Sisters of the Valley Announce Oregon Expansion and New Cultivation Partnership

California-based Sisters bring their ceremonial growing practices to Southern Oregon through a partnership with Grow It From Home and Infinite Tree

MERCED, CA, UNITED STATES, August 17, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Sisters of the Valley are expanding into Oregon, partnering with longtime growers Emily Gogol and Ryan Burns, to produce the Sisters’ first Oregon-grown cannabis crop for the state’s licensed dispensary market.

The partnership grew out of a relationship that began more than a year ago, when Sisters attended one of Gogol's public classes on home cultivation in Los Angeles. Gogol later lectured at UC Merced, where the Sisters reconnected with her and invited her to visit their Central Valley farm. That visit eventually brought Gogol and her husband, Ryan, back to the Sisters’ farm and opened a conversation about what the two farming operations might accomplish together.

The Oregon partnership gives the Sisters something they have long wanted: access to a farm licensed to grow both hemp and high-THC cannabis, allowing their ceremonial cultivation practices to extend into Oregon’s regulated dispensary market. Those practices are part of what the Sisters call kosher cannabis — cannabis grown in clean soil, under the sun, subjected to ceremonial blessings throughout the growing season, lab tested as flower, and handled intentionally during packaging.

For the Sisters, the word blessing has a particular meaning. Their ceremonies are not intended to bless the land or the plants, which they regard as already pure and inherently sacred. Instead, the ceremonies place Mother Earth at the center and acknowledge that it is the people who are blessed — by the land, by the plants, and by the gifts they provide. The ceremonies are acts of gratitude.

In August, four Sisters traveled to Southern Oregon to formally begin the relationship, gathering at sunset to give thanks for the land and returning at sunrise to welcome and give thanks for the growing crop. During the visit, the Sisters also spent several days learning how Oregon growers and dispensaries operate. The Sisters were a bit surprised to learn that Oregon dispensaries still commonly sell flower deli-style from jars, alongside prepackaged products. Retail economics are relatively straightforward, and on the farm, Emily and Ryan have combined carefully developed genetics with tools and systems designed to reduce the labor traditionally associated with cultivation and harvest.

The Sisters will return to Southern Oregon in September for additional ceremonies as harvest approaches. Their first Oregon products are planned for dispensary shelves in November, including three strains of flower Sacred Grove, First Fire, and Returning Light. Their flower will be offered in prepackaged half-ounce and one-ounce formats, deli-style flower, and five-packs of king-cone pre-rolls.

Diamond Cannabis and Budz Superstore, with five locations in Southern Oregon, have already committed to carrying the Sisters’ Oregon products, with additional dispensary relationships now being developed.

The Oregon Story: A Three-Part Series

The Sisters have published a three-part series documenting the Oregon expansion — from the relationship that brought the two farming operations together, to what the Sisters learned during their first working visit, to the products, harvest and launch planned for this fall.

Putting Down New Roots: Why the Sisters of the Valley Are Expanding into Oregon

The story of how the relationship with Emily Gogol and Ryan Burns developed, why the Sisters chose to expand into Oregon, and why diversification has become increasingly important as federal hemp policy threatens the business model under which small hemp producers have operated for years.

Five Things We Learned in Oregon

From deli-style flower and brand parity in dispensaries to genetics, processing methods and modern harvesting tools, the Sisters share five lessons from their first working visit to their Oregon partner farm.

The Sisters’ Oregon Season Begins

A look ahead to the Sisters’ September return, the approaching harvest, Sacred Grove, First Fire and Returning Light, the product formats planned for Oregon dispensaries, and the November retail launch.

About Sisters of the Valley

Founded in California’s Central Valley in 2015, Sisters of the Valley is a women-led agricultural and wellness company known internationally for its plant-based products, earth-centered spiritual practices and distinctive approach to cannabis cultivation and medicine-making. The Sisters make their products according to agricultural, ceremonial and quality standards developed through more than a decade of working with the cannabis plant.

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