Established in 2019 by founders raised in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region, A Walk in the Pines cultivates cannabis from its own genetics in greenhouses and outdoor fields. The company began as a licensed hemp cultivator and became a New York adult-use cannabis cultivator in 2022, building its Pines brand around careful pheno-hunting and hands-on attention from seed through harvest. Its 10-plus years of cannabis-industry experience inform a range of flower and infused products, including the Jelly Pancakes strain that anchors the brand.
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JauntyBorn in New York, Jaunty makes cannabis products from cultivation through extraction, with a focus on flavorful oils and approachable products. The company has worked in New York’s cultivation and extraction scene since 2017 and launched its Jaunty brand in January 2023, growing from those roots into a statewide cannabis brand. Its products include solventless hash offerings alongside oils made in a GMP-certified facility, with batches tested by state-certified laboratories.TROY, NY
Quality HighQuality High is Westchester’s only licensed vertically integrated cannabis microbusiness, growing small-batch flower at its Peekskill indoor farm and selling its own craft products through a boutique dispensary in Sleepy Hollow. Co-owner Nate Lyons oversees each crop daily, from pheno-hunting genetics through slow curing and hand-trimming, while the close-knit team also develops private-label edibles and vapes with selected New York partners. The company’s restored 1912 storefront doubles as a neighborhood gathering place, hosting rotating local art, yoga and community events.SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY
PinksCreated by women and led by women, Pinks is a New York cannabis brand that presents the experience through a female-centered, fashion-conscious lens. It works with licensed organic and regenerative farms in Cooperstown to produce small-batch cannabis products for consumers seeking an alternative to cannabis’s traditional image.
NorthEast Extracts, LLCFounded in 2020 to bring clean extraction to the Northeast, NorthEast Extracts is a New York cannabis processor that uses large-scale CO2 extraction and produces cannabis edibles in its central New York facilities. The company grew from a hemp-processing operation into an OCM-licensed adult-use processor, with a cGMP facility built for high-volume manufacturing and distribution to licensed New York retailers. Its work also draws on 40 years of vacuum freeze-drying experience, including large-scale drying of cannabis biomass.