Hemp Barons

Margaret MacKenzie's family realized hemp was a way to revitalize their western Colorado farm. She talks to Joy Beckerman about using traditional growing techniques to improve their crops quality and yield. Methods like rotating their cattle herd through their fields to fertilize and till the soil and welcoming the naturally occurring ecosystem of crop cover to protect their crops are just some of the things they do to ensure that their harvests are abundant. She also talks about managing their two brands; Salt Creek Hemp and Eleven Acres Hemp.

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Tonia Farman's years working for non-profits prepared her for when she joined her husband to launch their hemp food company. Understanding how to collaborate with the other industry stakeholders has been an essential tool that she's used to establish Queen of Hearts as a premiere hemp food company. Tonia speaks with Joy Beckerman about the challenges they've had to overcoming to get hemp foods accepted for both human and animal consumption.

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Ed Lehrburger is a hemp pioneer with decades of experience; the innovations his company, Pure Vision Technology have developed have expanded the hemp industry. Ed speaks to Joy Beckerman about continuous countercurrent reactor (CCR), their patented technology that breaks down plants into three fractions. The three fractions are necessary for every imaginable hemp product including fuel. Ed shares his plans to create hemp refineries.

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Paul Benhain's passion for hemp was inspired by many experiences in his youth, having traveled to many pristine places in the world and seeing first-hand how our modern use of waste (such as plastics) were doing harm to our natural environment.

His hemp career began in 1993 in the UK when he created a nutritional bar made with hemp. This led him to found the industry-leading brand Hemp Foods Australia, which continues to introduce the highest quality of hemp food products available. Paul has pioneered the development of many other products made from hemp and has shared many of his findings in 6 books.

Paul speaks to Joy Beckerman about Elixinol, a Colorado based company that he founded. He discusses theirs products, their global expansion and their transition into other hemp verticals.

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Andy Bish grew up working in the agricultural equipment business that his grandfather formed in 1976. Applying the Bish Enterprises Mission to help solve complicated issues farmers face with easy, inexpensive solutions Andy formed Hemp Harvest Works. He talks to Joy Beckerman about the hemp industries equipment needs. He also talks about some of the challenges that the industry faces even within his home state Nebraska.

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