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GMO—Flora Farms, Missouri, summer 2023

Published on May 8, 2023 · Last updated August 14, 2023
GMO from Flora Farms up close. (Photo by Flora Farms)
GMO from Flora Farms up close. (Photo by Flora Farms)

89 points out of 100

Spring/Summer, 2023

Price: $65/eighth

Missouri serves up some legitimately strong GMO Cookies—the infamous cross of GSC and Chemdog. What the nugs from Flora Farms lacked in size, they made up for in pungency. The Fresh Karma dispensary in Kansas City let us smell every bag in the shop, and Flora Farms’ GMO stood out for its savory, biting, stinky goodness. Flora Farms’ owners include a Kansas City native, with team members that apply Colorado grow know-how to their 30,000-plant facility. GMO was voted Missouri’s Best Cultivar of the Year and now Best in Show, according to 2023’s Coolest Things Made in the Ozarks.

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David Downs
David Downs
Leafly Senior Editor David Downs is the former Cannabis Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. He's appeared on The Today Show, and written for Scientific American, The New York Times, WIRED, Rolling Stone, The Onion A/V Club, High Times, and many more outlets. He is a 2023 judge for The Emerald Cup, and has covered weed since 2009.
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