Origins Council was founded in 2019 as a California 501c4 nonprofit education, research and policy advocacy organization. Our organization is dedicated to sustainable rural economic development within cannabis producing regions, and establishing nationally and internationally recognized, legally defensible, standards-based, geographic indication systems for cannabis.

Our organization’s vision is for legacy cannabis producing regions around the world to drive global sustainable development and regenerative agriculture through the regulated production and research of high quality craft cannabis and herbal medicine products.

Critical to this mission and vision are public policies and programs that protect and promote these regions legacy cannabis farmers and medicine makers including their genetic, cultural, natural and economic resources.