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Telling stories of the innovators and pioneers creating businesses in hemp in the U.S.
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Saturday Apr 11, 2020
Saturday Apr 11, 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:
www.ketsamusic.com
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 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:
www.ketsamusic.com
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 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
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Mar 15, 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:
www.ketsamusic.com
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
There is still so much to learn about CBD and the science behind the endocannabinoid system. This week Margo Vesely talks about her new platform - the Phyto Endo Connection Podcast and her line of CBD products under Daze. She is part of a growing network of woman owned business emerging in the hemp space.
Resources:
@dazebath
@phytoendoconnection
www.ketsamusic.com
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Hemp is one of the strongest fibers on earth and it's an incredible textile, but there's something new on the horizon. Hemp Black has created a new textile that uses micronized hemp biochar to make fabric. We have a conversation with Isabella Siravo and Heidi Tirjan to find out more about Hemp Black, how it's made, what an Airstream has to do with their marketing campaign, and why everyone should go out and buy a pair of Hemp Black yoga pants. As always please like, share and subscribe to the Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast to hear from more hemp entrepreneurs.
Resources:
www.ketsamusic.com
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
On this week of The Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast we have a conversation with Greg Wilson, CEO and Founder of Hempwood, an innovative startup manufacturing wood out of hemp. Over the last six years Greg has taken an idea and brought it to market to much fanfare. We discuss what it's like creating a new product, how he's created his supply chains from farming to shipping and what he's learned through the process. As always please like, share and subscribe to The Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast and check out the links below to find out more about Hempwood.
Resources:
www.ketsamusic.com
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
There's been a lot of innovation this year in the hemp space from harvesting equipment, dryers and genetics to product development. This week we have a conversation with Patrick Hyland and Nicole Foss of NeXtraction, a company that has developed a new extraction process using water. Their products are produced with little waste and environmental impact operating under a triple bottom line ideology. It's clean, safe and scalable. As always please like, share and subscribe to The Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast to hear from more entrepreneurs like Patrick and Nicole.
Resources:
Email: Patrick@nextraction.com
Website: www.nextraction.com
Instagram: @NeXtraction_inc
www.ketsamusic.com
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
If you look around you there's probably some sort of paper product within an arm's reach. Most of it is produced from trees and the paper mills that make it aren't that great for the environment. But hemp could change all of that.
On this week of The Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast we have a conversation with Erica Halverson of Tiny e Paper Company to discuss making hemp paper on a commercial scale and why it's not just a better quality paper, but it can also be produced without harmful chemicals and ultimately save millions of trees. As always please like, share and subscribe to The Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast to hear from more hemp entrepreneurs making waves in the hemp industry.
Resources:
www.ketsamusic.com
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
On this episode of The Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast we catch up with Riley Cote of BodyChek Wellness and The Hemp Heals Foundation. As a former professional hockey player for the Philadephia Flyers, Riley has been a huge advocate for cannabis in high contact sports after seeing the positive impacts it has had on his own life. It's been a busy year for him. He discusses his new media company and a new partnership with a Pennsylvania university. Please like, share and subscribe to The Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast and stay tuned for new episodes in 2020!
Resources:
https://www.bodychekwellness.com
https://hemphealsfoundation.com
www.ketsamusic.com