EDIBLES
OM Edibles
WRITER & PHOTOS
Celebrating the Healing Spirit of Cannabis ESTLED AWAY on a mystical, wooded lane somewhere in the bay area, a group of spiritually- minded women work together creating a new breed of edible cannabis products known as “OM Edibles”. They prepare cannabinoid-infused, healthier alternative foods with nutrient rich, natural ingredients like hemp hearts, cacao, lavender, and eco-friendly GMO-free chocolate. I had the honor of meeting the women of OM edibles early this summer at their undisclosed sanctuary - which is literally off the GPS map, on a winding dirt road, with no phone signal at all. This isn’t uncommon in parts of California such as Butte and Mendocino counties; a mile from a major bay area freeway, it seemed almost supernatural. OM produces professionally handcrafted edibles, tinctures, and topicals for medical cannabis patients in Northern California. The company was formed in 2006 by a cannabis enthusiast known simply as Maya. Her little enterprise has flourished, growing into a well-received, health-conscious edibles provider with a multiple dispensary client base. OM only uses the best quality all natural, local, ecologically sustaining, healthy ingredients. “We work directly with our all-female collective members”, Maya explained in our interview. “We produce high-quality, organic, sun-grown, ecologically-sound, and strain-specific flowers for our infusions, which are tailor-made for all different types of patient needs.” Maya and her “right hand” Emily oversee all production to insure consistently high standards. Their preparation area, overlooked by an altar with a large quartz crystal and eastern artifacts, is clean and efficient, with a stainless steel production area. Emily is Maya’s self-described YIN to her YANG; where Maya excels at product development, outreach, and promotions, Emily’s purview is production, customer service, and distribution. Maya confessed to trying cannabis as a pre-adolescent, as she was a regular smoker in her teens. “It’s Love. It’s Habitual. It’s Life…and it makes everything better. I was lucky enough to begin working in a dispensary where the idea of a cannabis career became an actual option and a very realistic future for me. I couldn’t imagine doing anything else with my life, time, and energy. We later got closed down in a wave of raids.
“We work directly with our all-female collective members”, Maya explains “We produce high-quality, organic, sungrown, ecologically-sound, and strainspecific flowers for our infusions, which are tailor-made for all different types of patient needs.”
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ISSUE 03 THE HEMPFEST/HEMP ISSUE dopemagazine.com
RON MULLINS
The ladies of OM have plenty of cred too, with an impressive list of awards for their creations: • 2011 San Francisco High Times Cup 3rd Place Edible Peanut Butter Puffed-Rice Truffles • 2012 Patients’ Choice Awards Best Edible 2nd Place Alfajore (A Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookie) • 2014 Edibles List Magazine Best Tincture Award Elderberry Infused Syrup • 2015 Southern California Medical High Times Cup 2nd Place Lavender-Infused, Medicated Epsom Soak