About Us
Who We Grow For
You work long shifts. You've got kids, bills, and a to-do list that never ends. When you finally get a minute to yourself, you shouldn't have to choose between paying too much for legal cannabis and gambling on something cheap you know nothing about.
We get it, because we live it too.
Our Story
I'm Steve Halton, a fifth-generation farmer from Madison County, New York. I've raised kids on a farmer's paycheck, lost nearly everything, and rebuilt from the ground up. Through all of it, this plant was the one thing I knew how to do right.
I started growing hemp in 2018, brought New York its first hemp decorticator, and became one of the state's original adult-use cultivators. When small farmers got squeezed, I stood up for them as a co-founder and Vice President of the Cannabis Farmers Alliance. Real Life Botanicals is what came next: cannabis grown by working people, for working people.
Our Promise
Every Real Life Botanicals product is grown by New York farmers who do the work right. From flower and pre-rolls to vapes, edibles, hash, rosin and concentrates, every batch is lab-tested, and we label it straight. There are no middlemen and no mystery, just real people you can actually put a face to.
You're paying for the plant, not the packaging. No hype, no markup, no paying extra for a fancy jar. We put out affordable New York cannabis I'd give my own family, at a price that works for real life. You work hard, and you shouldn't have to settle.
Merch: Coming Soon
Five Generations Hoodie
The barn, the moon and five generations of Madison County farming, on a black hoodie. Coming soon.
Plant, Not the Packaging Tee: $45
You're paying for the plant, not the packaging. Our promise, on a black tee. Coming soon.
Upstate Grown Tee: $45
Upstate grown, downstate known. From the farm to the five boroughs, on a black tee. Coming soon.