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Co-founders Keegan Manning, Drew Coggio, and Eliot Papas, standing between Dawg Breath cultivated for Green Dawg's own label, on the left, and UPDawg on the right.
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Crafting quality in a growing industry
From the outside, Green Dawg Cultivators looks like any indoor cultivation facility. Nondescript. Industrial. A sign stating that the building is “Not open to the public” posted on the front door. Inside, however, tall trees tilt beneath the weight of some of the industry’s most heavily hunted genetics. For roughly a decade, the team behind Green Dawg Cultivators has made its name as one of the most respected indoor gardening crews in California, and the cultivators behind some of the most sought-after brands you’ll see on the shelf.
OCT. 2021
Until now, the crew behind Green Dawg has never allowed their story to be told, or their faces to be shown. We spent a couple of afternoons in September behind the curtain, discussing their history, the challenges they’ve faced, and the method behind their magic. ON THE COME UP
Despite being a significantly sized facility, Green Dawg boasts a tight, efficient crew led by three partners: Drew Coggio, Eliot Papas and Keegan Manning. Lifelong friends, the three of them were born in Vermont and enjoyed a New England youth before moving to California. “Our parents are friends,” Coggio said of Manning. “We grew up in diapers together.”
Zoap, cultivated for DEO Farms
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