Recap: The 2026 Seed Talent Budtender’s Choice Awards Illinois

Origins: The Seed Talent Budtender’s Choice Awards The Budtender’s Choice Awards, curated annually by Seed Talent, celebrates the retail professionals, brands, and products shaping the future of cannabis.  More than an awards program, this event reflects our commitment to elevating the voices of the frontline experts who drive meaningful customer experiences and influence purchasing decisions […]

Seed Talent presents the Top Trained Dispensaries of 2025

Budtender education is the foundation of great cannabis retail. Seed Talent celebrates dispensaries that prioritize staff training, empower budtenders with product knowledge, and set a higher standard for customer experience across the industry.

Breaking the Grass Ceiling at MJBizCon

How Investing in Budtenders Reshapes Customer Experience One budtender’s first trip to MJBizCon with Seed Talent shows why education, access and opportunity are the real drivers of loyalty, retention and trust.  If cannabis wants to call itself a world-class industry, the customer experience must match. That experience begins with the the budtenders – the frontline […]

The 2025 Seed Talent Budtender’s Choice Awards – Chicago, IL

Origins: The Seed Talent Budtender’s Choice Awards An unforgettable gathering of Illinois’ top-trained budtenders and the state’s most celebrated cannabis brands. Seed Talent curates the Illinois Budtender’s Choice Awards each year as our way to celebrate the industry professionals who take their education seriously – resulting in better customer/patient outcomes at retail & better brand […]

Seed Talent presents the Top Trained Dispensaries of 2024

Seed Talent celebrates the most highly trained cannabis retail teams in the nation! These top-performing dispensaries have embraced the power of education, achieving remarkable milestones in staff training and setting new standards for the industry.

Seed Talent x Abstrax Tech: Partners in Terpene Education & Cannabis Science

As the top learning and performance management system in cannabis, Seed Talent is proud to partner with Abstrax Tech, the pioneering leader in the world of botanical flavor technology and terpene research.  Want to find out how you can access the Abstrax community on Seed Talent with over 4+ hours of terpene education? Read on […]

How to Define & Implement Operational KPIs

Driving Dispensary Growth At Seed Talent, we’re driven to improve cannabis retail as a whole—for store owners, brand owners, and employees. That’s why we’re continually adding features to our robust learning management system software to track crucial analytics, improve training for utmost success, and, most importantly, increase sales.  Today, we’re excited to announce the launch […]

A Recap of the 2024 Seed Talent Illinois Budtender’s Choice Awards

Origins: The Seed Talent Budtender’s Choice Awards A one-of-a-kind consumption celebration for Seed Talent’s top-trained budtenders and Illinois’ best-voted brands! Following a successful event last year, Seed Talent curated a more focused version of the Illinois Budtender’s Choice Awards 2024. The event hinges on a mission to give a voice to the thousands of budtenders […]