Bison Extracts Boot Strap Beginnings

by Rayne Graham

If you follow my Instagram account @Divine_Independence, you will know that I might have a little bit of an obsession with marshmallows. Okay, it is not little, but moving on. So, when I tell you that the moment a watermelon Bison Extract strain specific Cannabis gummy melted into my mouth like a marshmallow you know I am coming from a place of deep experience. Of course, there are so many other reasons to love this brand other than how amazing their edibles taste, but I would be amiss if I did not give nod to that very amazing fact.

One of those reasons being that the moment my eyes wondered to the packaging on the back I realized it had all the information I would ever need about the medicine I just took. We are talking strain name, cannabinoid percentage and breakdown, terpene percentage and breakdown, and of course nutritional information. I hate saying it, but it is hard to find all of that on packages of cannabis products these days.

I had the opportunity to speak with Necole Cantu, one part of the duo that created Bison Extracts, and I was living in a fan girl moment the entire time. The more she said, the more it aligned with how I felt about this brand from the moment I popped that gummy onto my taste buds. Necole and her partner Brandee Spillman started Bison by their bootstraps with no investors and have never regretted it.  Necole worked for DHS as a child abuse detective for 10 years and Brandee is an Army veteran that now owns her own Dental lab! Both of these inspiring women with big hearts wanted to be able to help the Oklahoma Cannabis community in a very holistic and medical way.

Even though they wanted to be in the cannabis industry of Oklahoma to help patients, they knew they didn’t want to own a dispensary. So, they reached out to Halo Cannabis in Washington and hired a consultant to help them get their brand rolling the right way. The first product to roll out was the THC infused transdermal patches.

“We really want to stick to medical; we will never have any of those gimmicky products that do not really have a medicinal factor.” – Necole

If you ask Necole, she will tell you that she is a huge believer in the Bison Fuel Syringe. Every product that is in their lineup is made from this oil and it is made by way of C02 extraction. Bison Extracts cares so much about their products and the people using them, Necole and Brandee have decided to be a craft cannabis brand. The farms they get their flower from to do the extracting are all handpicked and craft as well. This means more attention is paid to the plant and when it reached the Bison Extract facility it is shown that same amount of love and attention before it reached the consumer.

Just how craft is Bison Extract? There are only 5 employees running this epic brand, yes you read that right. 5! With only one man working for them, Necole was very proud to state that Bison is Female owned and operated. To be honest, that very much reflects in the way that this brand is dedicated to the medicinal craft of cannabis itself.

“We are never going to be the biggest company out there, but we pride ourselves in being craft.”

-Necole