Our story starts with our mutual love for cannabis.

Halara started in a study lounge during our final year of our chemical engineering program. Our professor cracked a fateful joke about extracting cannabis, and we took it seriously.

Crafting the highest quality cannabis products we could quickly became our passion. As any responsible person would, we quit our upcoming jobs to see how far we could take it.

It all started with the belief that people want a cartridge full of flavor, yet so smooth they don’t have to cough. The outcome? Halara.

And we’re just getting started.

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August 2018 - Move to California

We moved from Minnesota to California in 2018 right after graduating from the University of Minnesota with degrees in chemical engineering. We settled in Santa Rosa, the southern tip of the Emerald Triangle.
Here is a rare peek into our garage bedroom when we initially arrived since we weren’t able to find a house right away…
Don’t all great companies originate in a garage?
December 2019 - Building it out.

Our friends and community lent us the tools and helped us build our facility on nights and weekends.
When friends visited, they inevitably ended up hanging drywall or painting.
We’re incredibly thankful for our community, we truly wouldn’t be here without them.
December 2020 - Finally doing it.

It took two years to get our official license, but we finally did it! In December 2020, we started production of the first batches of Halara cartridges (although with a different look!).
April 2021 - On the shelves.

After a few months of R&D and many days on the road visiting dispensaries, we are finally on the shelves in local Sonoma County dispensaries.
Thank you to our initial partners for giving us a shot - it means the world to this team.
October 2021 - Growing our reach.

After a successful launch, we attended Hall of Flowers Santa Rosa to share the Halara story with more members of the California cannabis community. It was a great week connecting with dispensaries, customers, and many others!
April 2022 - Sustainability in check.

We proudly launched our fully recyclable and compostable packaging with SunGrown Packaging, based out of Oakland, CA.
To announce this new packaging, we released Earthday Cake, a charity release product for Earth Day 2022. With each sale of this product, one tree was planted in California through the work of our partner, One Tree Planted.
May 2022 - Emerald Cup Awards

Our GMO Live Diamond Sauce Cartridge and Zkooby Znakz High THC Cartridge were selected as finalists at the 2022 Emerald Cup Competition here in California. At the final award show in Los Angeles, we placed 7th in the Live Resin category for our GMO!
June 2022 - The team grows.

We wouldn’t be where we are today without the work of our dedicated team. We are proud to employ a team of amazing people!