• Please bring at least one full pound (454 grams) of flowers and/or 50 grams of concentrate with you on your first visit.
• We work on a net terms basis to allow for lab testing with flowers and kief. At the time of purchase a firm payment date will be set, which is usually around 7-14 days from purchase. This payment date may sometimes be longer however, as testing dictates. You will be paid on your established payment date, whether your medicine has been sold or not.
• Every flower and concentrate that we purchase is laboratory tested for THC, CBD, and CBN quantification, as well as for the presence of pathogenic molds. These results will be available to you when you come back to pick up the payment for your medicine.
• All sales are contigent on mold test results. This means that if your medicine tests positive for pathogenic molds we must return it to you. This is only approximately 2% - 4% of our purchases.
• Harborside has the highest standards for medicinal cannabis; please do not be discouraged if you do not sell us your medicine the first time. Many people try several times before succeeding, please keep coming back.

What are we looking for?

As a purchasing department in an ever-changing market, we choose not to suggest to the vendors what to grow. By the time you get the genetics, flower, cut, and cure, you may be looking at a very different market.

We are always looking for pure sativas, high grade indoor medicine, exotics (Thai, Cambodian, African, etc.), purples that are actually and thoroughly purple, high grade Kush, Haze and the like.

Trim as tightly as possible, our patients like naked flowers. Pull out smaller buds and grade the pounds. Flowers smaller than a nickel should be pulled out, along with any not fully developed flowers. You will get more money per pound if these two rules are followed. We do purchase the smaller flowers separately for half of the price of the larger flowers.

Flower Purchasing Hours:

*If you have not registered with Harborside as a patient previously, we ask that our prospective vendors Preverify with us before attempting to attend a new Patient Provider orientation. To do this, you must fax us a copy of your valid, State-issued picture ID (or passport) as well as your current California medical recommendation so that we can verify it with your doctor. Please make sure to include your contact information (phone number or email), as well as a note that this is a Provider Preverification.  You may also email us a high quality scan or photo of your recommendation and ID (making sure to include your phone number and that it is a Provider Preverification). This will speed your intake into our facility for the orientation, and help us serve you, the prospective Patient Cultivator or Provider, better. You will still need to bring your ID and medical cannabis recommendation with when you visit Harborside Health Center. Thank you.

Fax: (510) 533-0148
Email: info@harborsidehealthcenter.com

Flower Pricing:

• Our pricing on the medicine we receive is based largely on the bag appeal of the medicine grown. This includes the visual appeal of the flowers as well as the quality of the nose/smell.
• For indoor medicine you can expect $3,000 - $3,600 per pound.
• We do buy outdoor medicine, but it must be very high quality outdoor, or one of the exotic strains. We do not sell as much outdoor medicine; therefore we do not buy as much.
• For outdoor medicine you can expect $1,500 - $2,400 per pound.
• Cold water concentrates range from $5 - $17.50 per gram, depending on the quality of the melt when touched with a flame.

Clone Vending:

Here are some basics that you will need to know:

• On your first visit, your will want to come in with one or two trays of clones.
• For ease of handling and watering, we prefer rockwool slabs of 50 cubes per tray.
• Cuttings should be healthy, green, and have ample, bright white roots.
• Cuttings cannot have twisted growing shoots or burnt leaves.
• Only clones without bugs, mildews, or algae will be considered.

Clone Pricing:

$6 per stem.

Clone Purchasing Hours:

Monday - Friday
1:00pm - 6:00pm

Edible Vending:

Rules for Sample Submissions:

• All samples must be pre-packaged, as if they were for sale. We will not accept any samples that are not individually packaged. We also appreciate dosage/dry weight cannabis amounts. Please also list ingredients.
• Please bring at least 10 samples to guarantee accurate feedback.
• Steer clear of anything colorful or potentially appealing to children.
• Avoid established food/ingredient brand names.
• No use of the word "organic."
• Avoid duplicates of products we already carry. Check out our edible menu to see what products we currently carry.

Edible Hours:

New Vending & Open Hours:

• New edible vendors who have never sold to us can drop off samples for feedback at this time and recieve more information about our rules and expectations.
• Open hours are for vendors who cancel their appointments during the week and we cannot easily reschedule.
• These times are for anyone else who are unsure about their appointment day and time.

Regular Appointments:

• We do not make appointments outside of these hours, and will most likely not see anyone outside of these hours.

Special Appointments:

• Special appointments can only be made directly with an Inventory department member.
• If you show up at these times without an appointment you will be asked to return on Sunday for open hours.

Please note that we will not see any edible vendors after 5pm on any day.

What is Clean Green Certification?

Clean Green and Best Practices Certification is a garden inspection program. As an advisor, with over 40 years experience in agriculture, and a USDA "Organic" Certifier Chris Van Hook, founded the Clean Green Certification Program.

Clean Green is an alternative to the USDA's exclusion of medical cannabis growers from participating in the USDA "Organic" Certification Program. As a licensed California attorney, Chris follows procedures to ensure confidentiality of information provided to the purpose of Certification, even from law enforcement.

Medical cannabis patients now have the benefit of an independent, third party certification that the cannabis was grown, processed, handled, stored, transported, packaged, labeled, and distributed using standards and procedures that comply with national and international guidelines for organic and sustainable farming.

Like the USDA "Organic" Certification Program, Clean Green Certification includes both the growers and the collectives/cooperatives/dispensaries that distribute products labeled "Clean Green Certified." Certification includes both the grower and the distributor.

Please contact Chris Van Hook at (707) 464-6913 or by email at cleangreen@earthlink.net for more information.

What is Best Practices Certification?

Best Practices Certification is run with the same protocols of the Clean Green Program. The only difference between the two programs is the following: the Best Practices Certification Program does allow the limited use of synthetic fertilizers and inputs in a limited and responsible manner.

Please contact Chris Van Hook at (707) 464-6913 or by email at cleangreen@earthlink.net for more information.

Be a Responsible Provider:

Irresponsible growing results in environmental damage and gives a bad name to the community and to the movement as a whole. We repectfully request any and all providers to abide by environmentally friendly and safe growing techniques.

Some standard practices to ensure safe and clean grow rooms:

• Safe disposal of nutrients
• Safe disposal of diesel fuels
• Proper/safe wiring
• Properly filtered intake and outtake
• Sulfur burners for mildew prevention
• Sanitization between every harvest
• Avoid toxic pesticides
• Take all mold, mildew, and pest preventative measures
• Keep animals out of all areas

Please be a responsible provider!

Vendor Safety Tips:

As we all know, Vendors are the "life blood" of not only Harborside, but of all dispensaries. As such, Vendor safety is and has always been a top priority of the Harborside Safety Staff. Your arrival and departure to Harborside is always carefully monitored, not only personally by safety staff members, but by CCTV cameras.

To further our efforts to ensure your safety, we ask that you follow these basic safety procedures:

• DO NOT make any stops while driving to or from Harborside
• Be alert, not only as you leave Harborside, but as you arrive as well
• Immediately report any suspicious activities to a member of our safety staff, including vehicles, or persons you feel may be a threat
• Keep all valuables in your vehicle out of sight, in the trunk or in a lock box if in a pick-up truck in order to hide it from prying eyes
• Bring a friend or partner with you whenever possible
• If you feel you are being followed after leaving Harborside, if it's possible, return to Harborside and report it to a safety staff member
• If at any time you feel your safety is in jeopardy, or you are certain that you are being followed, you should consider calling 911

By following these simple steps, together we can dramatically reduce or prevent most incidents involving the theft of cash or medicine from our valued Vendors and friends.

All suspicious activities should be reported directly to the Harborside Safety Manager.

Be safe,
The Harborside Safety Staff

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