As Kentucky natives, we recognized the vital role hemp played in growing Kentucky’s early economy and its potential to be a agricultural and economic driver for the state today. In October 2014, following the first year of legal pilot projects in Kentucky under the Farm Bill, we launched the Kentucky Hempsters platform with a goal of inspiring the re-emerging hemp industry through education, advocacy, community outreach and creative content.
Based in Lexington and Central Kentucky, we primarily (1) host, participate, and speak providing hemp education at events, (2) create educational and promotional materials for industry partners and our online platforms, (3) grow demonstration hemp plots and facilitate the Heritage Hemp Trail in the counties and historic locations once renowned for hemp production, and (4) collaborate on projects that aim to promote and advance the hemp industry through education and outreach.
We're proud to have had the opportunity to advocate for the federal legalization of industrial hemp. In March 2018, we were invited to attend a private roundtable in Frankfort with Senator Mitch McConnell, followed by a press conference where he announced his intent to introduce the Hemp Farming Act of 2018. The bill would remove hemp from the list of controlled substances, and legalize production nationwide. The following Summer, McConnell secured the Hemp Farming Act in the 2018 Farm Bill, which was passed into law on December 20th, 2018. After nearly half a century of hemp prohibition, hemp in now federally legal in the United States. Co-founder, Alyssa Erickson, was quoted in Senator McConnell's press release announcing the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill in the Senate.
Company Details
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Lexington, Kentucky 40502, Us
- Industry
- Farming
- NAICS
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Crop ProductionOilseed and Grain FarmingVegetable and Melon FarmingFruit and Tree Nut FarmingGreenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture ProductionOther Crop FarmingSoybean FarmingOilseed (except Soybean) FarmingDry Pea and Bean FarmingWheat FarmingCorn FarmingRice FarmingOther Grain FarmingOrange GrovesCitrus (except Orange) GrovesNoncitrus Fruit and Tree Nut FarmingFood Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Floriculture ProductionTobacco FarmingCotton FarmingSugarcane FarmingHay FarmingAll Other Crop FarmingOilseed and Grain Combination FarmingAll Other Grain FarmingPotato FarmingOther Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon FarmingApple OrchardsGrape VineyardsStrawberry FarmingBerry (except Strawberry) FarmingTree Nut FarmingFruit and Tree Nut Combination FarmingOther Noncitrus Fruit FarmingMushroom ProductionOther Food Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Tree ProductionFloriculture ProductionSugar Beet FarmingPeanut FarmingAll Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming
- Website
- kyhempsters.com
- Keywords
- Industrial Hemp and Hemp.
- HQ
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Competitors
- Ohio State Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership (ACEL), Fresh Start Growers' Supply, Kentucky Hemp Association (KYHA), PureOH, NeighborGoods, Kentucky Cannabis Group, Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis, Clear Mindz LLC, Sycamore Ridge Farm LLC, one.two.five Benefit Corporation.
Kentucky Hempsters Questions
Kentucky Hempsters's website is kyhempsters.com
Kentucky Hempsters's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/kyhempsters
Kentucky Hempsters's industry is
Farming
Kentucky Hempsters's top competitors are
Ohio State Department Of Agricultural Communication, Education, And Leadership (Acel),
Fresh Start Growers' Supply,
Kentucky Hemp Association (Kyha),
Pureoh,
Neighborgoods,
Kentucky Cannabis Group,
Kentucky Office Of Medical Cannabis,
Clear Mindz Llc,
Sycamore Ridge Farm Llc,
One.two.five Benefit Corporation.
Kentucky Hempsters's categories are Farming
Kentucky Hempsters's founding year is 2014
