The Grow-Off cannabis competition is coming to Massachusetts, putting a spotlight on craft and small growers Updated May 07, 2:38 PM; Posted May 07, 2:38 PM Samantha Taylor and Jake Browne are bringing The Grow-Off cannabis competition to Massachusetts. Photo courtesy of The Grow-Off/Lisa Siciliano. Facebook Share For Jake Browne, bringing The Grow-Off cannabis competition to Massachusetts is a bit of a homecoming. Browne, who grew up in the Centerville part of Cape Cod, and fiancee Samantha Taylor in 2016 came up with the idea of having an equitable cannabis competition. Now, they bringing The Grow-Off to Massachusetts for the first time. What makes The Grow-Off different from other cannabis competitions is that results are judged by a third-party lab based on total terpenes and cannabinoids rather than determined by a panel of judges.