Southern Oregon Family Farms is a cooperative of small, sun-grown family farms that first teamed up in 2022. These brands share, as described on the co-op’s website, “a direct distribution network” and enable “members by exchanging resources, best practices, expertise, and legal lessons.”
Scattered across southern Oregon’s fruitful yet trying terrains, these farmers have learned to rely on friends, family and each other in a region that is as secluded as it is special. They share information, labor, resources and, when Oregon Leaf last spoke with the collective, a common dream.
“We didn’t have much to offer each other at first, except the comfort of knowing we weren’t alone,” Kristine Miller of Southern Oregon Moonshine said in an interview with Oregon Leaf last year. At that time, the co-op was drawing up plans for distribution and extraction.
One year later, we’re cracking into two jars brought to fruition by the same folks and processed by Calyx Crafts. To our delight, the jars aren’t a concoction of leftovers, mystery mixes or fuzzy farm origins (as one might wonder with a collective approach). Instead, each one is clearly labeled with cultivar and cultivator in a 2-gram capacity.
Savage Skunk Farms’ Kush Mints came in a smooth sugar wax that was more akin to a budder. Its piney, earthy musk delivered a slap of spice to the nostrils and sailed through the smoke more like a menthol experience. Pine played another big part here, too.
From Circle D Farms, we dabbed a doughy Permafrost crumble that played to a much sweeter palate. Again, we picked up distinguishable pine notes, which danced in and out as a sweet herbal tea tiptoed in.
But these are just two examples from SOFF. As these family farms continue building a better future together, you can keep an eye out for other offerings from the co-op’s network of more than a dozen farms and producers.
Kush Mints by Savage Skunk Farms: 76.44% THC, 4.11% Terpenes
Permafrost by Circle D Farms: 78.58% THC, 2.72% Terpenes
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This article was originally published in the November 2025 issue of Oregon Leaf.
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