The Herbalist: SpeakEasy, A Family Farming Legacy

What started over a century ago as a family farm has recently blossomed into one of Canada’s largest cannabis operations.

SpeakEasy Cannabis was founded in 2013. Since then, it has honored the family legacy that has developed on its grounds for the past 120 years.

Located in the “Napa Valley of Canada,” also known as the “Golden Mile” in Rock Creek, British Columbia, SpeakEasy’s 290-acre facility in South Okanagan Valley sits on the Geen family farm, operating through generations for over 120 years.

Founder of SpeakEasy Cannabis, Marc Geen, is a proud 4th generation BC farmer who’s been an active member of the medical marijuana industry for over a decade.

He and the family-oriented staff at SpeakEasy take immense pride in growing within such a celebrated and ideal climate on soil with a rich family history.

Fast forward to today, SpeakEasy is now a collective of Canada’s top growers on a mission to produce the leading cannabis products worldwide.

SpeakEasy’s farm has a rich history. In a company video, founder Mark Geen explained the precious memories he has with his siblings growing up on the farm.

Geen family members have made memories like these for five generations. It wasn’t until 2013 that SpeakEasy was founded and purchased 290 acres from the family farm.

With such a legacy behind them, there’s an undeniable passion that goes into all SpeakEasy operations. Geen expressed how at the end of high school, becoming a farmer was the last thing he wanted to do.

After planting his first quarter acre, he was “hooked,” and he couldn’t imagine working elsewhere.

That same passion is what drives employees to work at SpeakEasy; they understand that the founders have their back, and even though some staff might not be direct family members, they’ll be treated as such.