Noah Levine is the owner of Benson Arbor, a locally-operated family cannabis farm on the Oregon side of the Siskiyou Mountains. He brings a unique perspective to the cannabis industry as one of the few growing since first obtaining a medical card in the early 2000s. He built experience through 15 years of medical cannabis cultivation with a dedication to providing exceptional quality at an affordable price—a journey that began in California before taking him to Oregon. You might know them under a different name, previously operating as Benson Elvis (a name that pays homage to the beloved family dog and his lip-curled smile), they are now in the middle of switching the company branding over to Benson Arbor to define the future of the company.
Born in California, Noah and his family have lived in Oregon for six years. After graduating from Santa Clara University, he began growing for a medical dispensary in the Bay Area earlier than most. The first and only farmer in the family, Noah’s passion for the cannabis plant drove him eagerly towards the business.
“I got a California Med Card in 2005 and started growing in apartments, then moved to commercial buildings,” he said. “I was running an indoor commercial operation in Oakland and Berkeley when I saw the opportunity to grow outdoors.”
Noah credits his decision to switch to outdoor growing as profit-driven. He saw other major outdoor operations growing hundreds and thousands of pounds per year, something difficult to accomplish on the indoor side. Now that he’s been farming outdoors since 2009.
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