Srinath's rescued pet, Okra, enjoys his own spot in the garden and perks up on kelp and flower popsicles. It's part of her larger mission to build a Black-led food system.

Ides says Buddy Boy Farm aims for seven harvests per month and currently employs about 50 people throughout its 24 greenhouses. The headcount doubles during harvest time, but Ides credits precise controls and systems the company has developed over nearly a decade of legal cultivation.

How it works

Good Flower Farm (GFF) has been growing organic herbs and flowers for its plantbased personal care line since 2014. GFF hired Buddy-Buddy to completely redesign their brand design expression—identity, packaging, illustration, iconography, fulfillment materials, and more—to tell their distinctive product story.

During harvest, the ndis farm therapy headcount doubles to 90 people, but most of the work is done by robots and machines. Using custom software designed by FinStack—which normally designs HVAC and dehumidification systems for warehouses—Farm Buddy monitors 12 sensors per greenhouse to create the ideal growing conditions for each crop, and can even manipulate the plants to grow taller or denser.

What you’ll find

Buddy Boy Farm is a big business in a small town, the ninth grower/processor to receive a Tier 3 license west of Spokane near Reardan. General manager Galadriel Walser says her father’s years of tenacity paid off.

The facility boasts 12 greenhouses that use controls designed by FinStack, a company that normally designs HVAC and dehumidification systems for warehouses. These uses sensors that monitor greenhouse conditions and provide cultivators with data they can then manipulate to create ideal growing conditions for their crops.

Those conditions are vital for Buddies’ ndis gardening therapy greenhouse crops, which are grown in felt panels stuffed with peat moss sponge, a growing substrate known for its water retention and ability to retain nutrients. These are hung on a frame that holds an array of LEDs from Philips, and each panel gets a nutrient mixture from Dosatron or Heavy 16. Buddies’ harvest team uses Mobius trimmers for the initial bulk removal before the flower gets a final hand-trimming.