“As the industry grew, I visited hemp businesses and farms across our state, including stops at State Senator Don Coram’s operation in Montrose and at Colorado Cultivars in Eaton. Each visit underscored the crop’s versatility and potential. Coloradans were turning…
“The final 2018 Farm Bill is expected to be voted on as early as next week. The bill would legalize hemp cultivation and could be a catalyst for explosive growth in a nascent industry that some forecast could top $20…
“In 2017, when Colorado Cultivars, a company that operates several industrial hemp farms, approached Pilon-Smits to ask if she was interested in analyzing hemp’s potential for cleaning up soil, she jumped at the chance.” – Rolling Stone
“Since 2014, when the U.S. Farm Bill legalized the growth of industrial hemp in states that regulated the crop, Damien Farris has been part of a rapidly growing industry in Colorado that is bringing farmers and cannabis enthusiasts into business…
“The legal status of hemp remains one of the more confusing and challenging issues in the politics of cannabis legalization. Never mind that the first-ever American flag was sewn with hemp and it had been a valuable crop for American…
“Nevertheless, industrial hemp—an environmentally friendly crop that can be used in everything from skin care products to clothing to construction materials—is still closely regulated by the government. The brewery sourced them from Colorado Cultivars, an organic hemp farm based in…
“Tucked away in the farm country around Eaton is the largest hemp farm in the United States. Colorado Cultivars has planted nearly 300 acres of the cash crop known not just for its CBD properties, but numerous commercial uses —…