Ecologically Sustainable
LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT. Despite the warnings of climate change, indoor cannabis cultivation has been estimated to use 1% of the nation’s power. Puffin Farm uses at least 90% less electricity than indoor farms!
Puffin plants receive full-spectrum sunlight allowing for the biosynthesis of a complex array of phytoconstituents. They receive not only sunlight but starlight, moonlight, and the earth’s energy array through their roots. We use a small amount of electricity to sustain our nursery, and for nor some of our greenhouse crops are supplemented with artificial light for part of the year.
Our mission is to produce, process and curate the most aromatic and clean cannabis and concentrates, as mother nature intended; sungrown, minimally processed, using organic and sustainable methods that aid in the fight against global warming. We utilize age old wisdom as well as cutting edge technology to bring you the finest, purest and most natural cannabis products attainable.
The Founders at Puffin Farm are life long cannabis connoisseurs, medical cannabis patients, and care providers. When cannabis became legal in Washington state, they decided to bring the plant out of the basement, closet and warehouse into the light of the sun.
Puffin Farm is a family owned and operated business. Ben and Jade are the married couple behind the day to day operations of the farm. Cyrena is Jade’s sister and Cliff their uncle both run the iconic Seattle Glassblowing Studio in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood.
Sustainably sungrown cannabis by Puffin Farm.
It’s all about the Yakima River.
Puffin Farm’s high-quality weed is in part made possible by one of the first decisions the company made: its Yakima River location. Terroir is a really important concept that people are just starting to consider when it comes to cannabis. It’s what gives wines produced on different estates from the same genetic stock their unique characteristics.
Terroir is a combination of all of the environmental factors that contribute to a crop. It includes things such as elevation, air quality, the UV light that comes to your location, geography, local micro-climate, soil characteristics, mineral composition and cultivation practices. Terroir affects what flavors are expressed, the concentrations of cannabinoids and, to some extent, the ratios.
Puffin’s Ellensburg terroir is stellar and includes a dry, hot summer, good elevation, river frontage and a lot of wind, which definitely adds something to the phenotypic expression of our crop and helps create Puffin’s aromatic and tasty flower.
Dr. Jade Stefano
The Six ‘P’s of Puffin
Each step of our process is handled with care.
Plants
Power
Planet
People
Places
Products
Jade Stefano,
Co-founder & CEO
Jade Stefano is co-founder and CEO of Puffin Farm. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Reed College in Portland, OR, where she studied Biology. After college, she spent time traveling and learning to farm. After settling down in Seattle, she learned accounting, business management and glassblowing at her uncle’s art glass studio in Seattle. In 2016 she earned a doctorate in naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University. She loves to work with herbs and foods. The cultivation of high-grade phytoconstituent rich cannabis and concentrates and the ability to bring these products to the greater community represents the ultimate manifestation of her calling to medicine.
Jeff Wilhoit,
Director of Extracts
Jeff is chief extractivist at Puffin where he oversees the creation of our super high grade flower extracts. He was an early adopter and influencer in the world of Bubble Hash and Rosin extracts. Jeff has been making CO2 oil for six years and is an expert at bringing out the full potential of the material.
Benjamin Short,
Co-founder &
Head Cultivator
Ben Short is the Head Cultivator of Puffin Farm. Ben earned a degree in sustainable agriculture from Evergreen University where he learned to farm worms for compost. He went on to found a gourmet mushroom farm in California. After a multiple-year hiatus from farming, cannabis was legalized and the call to farming returned.
Cliff Goodman,
Co-founder
Cliff is a co-founder at Puffin Farm. He’s been smoking weed since the ’70s. Cliff made his mark in the art world and is the owner and founder of the iconic Seattle Glassblowing Studio in Belltown. He loves the Grateful Dead, road trips and hiking on Mt. Rainier.
David Goodman, Social Media & Photography
David Goodman is a renowned New York City photographer known for his images of the NY Highline and NYC Fashion week.
Processing Team
Our Processing Team is comprised of a group amazing Cannabis professionals who truly love the plant and believe in the mission of the farm.
Cultivation Team
Cultivation is the the heart of our operation, and our team is composed of dedicated farmers. Our Cultivation Team works hard on hot summer days to bring the terpiest, most fragrant cannabis flowers to the people of Washington state.
