Ron Strider
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The West Virginia Farmers Cooperative welcomed a number of volunteers and interested people from five states to the Old Sweet Springs Resort in Monroe County Aug. 25 to help harvest hemp and to learn more about its uses.
The project was led by Don Smith II, founder, and J. Morgan Leach, CEO, of the West Virginia Hemp Farmers Cooperative (WVHFC).
This was only the second year of legal hemp cultivation in West Virginia since World War II, under a license from the West Virginia Department of Agriculture’s Industrial Hemp Pilot Program.
Smith, licensed hemp farmer and president of the cooperative, planted a test plot on the property owned by the Sweet Springs Resort Park Foundation in June. The old hotel property was partly designed by Thomas Jefferson, who himself was a hemp farmer.
All parts of the hemp plant are usable to produce many different products. The plants harvested on the property now managed by the Sweet Springs Resort Park Foundation, a public nonprofit organization, will be used for various projects, including research.
The Old Sweet Springs Hotel came to fame in the late 1700s and early 1800s for its reported healing waters and attracted patrons from across the country and abroad. It is believed to possibly be America’s oldest standing resort. Buildings on the property date from the late 1700s through the mid-1800s.
Patrons would make the trip to the area by train, coach, horseback, buggy and any other means possible. Many doctors from that time believed that the area’s spring water possessed cures for everything from acne to tuberculosis. It is still regarded by many to have medicinal qualities.
According to Smith, “This first crop grown at the Sweet Springs site was outstanding and promises to create another exciting new business on this old resort property and help to diversify West Virginia’s economy with a new cash crop.”
Only part of the crop from this site was harvested during the visit to Sweet Springs; the rest will be harvested soon.
There are currently 14 licensed holders who can harvest industrial hemp as members of the West Virginia Hemp Farmers Cooperative Inc. If you are interested in learning more about growing hemp in West Virginia, visit wvhemp.org or follow on Facebook at WV Hemp.
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The project was led by Don Smith II, founder, and J. Morgan Leach, CEO, of the West Virginia Hemp Farmers Cooperative (WVHFC).
This was only the second year of legal hemp cultivation in West Virginia since World War II, under a license from the West Virginia Department of Agriculture’s Industrial Hemp Pilot Program.
Smith, licensed hemp farmer and president of the cooperative, planted a test plot on the property owned by the Sweet Springs Resort Park Foundation in June. The old hotel property was partly designed by Thomas Jefferson, who himself was a hemp farmer.
All parts of the hemp plant are usable to produce many different products. The plants harvested on the property now managed by the Sweet Springs Resort Park Foundation, a public nonprofit organization, will be used for various projects, including research.
The Old Sweet Springs Hotel came to fame in the late 1700s and early 1800s for its reported healing waters and attracted patrons from across the country and abroad. It is believed to possibly be America’s oldest standing resort. Buildings on the property date from the late 1700s through the mid-1800s.
Patrons would make the trip to the area by train, coach, horseback, buggy and any other means possible. Many doctors from that time believed that the area’s spring water possessed cures for everything from acne to tuberculosis. It is still regarded by many to have medicinal qualities.
According to Smith, “This first crop grown at the Sweet Springs site was outstanding and promises to create another exciting new business on this old resort property and help to diversify West Virginia’s economy with a new cash crop.”
Only part of the crop from this site was harvested during the visit to Sweet Springs; the rest will be harvested soon.
There are currently 14 licensed holders who can harvest industrial hemp as members of the West Virginia Hemp Farmers Cooperative Inc. If you are interested in learning more about growing hemp in West Virginia, visit wvhemp.org or follow on Facebook at WV Hemp.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Hemp harvest brings back history | News | register-herald.com
Author: WEST VIRGINIA HEMP FARMERS COOPERATIVE
Contact: Contact Us | Site | register-herald.com
Photo Credit: WEST VIRGINIA HEMP FARMERS COOPERATIVE
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