, Cannatrol, Blimburn, Nabis, Advocacy Revolution, Mainspring Consulting, Guild & Co., Sparetime Garden Center, Up ‘n’ Smoke BBQ, It’s Alive Kombucha, and Storz and Bickel. Special thanks to the Media Partners spreading the news about this year’s Mendo Cup: Fat Nugs Magazine, The Canna Boss Babes, The Highest Critic, GW Smoke Break, and Head Magazine. Special thanks to the Retails Partners that are bringing Mendo Cup 2026 to the shelves and consumers’ lungs: 7 Stars Holistic Healing Center, Doobie Nights, and Goldenhour Collective.
About The Mendo Cup
The Mendo Cup is a first-of-its-kind, hyper-local competition, which only features farmers with less than 10,000 sqft of cultivation. This competition was created for and by the Mendocino community; as a testament to this commitment, Mendo Cup will donate all revenue generated from the Cup after expenses equally among the participating farmers who entered. By sharing the abundance, we hope to nurture community roots and build a long-lasting competition to highlight this historical cannabis producing region. Want more information on The Mendo Cup? Check out The Mendo Cup website: https://themendocup.org
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