89 points out of 100
Spring/Summer, 2023
Price: $65/eighth
Missouri serves up some legitimately strong GMO Cookies—the infamous cross of GSC and Chemdog. What the nugs from Flora Farms lacked in size, they made up for in pungency. The Fresh Karma dispensary in Kansas City let us smell every bag in the shop, and Flora Farms’ GMO stood out for its savory, biting, stinky goodness. Flora Farms’ owners include a Kansas City native, with team members that apply Colorado grow know-how to their 30,000-plant facility. GMO was voted Missouri’s Best Cultivar of the Year and now Best in Show, according to 2023’s Coolest Things Made in the Ozarks.
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