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CA State Fair First-ever Cannabis Competition Now Open For Submissions
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November 2, 2021
Award Entries Accepted Through March
Submission Window Now Open for the 2023 CA State Fair Cannabis Awards
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January 18, 2023
2022 Award Winner: Mark Greyshock
Cannabis Competition and Awards Return to CA State Fair for 2023
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December 7, 2022
Photo by Mike Rosati
CA State Fair Announces First-ever Cannabis Competition
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September 30, 2021
California’s Legalized Cannabis Industry Celebrates
Blockchain Technology to be Applied
Educational Exhibit to highlight the
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For the first time, the California State Fair will feature a Cannabis Awards exhibit. Sixty entries received
A first-of-its-kind exhibit at the California State Fair is proving to be a big hit with fairgoers.
Photo: ABC10 By Hunter Dublin | July 15, 2022 The recently-held California State Fair has announced the
For the past 166 years, the CA State Fair has always been a first mover, leading the State Fair circuit with innovative programming and large-scale competitions that celebrate the best the state has to offer, making the addition of cannabis cultivation a natural new category.
Jess DurfeeCalifornia Exposition & State Fair Board of Director 
The State Fair is where the agricultural comunity comes to show off their best work and I’m just really excited to see cannabis finally welcomed into that comunity. I hope more State Fair’s accross the country take notice and folow suit.
John WurzerPRESIDENT & CO-FOUNDER, SC LABS 
The California State Fair has long recognized many amazing talents in the state, from baking and art, to wine and beer...Adding cannabis in the competitions is exciting as it recognizes the legitimacy of this industry and I believe it is going to help push forward the normalizing of cannabis.
James CunnighamFounder and CEO, Fog City Farms