# Lex Corwin

> Lex Corwin is the Los Angeles-based founder and CEO of Stone Road, a queer-led cannabis company whose identity joins affordable products, editorial-minded design and cultivation on a 57-acre off-grid farm near Nevada City, California. Raised in New York City, he learned organic farming during a high-school semester in rural Vermont, studied at Lewis & Clark College in Portland and worked across cultivation, manufacturing and distribution before starting Stone Road in 2016 at age 23.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Stone Road
- **Organizations:** Stone Road, California Cannabis Industry Association
- **From:** New York City, United States
- **Education:** Lewis & Clark College
- **Known for:** Built Stone Road from a California medical-market operation into a brand reported in more than 400 retail outlets across four states by 2023., Developed a 57-acre off-grid farm using solar power, artesian-well water, living soil, composting and beneficial insects while cultivating on less than one acre., Reported nearly $5 million in 2022 sales across in-state and out-of-state operations with a two-person full-time leadership team.

## Career timeline

- **circa 2009** — After a junior-year semester at a working farm in rural Vermont, Corwin began growing cannabis as a teenager on a Connecticut property located on Stone Road.
- **2011-2015** — Attended Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon; participated in tennis and student media activities and worked around the legal cannabis trade.
- **2016** — Founded Stone Road at age 23 and purchased the off-grid Northern California farm that became the company’s cultivation base.
- **2018** — Shifted Stone Road toward a co-packing model after California’s regulated tracking system changed the operating framework.
- **2021** — Stone Road completed its first fully legal harvest from its Nevada City farm after a multi-year county licensing and buildout process.
- **2022-2023** — Expanded branded products across California, Oklahoma, Massachusetts and Michigan while reporting more than 400 retail outlets.
- **2024** — Appeared in interviews about lean multi-state expansion, year-round queer inclusion and a consumer-brand collaboration with Ricki Lake.
- **2025** — Continued describing Stone Road’s hands-on cultivation, small-team operating model and farm-derived brand identity in a new founder interview.

## Achievements

- Built Stone Road from a California medical-market operation into a brand reported in more than 400 retail outlets across four states by 2023.
- Developed a 57-acre off-grid farm using solar power, artesian-well water, living soil, composting and beneficial insects while cultivating on less than one acre.
- Reported nearly $5 million in 2022 sales across in-state and out-of-state operations with a two-person full-time leadership team.
- Completed Stone Road’s first fully legal farm harvest in 2021 after a multi-year licensing and buildout process.
- Made queer representation and inclusive campaign imagery a continuing part of Stone Road’s brand identity.
- Expanded Stone Road through local manufacturing and distribution partnerships while keeping the core team lean.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — High There published an extended interview in which Corwin discussed Stone Road’s farm-derived branding, non-spray cultivation, small-team model and hands-on quality control.
- **2024-12** — Corwin appeared on Let’s Be Blunt with Montel to discuss Stone Road’s design-forward positioning, multi-state retail presence, sustainability and inclusive branding.
- **2024-11** — Corwin and Ricki Lake discussed their new consumer-brand collaboration and the role of authenticity in building an audience on the Luxury Meets podcast.
- **2024-06** — Corwin and Stone Road COO Sabrina Wheeler discussed inclusion, sustainability, multi-state expansion and the Queer All Year campaign on This Is Supercritical.
- **2024-01** — Corwin spoke publicly about retailer nonpayment and the cash-flow risks facing independent California cannabis brands.

## Links

- Website: https://stoneroad.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lex-corwin
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stoneroadfarms/

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Last updated: 2026-08-26