At a glance
Kiva Confections is a family-owned California edibles company founded in 2010 by Scott Palmer and Kristi Knoblich Palmer. What began with chocolate bars made in their home kitchen became a portfolio spanning Kiva Bars, Terra Bites, Petra mints, Camino gummies and Lost Farm strain-specific chews and gummies. The company now employs more than 400 people and distributes through licensed partners across numerous U.S. markets.
Founders and home-kitchen origin
Scott and Kristi Palmer started Kiva after visiting a local chocolatier and deciding California’s medical-edibles market needed better flavor, packaging and dose consistency. They developed the first bars from a home kitchen in 2010. Kristi’s current company history describes years of direct sales, packaging work and production problem-solving behind the polished brand.
Scott has served as co-founder and chief executive, while Kristi is co-founder and a leading brand and policy voice. Kiva remains described by the company as family-owned.
The original Kiva chocolate bar
Kiva Bars use cacao and solventless cold-water hash and now span milk, dark, flavored, CBD-ratio, CBN and market-specific high-dose versions. The bar is the origin product and represents the clearest continuity with the founders’ chocolatier inspiration.
Flavor and cannabinoid strength vary by state. A product-grid entry is not a promise that the same formulation exists nationally.
Terra and Petra
Terra Bites launched in 2014 as chocolate-covered pieces made through a multi-hour panning process. Current flavors include Blueberry, Espresso Bean, Sea Salt Caramel and selected cannabinoid-ratio versions. Petra is the portable mint line, positioned around small individual servings in flavors such as Moroccan Mint, Pineapple and Blackberry CBN.
These are distinct formats inside the Kiva house. Terra is not a renamed Kiva Bar, and Petra’s serving should not be inferred from chocolate packaging.
Camino gummies
Camino organizes gummies and chews by flavor, cannabinoid combination and occasion. The catalog includes standard, sour and higher-dose lines, plus formulas using CBD, CBN, CBG or THCV alongside THC where permitted. Product names reference desired moods, but those names are positioning rather than guaranteed medical outcomes.
The site also promotes Camino delivery in more than 20 states. That direct-shipping offer must be distinguished from state-regulated dispensary cannabis and verified at checkout for local hemp rules.
Lost Farm and strain-specific inputs
Lost Farm launched in 2020 with plant-based fruit chews and gummies infused with strain-specific live resin and later added solventless live rosin. Current products pair named cultivars with flavors and include gummies, chews and selected vape formats. Kiva says flower is flash-frozen soon after harvest before extraction.
Live resin and live rosin are different extraction routes. Cultivar, farm, extract and finished-edible batch should remain visible in connected product records.
Testing and dose controls
Kiva says every batch receives a state-compliant certificate of analysis covering applicable standards, including potency and contaminant testing. Retailers can provide the COA, or consumers can request it using product, flavor and batch number. Packages display cannabinoid amounts and serving information under local rules.
Testing is jurisdiction-specific. The strongest evidence is the COA matching the exact package, not a general reputation for consistency.
Where Kiva is sold
The current locator lists licensed retail availability in California, Arizona, Nevada, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Missouri, New Mexico and Florida. Earlier FAQ pages name fewer states, reflecting expansion over time rather than a contradiction.
Kiva also announced a Canadian partnership in 2022. Availability, portfolio and dose vary, so the live locator and local retailer menu should control.
Documented awards
Kiva reported six 2020 Clio Cannabis awards: a Grand for the Turkey Gravy campaign; Silvers for Camino packaging, Lost Farm identity and the Hashterpiece video; Bronzes for the Kiva Bars redesign and an Outside Lands activation. Clio’s archive confirms Camino’s 2020 Silver for packaging design.
These are marketing, design and activation honors—not blinded product-tasting awards. The page preserves the award type rather than presenting all six as proof of flavor or potency.
What makes the portfolio coherent. Kiva’s achievement is not simply adding SKUs. Each sub-brand owns a format and use case: chocolate bars, panned bites, low-dose mints, fruit gummies and strain-specific live-resin or rosin edibles. That architecture lets the parent expand while keeping product differences legible.
A complete gallery should connect relevant products, stores, articles, jobs, events and press while retaining sub-brand, state and extract distinctions. The reliable profile combines the Palmers’ history, current catalog, batch testing, live locator and exact award ledger.