Pennsylvania Hemp, Cover Crops, HempTrain, & MMJ
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This week\\u2019s podcast is the Steve Groff episode. Not only do we talk to cover crop pioneer Steve Groff from Cedar Meadow Farm in Holtwood, Lancaster County, where he\\u2019s growing hemp and launching a brand of CBD products for people and pets, but we also check back in with Dr. Steve Groff from Groff North America and Wyndridge Farm in York County.
Farmer Steve Groff explains how he is prepping his fields for this year\\u2019s growing season, what kinds of cover crops work best for hemp production, and what it\'s been like to launch his own line of CBD products.
And then Dr. Steve Groff gives us an update on the HempTrain processing machine \\u2013 the first of it\\u2019s kind in the US \\u2013 and how they\\u2019ve moved the machine to Belleville, Pennsylvania, where they are working with a company called MKB that specializes in handling biomass. Groff also talks about his work in cannabinoid therapy and medical marijuana.
Plus hemp news nuggets and a few more details about the upcoming Lancaster Farming Hemp road Trip planned for this summer.
Links!
Cover Crop Coach Steve Groff
Groff North America
Groff Health
Wyndridge Farm
New Nuggets
Idaho Gov. signs bill allowing growing, transport of hemp
\\u2018Hemp train\\u2019 leaves Fresno for Denver, first legal railroad shipment to cross state lines in 84 years
Paid to grow hemp? Biden\\u2019s proposed carbon bank has industry intrigued
https://hempindustrydaily.com/bidens-proposed-carbon-bank-intrigues-hemp-industry
Penn State Extension Hemp Webinar, May 17
Thanks to our sponsor IND HEMP
Hemp Feed Coalition