Seedsman Evolves Beyond Seed Retail With Launch of New Global Grower Community
Trusted cannabis genetics leader champions the craft and wellbeing of cultivation through grower-to-grower exchange, shared knowledge, and a new interactive community
BARCELONA, Spain (April 9, 2026) —Seedsman, a global pioneer in cannabis genetics and one of the industry’s most trusted seed retailers, today announced the launch of the Seedsman Community. This new interactive platform marks a natural evolution for the company, moving beyond a cannabis seed superstore to become a more rounded home for genetics, grower knowledge and cultivation culture.
The Seedsman Community, which officially went live this past month, is the clearest expression of the company’s new guiding philosophy: Enrich Life. Rather than a brand slogan, Enrich Life reflects a grower-centered way of thinking that recognizes growing offers far more than an end result. The process of cultivation and improving one's knowledge of gardening and horticulture can bring mindfulness, patience, presence, a deeply satisfying routine, and a stronger sense of connection—both to the natural world and to a wider network of gardeners and growers.
A Natural Evolution of Heritage
For more than two decades, Seedsman has helped shape the cannabis industry through its leadership in genetics, including the early introduction of auto-flowering and CBD varieties to market and its longstanding commitment to preserving heirloom, landrace, and breeder-developed strains from around the world.
Today, Seedsman is building on what it has long stood for. The company is dedicated to making the benefits of cultivation tangible by helping people build knowledge, confidence, skill and connection through better genetics, trusted information and shared experiences.
“Seedsman has always been rooted in a profound respect for cannabis genetics and the growers who bring those genetics to life,” said Tom Raikes, Seedsman founder and CEO. “We believe that gardening does so much more than yield a harvest. It supports mental wellbeing, rewards patience, and provides a deeply satisfying connection to the natural world. Our evolution is about fully supporting that journey and bringing home gardeners, small-scale growers and others together to share the art, the science and the everyday joy of cultivation.”
Growing as Craft and Connection
At the heart of the Enrich Life ethos is the understanding that growing is inherently meaningful. It is not only about practical yields; it is about the ritual, the craft, continuous learning, and the undeniable sense of progress that comes with tending to a plant over time.
Seedsman’s evolution champions this culture. By moving beyond a purely retail focus, the company aims to support cultivators at every stage, helping them to deepen their expertise and find mutual encouragement through grower-to-grower exchange.
The Seedsman Community
Serving as living proof of these values in action, the Seedsman Community is a dedicated space where cultivators from around the world can connect, learn, and grow together.
More than just an add-on forum, the community platform is where the Enrich Life philosophy becomes visible. It features detailed grow journals, shared advice, real grower stories, peer-to-peer knowledge exchange, and a celebration of the craft. Designed for serious cultivators as well as those taking their very first steps in gardening, the platform demonstrates that individual learning is always strengthened by shared experience and mutual encouragement.
“The act of nurturing a plant from seed to harvest gives so much back to the grower,” Raikes added. “It teaches mindfulness, establishes a grounding routine, and offers a tremendous sense of accomplishment. We wanted to create a genuine home for that experience. The Seedsman Community matters because when growers exchange their stories, questions, and successes, everyone's craft improves. We are here to fully support that shared growth.”
The launch reinforces Seedsman’s longstanding mission to preserve and advance cannabis genetics while supporting a more inclusive, knowledgeable, and connected community of growers.
For more information, visit Seedsman.com. Join the Seedsman Community here.
About Seedsman
Seedsman is a global leader in cannabis genetics and seed distribution, founded in 2002 with a mission to preserve, protect and advance the cannabis gene pool. For more than 20 years, Seedsman has served growers worldwide with one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of authentic genetics, including heirloom, landrace, and breeder developed strains. Through its Enrich Life philosophy, Seedsman is expanding its heritage into a comprehensive home for horticulture, cultivation culture and grower education. To learn more, visit www.seedsman.com, join the Seedsman Community at https://community.seedsman.com/. Follow Seedsman on Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube and Reddit.
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New Cutting-Edge Software Tool for Nutritional & Dietary Supplement Brands Streamlines Marketing Content Review, Reduces Regulatory Risk
BOULDER, Colo. (July 6, 2023) – More often than not, marketers of nutritional products, dietary supplements and functional foods are faced with multiple hurdles and confusing regulations about what they can say about their products. Now, an innovative, easy-to-use software program can help brands solve this problem, reduce costs and reduce hassle with the click of a button.
Developed by regulatory expert and nutritional products industry veteran Asa Waldstein, Apex Compliance™ finds risky terms and phrases and suggests lower-risk alternatives on websites, YouTube videos and in uploaded content. Apex Compliance™ is a user-friendly software tool designed for brands, marketing agencies, law firms, consultants, investors and banks that serve the dietary supplement, conventional and functional food and cannabis industries.
Apex Compliance™ focuses on three areas of regulatory risk, including websites, YouTube videos and content review before publishing. It provides a detailed report showing the exact URL location of each keyword, the paragraph it is used in, the risk rating, lower-risk alternatives and notes. This provides a line-by-line playbook on how to reduce website and YouTube regulatory risk. Apex Compliance™ also reviews uploaded blogs and social content before posting, and it streamlines the process by flagging keywords and simplifies swapping high-risk phrases for lower-risk alternatives.
Apex Compliance™ is keyword-based and allows the user to easily add their keywords, risk rating, lower-risk alternative words and notes to help with future regulatory reviews. The application enables users to compile searchable keyword lists such as Top Sustainability Lawsuit Phrases or Common FDA/FTC Trigger Words. Apex Compliance™ comes preloaded with 50 common phrases in warning letters and plaintiff lawsuits, such as lowers cholesterol, anxiety, depression and pain. Each phrase has a risk rating and, when applicable, possible lower-risk alternative language is provided.
“Regulatory reviews that used to take hours can now be conducted in seconds,” said Apex Compliance founder Asa Waldstein. “Apex Compliance was developed as a tool for my consulting company, Supplement Advisory Group, and it became so useful industry colleagues started asking to use it. Apex Compliance saves time when reviewing marketing content and is a teaching tool that helps build in-house regulatory expertise.”
“Apex Compliance is truly a game-changing technology to help you keep pace in a challenging and ever-changing regulatory world. It’s affordable and perfect, especially for small and medium-sized startups that can’t afford a full regulatory department,” said Tim Gerke, president of leading supplement maker Allergy Research Group, based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Apex Compliance™ is a monthly subscription service that offers steep discounts for one-year commitments. Learn more, sign up or schedule a free demo here.
For inquiries, contact support@ApexComplianceProgram.com.
About Supplement Advisory Group
Apex Compliance™ is a patent-pending software application that is a subsidiary of Supplement Advisory Group, a consulting company founded in Boulder County, Colorado, in 2020 by industry veteran Asa Waldstein. Supplement Advisory Group takes a preventative approach to regulatory risk and specializes in practical regulatory support for dietary supplement marketers. The Group focuses on finding marketing risks and providing practical lower-risk solutions on the web, social media and product labels. This includes compliant marketing strategy review and claims risk analysis. Learn more about Supplement Advisory Group’s services here.
For consulting and speaking inquiries, contact Assistant@AsaWaldstein.com.
About Asa Waldstein
Asa Waldstein is a Certified Clinical Herbalist and a 20-year dietary supplement executive who is principal of the consulting company Supplement Advisory Group, a boutique group focusing on marketing risk analysis and practical marketing solutions for the web and social media. He writes the weekly Warning Letter Wednesday post, exploring interesting enforcement trends and marketing best practices. He chairs the American Herbal Products Association's (AHPA) Cannabis Committee and sits on the Naturally Boulder board of directors.
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