In addition to making high-quality CO2 extract cartridges, we started our company as a flower / bud producer.  We wanted to share a few of things we've developed over our years of experience that go into making our amazing flower.  We have our original facility in Washington and have our full, larger Oregon greenhouse up … Continue reading Grow your knowledge about our grow! →

You may have seen or even sampled some flavored oils – things like pineapple or bubble gum or fruit punch.  There’s a chance some of those flavorings might be terpenes, but most likely many of them are not. Many of the fruit flavors like banana, strawberry, mint, peach, raspberry are due to the presence of … Continue reading What’s the deal with flavored vape cartridges? →

There are lots of topics I want to write about on this blog, but it will take a little time to cover all of them individually.  In the meantime, I put together an overview of some of the things we do behind the scenes that other extractors either aren’t doing at all, or are not … Continue reading Six behind-the-scenes things Avitas customers should know about →

We've been so busy focusing on understanding our science, making a great product even better and investing in upgrades to our premium cannabis extracts, we realized that most people don't even realize all the ways our product is the best available! We hope this blog will help folks understand some of the science behind what … Continue reading Welcome! →

Terpenes: they’re all around us!  Literally – they make the great smells and flavors of things like lemons, lavender, fennel, pine trees, hops and lilacs. They are, in fact, the reason for the “blue smoke” of the Smoky Mountains / Blue Ridge mountains in the eastern US.  The pine trees in these regions emit enough … Continue reading What does “Full-spectrum” mean and other fun terpene facts →

I joined the company in November 2016.  I have a PhD in chemistry and spent most of my career up to this point as a chemistry professor, with some time spent working in the science policy and environmental health fields.  I enjoy sharing with others the wonders of chemistry, and that’s one of my goals … Continue reading An introduction to our Scientific Director, Dr. Amber Wise →