Attendees at this year’s California State Fair can purchase a baggie of cannabis seeds for a penny at the California Cannabis Experience exhibit, CBS News reports.
Fair officials added the cannabis exhibit in 2022 but made history last year as the first state fair in the U.S. to allow on-site cannabis sales and consumption. The event includes a cannabis cultivation exhibit, just like any other agricultural product in the state, but this year, organizers expanded the now-annual California Cannabis Awards to include competitions for cannabis products, including blunts, hash, and infused chocolates.
Attendees must be at least 21 years old to explore the fair’s cannabis exhibit and partake in the available products.
“We’ve already given away thousands of seeds,” Dustin Moore, co-founder of the California cannabis retailer Embarc, said in the report. “Under California law, we have to sell them for a penny to be compliant.” The seeds come from the Humboldt Seed Company.
Cannabis is a hearty plant that can be grown easily either indoors or outdoors, and organizers hope that the easy access to cannabis seeds will give exposure to cannabis home growing, which is legal under California state law.
“It’s a weed, literally. That’s why they call it weed, so growing cannabis is about as simple as keeping a weed alive in your backyard. Sun, water, and fertilizer, and a little bit of love. That’s all it takes.” — Moore, via CBS News
Additionally, organizers said next year’s event will include a competition category for home-grown cannabis.
The California State Fair is open this year from July 11-27. Day pass tickets cost $18 per day for adults, $14 for seniors (aged 62+), $12 for children ages 5-12, and are free for children aged 4 and under.
