Posted on Sep 15, 2023
Apple picking season? In Colorado, you can pick your own hemp
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'Tis the season for apple picking. In Colorado, fall is also a time you can pick your own hemp.
A farm located a few hundred miles southwest of Denver is opening its harvest to the public this weekend, allowing people to take home their own cannabinoid-rich plants.
"It's like cutting your own Christmas tree," said Ryan Eakes, chief operating officer of Typhoon Farma. "We'll cut the plant for them and then we actually use a Christmas tree bagger."
Typhoon Farma, based in Montrose, sells its hemp flower to manufacturers that turn it into therapeutic oils, tinctures and edibles. The farm planted 70 acres this year.
'Tis the season for apple picking. In Colorado, fall is also a time you can pick your own hemp.
A farm located a few hundred miles southwest of Denver is opening its harvest to the public this weekend, allowing people to take home their own cannabinoid-rich plants.
"It's like cutting your own Christmas tree," said Ryan Eakes, chief operating officer of Typhoon Farma. "We'll cut the plant for them and then we actually use a Christmas tree bagger."
Typhoon Farma, based in Montrose, sells its hemp flower to manufacturers that turn it into therapeutic oils, tinctures and edibles. The farm planted 70 acres this year.
Apple picking season? In Colorado, you can pick your own hemp
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..."Eakes says his company's target market is overseas because current tightened regulations on cannabis sold in the U.S., including its lack of FDA approval on CBD, can make it difficult to run a profitable hemp farm.
But he's optimistic that increased awareness of hemp's benefits will make it easier for farms to grow and sell the plant domestically — starting with his company's educational efforts.
"I don't know many other farms that do this," Eakes said. "But we're like, 'Hey, come on in ask questions, we'll tell you anything you wanna know.' "
..."Eakes says his company's target market is overseas because current tightened regulations on cannabis sold in the U.S., including its lack of FDA approval on CBD, can make it difficult to run a profitable hemp farm.
But he's optimistic that increased awareness of hemp's benefits will make it easier for farms to grow and sell the plant domestically — starting with his company's educational efforts.
"I don't know many other farms that do this," Eakes said. "But we're like, 'Hey, come on in ask questions, we'll tell you anything you wanna know.' "
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