May 23rd, 2020
This week we have a conversation with Steve Barron, owner of Margent Farm an innovative enterprise that is comprised of a research and development facility and space for collaboration and education. We will discuss his project, Flat House that was made from the hemp in his field and his new product - hemp fiber corrugated panels. We discuss his experience over the last four years growing hemp, creating products and what it's like to live in his new hemp home. We also discuss how his career as a filmmaker and director has influenced how he has approached his new business.
Resources:
https://www.margentfarm.com
www.ketsamusic.com
May 14th, 2020
Building a brand is about creating a story and both Freya & Melany Dobson, founders of Treaty - a premiere CBD company - have cultivated one from their own experiences in the Emerald Triangle and their backyard at Hudson Hemp. We discuss why Treaty is unique, their use of regenerative agriculture and native medicinals and what their process was in building their brand. Please like, share and subscribe to the Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast and check out Treaty and Hudson Hemp with the links provided below.
Resources:
https://www.hudsonhemp.com
https://ourtreaty.com
www.ketsamusic.com
May 2nd, 2020
Beer is one of the oldest beverages in the world. Brewers have experimented with a lot of different ingredients. This week we have a conversation with Joe Kalinosky, a master home brewer and beer judge to find out what it's like using hemp in beer. So sit back, listen and enjoy a brew.
April 24th, 2020
Henry Valles is a real estate agent in one of the nation's hottest markets; Austin, Texas. He represents a wave of entry into the industrial hemp industry of professionals from outside the typical hemp and cannabis enthusiast.
Henry shares with us his journey into industrial hemp, beginning with his founding of the Texas chapter of the Hemp Industries Association. Through this experience, he became passionate about building with hemp and helped to found the US Hemp Building Association, a new organization for the furthering of hemp building materials and hemp building advocacy here in the United States.
Valles is leading the charge for the USHBA's regional leadership program, due to roll out early next month with a digital webinar to introduce the program and the area leaders in your area. They will also have a pair of guest speakers from the Parsons Healthy Materials Lab, Jonsara Ruth and Allison Mears, to present their case for Healthy Building materials like hemp.
Resources:
https://healthymaterialslab.org
https://www.realtyaustin.com
https://www.ushba.org
https://nocohempexpo.com
www.ketsamusic.com
April 15th, 2020
Local, sustainable, AWESOME! That's the tag line of our next guest Josh Liedecker of Susquehanna Mills a manufacturer of cooking oil. He started with Canola and Sunflower and has been producing hemp oil for the last several years. In fact he was the first person to grow hemp in Pennsylvania. Growing hemp for grain can be challenging, but Josh offers up some great insight for those that are thinking of jumping into the hemp grain market. As always, please like, share and subscribe to The Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast to hear from more entrepreneurs in the hemp industry.
Resources:
https://susquehannamills.com
www.ketsamusic.com
April 11th, 2020
Transylvania may be known for beautiful forests, vampires and Dracula, but De Ionescu has just added the hemp suit. We have a conversation with Ionut Rus about his company and how they've come to create what may be the most organic and sustainably made suit in the world. You'll learn about his journey, why hemp is great for suits and what makes Romania the perfect place to create such a product. Please, like share and subscribe to the Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast.
Resources:
https://deionescu.com
www.ketsamusic.com
April 11th, 2020
There are some new hemp decorticators out there for the emerging hemp fiber market. Corbett Hefner, Vice President of Formation Ag discusses their new Fiber Track 660 and Genesis, two machines for the hemp fiber market. We discuss how they started manufacturing hemp processing equipment, where the industry is headed and what he's learned over the last 5 years of development. Please like, share and subscribe to the Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast to hear from more hemp entrepreneurs.
Resources:
https://formation-ag.com
www.ketsamusic.com
March 30th, 2020
This week we speak with Russ Crawford, a veteran hemp entrepreneur based in Calgary, Canada. He's president of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance and a consultant specializing in risk management, logistics and agriculture. He's part of the International Sustainable Building Systems Corporation that plans on building fiber processing in North America for many of the products created by Adaptavate, an innovator in hemp based building materials in the UK. We discuss the Canadian hemp industry and the emerging fiber markets in the U.S. and what it takes to build a value supply working from end use backwards.
Resources:
http://www.hemptrade.ca
www.ketsamusic.com
March 25th, 2020
There may not be anyone else more embedded in the hemp industry than our next guest. As chairman of the National Hemp Association and President of the Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council, Geoff Whaling was a key force in helping to get the 2018 Farm Bill passed and has spent the last decade educating people about the plant and its potential. But it's his entrepreneurial spirit and vision for his new venture, Collective Growth Corporation that he co-founded with former Canopy Growth executives that may just give the hemp industry the push it needs to establish itself in the U.S. So as always please like, share and subscribe to The Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast to hear more!
Resources:
https://nationalhempassociation.org
http://www.pahic.org
www.ketsamusic.com
March 15th, 2020
This week we revisit Tai Olson of U.S. Heritage Group and Dion Markgraaff of Hemp Technologies and the U.S. Hemp Builders Association to discuss the steps that are being made to get hemp-lime construction standards written under ASTM guidelines and approved by the International Code Council to make it easier for hemp-lime to be permitted anywhere in the U.S.
Resources:
https://www.astm.org
https://www.ushba.org
www.ketsamusic.com
