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Business Journals
24-04-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Goodland Extracts eyes 16-state distribution for THC-infused sodas
By submitting your information you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and User Agreement . Join the Milwaukee Business Journal to unlock even more insights! Its THC-infused sodas are already available in 650 locations in Wisconsin alone. The business plans to have its soda products in 16 states by the end of 2025. AT A GLANCE Milwaukee-based Goodland Extracts plans to expand distribution of its THC-infused soda products from seven to 16 states by the end of 2025. The company's Cherry Pie High Soda won Best in Show in a national competition. Cherry Pie High has been on the market for about a year and was previously recognized with another competition win. GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY Find Local Events Near You Connect with a community of local professionals. Explore All Events Goodland Extracts plans to grow distribution nationally of its line of THC-infused sodas. The Milwaukee-based industrial hemp processor plans to increase distribution of its beverages from seven to 16 states by the year's end, said Ryan Pattee, CEO of Goodland Extracts. Its THC-infused sodas are already available in 650 locations in Wisconsin alone, including Total Wine, Festival Foods and Woodman's, Pattee said. Goodland Extracts works with Badger Liquor to distribute in Wisconsin. Nationwide, the beverages are sold in about 2,000 locations, including stores, bars, restaurants and coffee shops, with states beyond Wisconsin coming online in December 2024. Goodland Extracts products are also available in stores in Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina and South Carolina. The business soon expects to launch its THC-infused soda line in Oklahoma and Missouri, with plans in the coming months to distribute in Florida, Texas, New York, Illinois, Kentucky, Georgia and Arizona, Pattee said. The expansion plans are bolstered by recent recognition at the 2025 High Spirits Awards with a Best in Show win for Goodland Extracts' Cherry Pie High Soda, a Delta 9-infused beverage. Cherry Pie High has been on the market for about a year and combines THC distillate with natural botanicals and sparkling water, according to a press release. Pattee said the soda has a unique and complex flavor. 'You get like a burst of cherry up front but then can taste the cherry pie filling, the vanilla and the crust. The crust is so unique that you can taste it,' Pattee said in an interview. Produced by L.A. Spirits Awards LLC, the High Spirits competition uses a blind taste test format that evaluates taste, aroma and overall experience, according to Goodland Extracts. A panel of sommeliers, mixologists and cannabis industry professionals serve as judges. The competition pitted more than 200 of the nation's leading THC-infused beverage brands against each other in 12 categories, Pattee said. It was Goodland Extracts' first time entering the competition, which is in its second year, Pattee said. Several of the company's other THC-infused products were also recognized in the High Spirits competition. This is not the first win for Cherry Pie High, which also picked up a gold medal in the America's Best Spirits competition in December, Pattee said. In addition to its beverages, Goodland Extracts produces tinctures, topicals and gummies. Largest Milwaukee-area Food and Beverage manufacturers Total local employees Rank Prior Rank Business name 1 1 Molson Coors LLC 2 2 Smithfield Foods 3 5 Palermo Villa Inc. dba Palermo's Pizza View this list
BBC News
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Visually impaired theatre group in Suffolk creates radio station play
An amateur theatre group for people who are visually impaired has a new production set in a fictional local radio on Air is the story of Radio Bardwell in Ipswich during the 1970s, written and directed by Emma Bernard, who leads the High Spirits group run by Cohere said: "The cast respond incredibly well to direction because they are such good listeners."They are training their ears all the time to negotiate the world and therefore as actors they're really paying attention like mad to what other actors are saying, what the director is saying." The group started as part of Unscene Suffolk but was taken over by Cohere Arts two years ago and renamed High Carolyn Allum said: "You've got practical problems getting on and off stage, so the staging is quite simple and always the same. "In rehearsals if something is slightly moved it can cause utter chaos."We have audio recordings to learn scripts, or large print for some people. "When people are casting us, they might be thinking people with a little bit more vision might be able to support others who have none, so there's lots of sneaky little ways of allowing us to manage." In the show, Clare Burman plays new DJ Lou Steele, whose appointment disrupts the male-dominated status quo at Radio Bardwell."I've always listened to radio," she said. "My family always had it on, particularly at weekends, we weren't allowed to watch television at all."I think all of us [in the group] have gained a lot of confidence and even practical things like spatial awareness and physicality. "We're like a family, we've got similar experiences so we don't need to explain our sight loss too much."We come together as a group with shared understanding and I don't think that impact can be underestimated." Ms Bernard added: "Theatre is about creating empathy and getting people to understand the world from other people's point of view. "The last thing we want is for people with any kind of disability to be outside of that and to be invisible to the able-bodied world. "The more we share this world together, the more we are in the same spaces and doing the same things and noticing each other, the better our society." Living on Air is at the Sir John Mills Theatre, Ipswich, with performances at 14:30 and 19:30 BST on Saturday 12 April and 14:30 on Sunday 13 April. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
