Khadija Tribble, a community activist, went through the hemp field in Maine with pruning shears and a bag attached on her hips in search of the best hemp plant that has robust foliage, enough flowers, and no bugs. She uses the bulbs to make tinctures and CBD oils for the seniors in her church.

Sheepscot General Farm is located in Whitefield, and it is the second hemp field in the United state accessible to the citizens. It is owned by Ben and Taryn Marcus who are also strawberry farmers. More so, they own a grocery store that doubles as a community center.

To get to the farm, Tribble had to travel for six hours from her home in Salem, Massachusetts. Khadija heard about the farm from friends, and being a firm believer in the hemp plant and its benefits; she immediately knew she had to visit.

After hemp was legalized in 2018 in the U.S, the couple decided to plant the crop. They secured a license to grow 7,000 plants on 3 acres of land.

To make sure that the hemp plant does not exceed the 0.3 percent legal threshold, The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry tests all the hemp in the licensed farms. Moreover, the hemp grown on Sheepscot is within the legal threshold as it has acceptable traces of THC.

When the flowers picked are dried, cured, and heated at the right temperatures, they are known to give 15-20 percent of CBD, which is used to treat anxiety, insomnia, and pain. At the beginning of this month, Ben and Taryn picked some of the first plants and are planning to sell at the wholesale market.

On Friday, the farm will be open from 2-7 p.m and a guide will be provided to help you pick the best hemp crop to harvest. It will also be open on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m to 1 p.m, with an additional class on tincture making on Sunday.

The farm sells the whole plant for $25 per pound, but if you only want branches, then you will pay $35 per pound. According to Ben, it is easy to grow the crop but time-consuming to harvest; therefore, pick-your-own is the best method for harvesting and selling.

A report released last week by New Frontier Data says that the number of issued hemp licenses has quadrupled since it was legalized for cultivation in December.

A national marijuana consulting firm, Brightfield Group, says that Americans are obsessed with CBD-infused products due to a popular belief that CBD helps ease ailments such as anxiety, pain, and depression. In 2018 alone, Americans spent $591 million on CBD products.

The crop has multiple purposes. For instance, builders can use the core for construction, the skin for insulation, and seeds for eating. However, most of the U.S citizens are interested in the CBD oil extracted from the flowers.

In Maine, hemp growers increased from just two farmers to 164 licensed farmers planting thousands of acres. However, it has not been a bed of roses because after the Farm Bill was passed, the Food and Drug Administration prohibited the production of cannabis-infused food.

Analysts believe that hemp industry players like Canopy Rivers Inc. (TSX: RIV) (OTC: CNPOF) and Earth Science Tech Inc. (OTCQB: ETST) must be very proud of farmers like Ben Marcus and his wife Taryn who have found a novel way to sell their hemp plants.

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