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Hemp, Inc. Signs LOI to Purchase 3,000+ Kilos of CBD Crude & CBD Distillate from One World Pharma Inc.
LAS VEGAS, NV, Feb. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE – Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP) a global leader in the industrial hemp industry with bi-coastal processing centers, including the largest multipurpose industrial hemp processing facility in Spring Hope, NC, a state-of-the-art local processing center in Southern Oregon, a 500-acre hemp growing Veteran Village Kins Community in Golden Valley, Arizona, two model “Small Family Hemp Farms” in North Carolina and Arizona, and a pre-roll blending manufacturing facility in Las Vegas, NV, and The King of Hemp StoreTM, a 5,000 square-foot retail location in Kingman, Arizona, announced the execution of a Letter of Intent (LOI) between Hemp, Inc. (OTC Pink: HEMP) and One World Pharma Inc. (OWPC).
According to the LOI, Hemp Inc. will purchase 3,000 kilograms of CBD Crude and CBD Distillate every 3-4 months from One World Pharma Inc. (OWPC). The price per kilo will be based on the prevailing U.S. market price less mutually agreed volume discounts. Hemp, Inc. expects its price to be 30% below the U.S. wholesale market prices, at the time of purchase each month. The LOI sets forth a due diligence period and the shipment of a sample from Colombia to the United States.
“This is a highly competitive marketplace right now so our best course of action, in this sector, is to purchase CBD by the container load and resale it to other manufacturers,” says Bruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp, Inc. “Hemp, Inc. plans to launch its own direct to consumer CBD line to round out its direct to consumer hemp products. Our main focus here will be selling large quantities of CBD Distillate and CBD Crude to other manufacturers at very competitive prices. We’re positioning Hemp, Inc. as a major part of the supply chain for CBD… similar to us being part of the supply chain for hemp bioplastics as described in our press release on 9/12/19, Hemp, Inc. Featured in Plastics News Regarding Entry Into Hemp Bioplastics Industry to Help Fill Growing Demand for Eco-friendly Materials. We view the emerging hemp industry, not as one of competition, but one of ‘co-opetition’ – where we all work together as a unified cohesive organized whole as the new hemp industry emerges bringing with it a new economic paradigm.”
Perlowin continued, “Our strategy is to sell kilos of CBD Distillate and CBD Crude to the startup American entrepreneur entering the industry. The barriers of entry for these startups are having to buy a very expensive CBD extractor, build a clean room to house it in, and up to a year-long wait to get the machinery ordered, delivered, installed and tested. We now offer the perfect solution for startups to avoid these barriers to entrance in order to bring their products to market in a timely manner. We also expect to be a backup supply source for the already existing CBD manufacturers. With the worldwide popularity of CBD, one order could wipe out some of these large manufacturer’s entire supply of CBD Distillate and CBD Crude overnight. Hemp, Inc. plans to have a supply readily available for them creating an environment of ‘co-opetition’, as oppose to ‘competition’.
There is one small caveat here. Our price will be the same for one kilo as it will be for ten thousand kilos. There are no volume discounts. While we love working with the large manufacturers, we want to give the American startup entrepreneur the ability to be on an even playing field as the giants in the industry. In the same way we support the American small family farm, we now want to support the American startup entrepreneur in our industry.”
Those interested in purchasing CBD Distillate or CBD Crude from Hemp, Inc. should email cbdcrude@hempinc.com to join the waiting list. Once our first order comes through and it’s in the U.S., Hemp, Inc. will inform those on the waiting list.
"We are pleased to have our first U.S. based hemp CBD buyer and to establish our position as an international supplier of cannabis and hemp ingredients," said Brian Moore, President, One World Pharma. "We fully expect to continue to secure large scale buyers who want cannabis and hemp ingredients at a significant discount to the prevailing market pricing."
Hemp, Inc. is also fulfilling a $1 million dollar sales agreement for its DrillWall®, their proprietary kenaf-hemp blend natural Loss Circulation Material (LCM) product for the oil and gas well drilling industries out of its North Carolina plant. DrillWall® is a tested LCM made of kenaf and hemp cellulose. It includes milled products from kenaf and hemp that are made into oil drilling fluid additives and oil absorbents. For more info on DrillWall® click here and here. Those interested in this product can contact Sandra Williams, IHM’s Plant Manager, at swilliams@hempinc.com.
Hemp, Inc. is also finishing their bucking and trimming of approximately 100,000 pounds of Pre-98 OG Bubba Kush from its highly successful grow and harvest in Southern Oregon to be used in their King of HempTM pre-roll brand. We will, however, be selling 10 to 20% of these very high end hemp buds at a price of $500 per pound (no volume discount). Those interested should email flower@hempinc.com.
To see one-minute videos of Hemp, Inc.’s current activities, visit Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook page, where he shares daily posts of Hemp, Inc.’s activities around the country. PLEASE NOTE: Hemp, Inc.’s shareholders and the public can often find more detailed information about the company’s activities, on a daily basis, on Bruce Perlowin’s Facebook page. This serves as official notice of a rich source of company information available there. You can go to the Facebook page and literally scroll down and see at least 3 years and more, of posts and “watch” everything mentioned in the press releases, thus giving a true transparent view of Hemp, Inc.’s business activities.
As far as we know, Bruce Perlowin is the only CEO in the history of public companies who does video updates about their company on a daily basis, thus creating a level of transparency as well as exciting detailed information about the company than anyone else in the annals of history. This historical, behind the scenes, company information should be followed by all companies that want total transparency for their shareholders and the public.
WHAT IS HEMP, INC.?
What is Hemp, Inc.? With a deep-rooted social and environmental mission at its core, Hemp, Inc. seeks to build a business constituency for the American small farmer, the American veteran, and other groups experiencing the ever-increasing disparity between tapering income and soaring expenses. As a leader in the industrial hemp industry with ownership of the largest commercial multi-purpose industrial hemp processing facility in the western hemisphere, Hemp, Inc. believes there can be tangible benefits reaped from adhering to a corporate social responsibility plan.
HEMP, INC.’S TEN DIVISIONS
Hemp, Inc. has been helping to build the industrial hemp infrastructure that was basically non-existent in America. There are now ten divisions:
Division One – The Industrial Hemp Infrastructure
Division Two – The Hemp Farming Infrastructure
Division Three – The Hemp Extraction & Pre-Roll Blending Infrastructure
Division Four – The Hemp Educational Infrastructure
Division Five – The Hemp Marketing Infrastructure
Division Six – Accessories, Products and Services
Division Seven – Research and Development
Division Eight – Industrial Hemp Investments and Joint Ventures
Division Nine – Industrial Hemp Consulting
Division Ten – Educational Entertainment
Division One – The Industrial Hemp Infrastructure
The Industrial Hemp Infrastructure (Division One) currently consists of two hemp processing facilities across the country, with two more under development, which will include an in-house third party testing laboratory. The largest of the two is its multi-purpose industrial hemp processing facility and milling operation in Spring Hope, North Carolina. It’s the largest “industrial hemp processing center” in the western hemisphere and has grown to become one of the pre-eminent centers of the industrial hemp industry. The 85,000 square foot facility sits on 9-acres. It is environmentally sustainable and was built from the ground up in hopes of “Making America Hemp Again." With a patent pending manufacturing process, the North Carolina facility is operating full time to process millions of pounds of our unique kenaf-hemp blend, to manufacture all-green natural loss circulation material (LCMs), called DrillWall® that is to be sold to the oil and gas drilling industry, along with an all-green natural oil spill absorbent, a second industrial kenaf-hemp product called Spill-Be-Gone®.
In addition to the company’s industrial hemp processing facility in Spring Hope, North Carolina, Hemp, Inc. also has one of the most sophisticated local processing centers (LPC) in Medford, Oregon which focuses on hemp harvesting, drying, curing, trimming, bagging, storing, and in some cases selling high CBD hemp for local farmers and the Company’s own hemp grows in that area, and post processing for the CBD industry. The Company’s main focus is the “King of HempTM” pre-rolls and high CBD smokeable buds - a new phenomenon of smoking hemp which has caught the marketplace by storm.
Hemp, Inc. and their associates also have 4,500 acres of land in Golden Valley, Arizona (100 miles from Las Vegas, 20 miles north of Kingman, AZ). Out of the 4,500 acres of land, 500 acres are designated for the Veteran’s Village Kins Community (VVKC) for Arizona. Hemp, Inc. is preparing 80+ acres, of the 500 acres, for hemp cultivation. The company aims to boost the economies of these towns by offering affordable hemp processing services, which incentivizes local growers to add hemp to their crop rotation. The company is continuing to scout new locations for local processing centers in Florida, Kentucky, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, and several other states.
Thus far, Hemp, Inc.’s Local Processing Center (LPC) in Oregon has employed over 200 employees during its 2018 harvest season and over 300 employees during its 2019 harvest season to further support the infrastructure necessary for local and large scale farmers operating in the industrial hemp space.
Division One Products:
· DrillWall® (a loss circulation material)
· Spill-Be-Gone® (an oil spill cleanup product)
· Hemp bioplastics
Division Two – The Hemp Farming Infrastructure
The Hemp Farming Infrastructure (Division Two) consists of hundreds of acres of hemp and kenaf growing in multiple locations, farm equipment, cloning rooms, clones and seeds, grow rooms, greenhouses, hemp drying facilities and a huge amount of peripheral farming tools and equipment. The progress Hemp, Inc. has made in its agricultural endeavors, over the course of four years, has been amazing. The year 2020 marks the fifth year that Hemp, Inc. has been growing hemp. (To see Hemp, Inc.’s agricultural progress from 2016 through 2019, visit Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook page at www.facebook.com/kingofpot and scroll through posts from 2016 to the present. Visit www.hempincpresents.com to see the videos of Hemp, Inc.’s grows in multiple locations.)
Hemp, Inc. also has two “Small Family Hemp Farm” models. The “Small Family Hemp Farm” in North Carolina is situated on 12 acres and consists of a cloning room, a greenhouse, and enough land to grow 2,000-3,000 high CBD hemp plants. (This model farm can be seen on Bruce Perlowin's Facebook page, in the Aug. 22nd - 26th, 2018 posts.) The model shows farmers how to grow high CBD hemp plants, operate a greenhouse and turn a barn into a cloning room to earn up to $100,000+ a year. This shows an example of how the “Small Family Hemp Farm” can be duplicated and reappear onto the American landscape. After all, the original small family farms in America were able to survive economically by growing hemp as their main cash crop and the first five presidents of the United States were all hemp farmers.
Hemp, Inc.’s other “Small Family Hemp Farm” is located in Dolan Springs, Arizona. This “Small Family Hemp Farm” is referred to as “The Orchard” since it has a sizable organic orchard. There are: 2 acres on which hemp will be grown on; a cloning room; cold storage; and greenhouses that are currently being installed.
This year, according to Perlowin, the company is preparing to grow on up to 342 acres of land in Oregon, 300 acres in Arizona, hundreds of acres in North Carolina (a combination of hemp and kenaf), and an undetermined amount in other states. He says collective sales from all of these grows will be extremely significant in terms of pre-rolls, high CBD buds, distillate, isolate and biomass. “This year, we anticipate the main function of the company to be sales and marketing as we will have completed the infrastructure to support sales and marketing. Right now, I believe we have the largest footprint of bio-diverse hemp products with vertical integration in the hemp industry in America today. We are always looking for joint ventures where we have or can expand our footprint,” commented Perlowin.
Moreover, “A to Z” services for the farmers are available - from harvesting to drying, curing, bucking, machine trimming, hand trimming, bagging, storing, nitrogen sparging, and selling… creating a “one stop shop” for the small to large family farms.
Division Two Products:
· The King of Hemp® Pre-Roll Blends
· High premium CBD buds from the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon, North Carolina and Arizona
Hemp, Inc. will also be starting the Hempathon at the Veteran Village Kins Community in Arizona. Contestants will be able to grow 1 acre of hemp in a contest with other growers from around the country. Hemp, Inc. will provide land, water, security, and live streaming video coverage for participants. The Hempathon entry fee is $5,000 and a 50/50 revenue split. Several awards and prizes will be given to the winners. Those interested in signing up for the Hempathon should contact Devi Barnard dbarnard@hempinc.com.
Division Three – The Hemp Extraction & Pre-Roll Blending Infrastructure
The Hemp CBD Oil Extraction & Pre-Roll Blending Infrastructure (Division Three) originally consisted of a Supercritical C02 Extractor. After operating for over a year it has been determined that Hemp, Inc. will not be involved in the extraction industry and has changed its direction to focus primarily on The King of Hemp® pre-rolls and The King of Hemp® high CBD smokeable flower. The CBD oil that was extracted from the 2018 hemp grows in North Carolina has been made into pure crystalline CBD isolate which will add to our “King of HempTM” branded line of pre-rolls to take to the marketplace and a pre-roll fortified with pure crystalline CBD isolate.
In lieu of building its own extraction laboratories, Hemp, Inc. plans to utilize the facilities of other labs in the industry to manufacture its own line of CBD oil products while they continue to build and expand the infrastructure for pre-rolls and high CBD smokeable buds. The Company will hire or joint venture with other, already existing, labs to manufacture CBD, CBG, CBC, CBN, and other products in its future cannabinoid line. With 150 different cannabinoids, over 300 terpenes, and more of each being discovered almost monthly, the product range and possibilities in this area are endless.
Division Four – The Hemp Educational Infrastructure
The Hemp Educational Infrastructure (Division Four) includes Hemp, Inc.'s Hemp University which focuses on educating and empowering Hemp farmers and entrepreneurs with knowledge, processing, infrastructure, and support. The educational seminars, through the Hemp University, are held periodically and teach farmers and landowners how to create a profitable income stream by maximizing the per-acre crop revenue. Through this division, Hemp, Inc. has trained well over 500 farmers in its first two years by doing a total of nine Hemp University seminars in North Carolina and Oregon, thus far, which include:
The New Leaf Symposium and Golden Grow Awards Gala - January 26, 2020 (Jacksonville, Oregon)
“The New Leaf Symposium’s” focus was “Regeneration" to celebrate optimism and resilience in the industry, the power of the plant, and faith in the hemp-producing community. The event sold out with over 180 attendees. The feedback from attendees was overwhelmingly positive and the speakers were hailed as the best yet. The educational symposium concluded with the “Golden Grow Awards Gala”. The Golden Grow Awards Gala honored Oregon's top cultivars and put Oregon’s best farmers head-to-head for some of the most prestigious hemp-industry accolades. (See Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook post on 1/28/20 for a short video on this symposium.)
The Pre-Harvest Symposium – September 8, 2019 (Oregon)
“The Pre-Harvest Symposium” workshop at Southern Oregon University was expertly designed for both farmers and entrepreneurs of all experience levels, focused on harvesting, processing and profit channels within the hemp industry. The third edition of the Southern Oregon Hemp University brought an abundance of insight into innovations within the realm of harvesting and processing to the forefront. Additionally, the symposium touched on traditional practices in agriculture. (See Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook post on 9/9/19 for a short video on this symposium.)
Pre-Plant Support Workshop – May 4, 2019 (Oregon)
“The Pre-Plant Support Workshop” was an incredible success that filled the entire venue to capacity with attendees. In total, there were close to 200 attendees, including 20 vendors in attendance. The workshop was designed to help hemp farmers or those who are interested in the hemp industry learn the best pre-planting practices prior to the planting season. The Hemp University Pre-Planting Support Workshop was an interactive and informative workshop that covered the various details hemp farmers should know prior to planting in the 2019 season and beyond. (See Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook post on 5/9/19 for a short video on this workshop.)
The Hemp University Educational Seminar - March 23, 2019 (Oregon)
This was the first Hemp University held on the West Coast. The seminar provided attendees with a full day of networking, education, and support. The seminar helped others in the area who were interested in the hemp industry learn more about the “Industrial Hemp Revolution” and how this movement can not only transform Southern Oregon’s economy, but also revive family farms and small businesses in the surrounding areas. (See Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook post on 3/28/19 for a short video on this seminar.)
Growing Hemp for Profit – March 10, 2018 – (North Carolina)
The Hemp University’s first educational symposium event of 2018 entitled “Growing Hemp for Profit” took place on Saturday, March 10, 2018. Attendees learned from the University’s industrial hemp experts as they shared their lessons from their experiences in growing industrial hemp. “Growing Hemp for Profit,” which took place from 8:30am to 5 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn in Charlotte, North Carolina. (See Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook post on 3/17/18 for a short video on this symposium.)
Hemp Money Event: Economics, Lessons & Planning for 2018 – December 2, 2017 – (North Carolina)
The fifth most vital and anticipated educational symposium of the year was Hemp Money Event: Economics, Lessons & Planning for 2018. This symposium was held on Saturday, December 2, 2017 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Shrine Club (320 Airport Rd, Rocky Mount, NC 27804). Attendees learned the economics of growing industrial hemp for fiber, seeds, and CBD; learned about other master POD growers’ experiences and lessons; and, learned how to prepare for the 2018 industrial hemp growing season with a well-defined blueprint for success. (See Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook post on 12/23/17 for a short video on this symposium.)
The Hemp Oil Event: The Art and Science of CBD Oil – September 30, 2017 (North Carolina)
The Hemp Oil Event (The Art & Science of CBD Oil) was The Hemp University’s fourth symposium in North Carolina, held on Saturday, September 30, 2017 from 8:30am to 5:00pm at the Peachtree Hills Country Club, 3512 Peachtree Hills Road, Spring Hope, NC 27882. The symposium brought attendees up to speed on all business and scientific aspects of Industrial Hemp CBD cannabinoids by disseminating current, reliable information that continues to shape the revolutionary CBD market. Attendees also got a chance to go to Hemp, Inc.’s, then, 70,000 square foot multipurpose industrial hemp decortication facility for the first live public demonstration of its Supercritical CO2 Extraction System using North Carolina-grown CBD industrial hemp. Representatives from NuAxon Bioscience were also on-site to allow those interested in purchasing their own CBD extraction system. (See Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook post on 9/30/17 for a short video on this symposium.)
The Art and Science of CBD Greenhouse Growing – June 24, 2017 (North Carolina)
The 3rd Hemp University educational symposium held on June 24, 2017, focused on The Art and Science of CBD Greenhouse Growing. The educational symposium was held at Louisburg College in Louisburg, North Carolina. A team of experts engaged attendees through the greenhouse and indoor growing process from cultivation to harvest and from processing to distribution. Dr. Robert Bruck, Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science at Louisburg College, was The Hemp University’s special guest who lectured on soil microbiology during the symposium. Attendees were able to spend half of the course at Hemp, Inc.’s, then, 70,000 square-foot Industrial Hemp Hub, in a 3,000 square-foot cloning room. There, attendees had the opportunity to experience a more hands-on learning approach. (See Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook post on 6/30/17 for a short video on this symposium.)
Farming Hemp for Profit – April 29, 2017 (North Carolina)
Hemp, Inc.’s second, sold out, educational symposium (Farming HEMP for Profit™), through its Hemp University, was a phenomenal success. The symposium took place on Saturday, April 29, 2017, from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, at the Hampton Inn & Suites located at 3920 Arrow Drive, Raleigh, NC 27612 and drew over 100 attendees. The one-day educational symposium and tour of Hemp, Inc.’s, then, 70,000 square-foot multipurpose industrial hemp facility was an opportunity for landowners and farmers to learn how to apply real business building tactics with a “specific step-by-step blueprint” on how to grow, sell and profit from farming industrial hemp. This event accomplished its mission to help landowners and farmers add a new viable and profitable income stream by maximizing the per-acre crop revenue. (See Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook post on 4/30/17 for a short video on this symposium.)
Farming Hemp for ProfitTM – March 18, 2017 (North Carolina)
This was Hemp, Inc.’s first Hemp University symposium. The symposium was a sold out event and was a huge success with 100 attendees who rated the quality of information presented as excellent. The symposium took place on Saturday, March 18, 2017, from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, at Hemp, Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC, located at 1436 Highway 581 North, Spring Hope, North Carolina, 27882. The one-day educational symposium was an opportunity for landowners and farmers to receive a “specific step-by-step blueprint” on how to grow, sell and profit from farming industrial hemp by using real business tactics and principles, presented by industry experts. (See Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook posts on 3/18-19 and 3/21-26, 2019 for a short videos on this symposium.)
To listen to past Hemp University workshops, please visit hemp-university.teachable.com. Also visit https://www.hempincpresents.com to see highlights from Hemp, Inc.’s inaugural Hemp University held in North Carolina, which sold out in two weeks.
The Hemp University’s twelve online educational masterclasses are $10 each and each masterclass is under an hour in length. The online courses include lectures from industry leaders who have educated attendees at the Hemp University workshops in Oregon. These online masterclasses provide farmers who were either not able to attend the first Hemp University or who would like to revisit certain topics presented by the event speakers.
Those interested in attending, presenting or showcasing at Hemp, Inc.’s Hemp University, for Oregon, may contact Chris Tinney via email (ctinney@hempinc.com). For other states and to be part of our online courses, all experts in any aspect of the industrial hemp industry, contact Chris Tinney on (855) 554-6834 or via email at (ctinney@hempinc.com).
“Since The Hemp University’s initial launch with the educational symposium, the number of attendees has grown tremendously and it has been an overwhelming success, each time. The interactive, hands-on learning approach is invaluable. By learning in an interactive cohort format, students gain the necessary skills they need to immediately implement them on their farm or in their organization. It’s the perfect mix of quality instruction, relevant educational content and a high level of commitment, to ensure the educational success of each attendee,” said Perlowin.
Thus far, The Hemp University has helped transform the livelihoods of North Carolina and Oregon farmers transitioning from tobacco and other crops to industrial hemp by providing them with the tools and support needed to gain a foothold in this burgeoning industry.
Division Five – The Hemp Marketing Infrastructure
While marketing is a critical facet of any business operation for increasing revenues, Hemp, Inc. believes there must be a keen focus on the infrastructure first. The demand for CBD and hemp products is massive, some even say the demand is insatiable. In order to supply that type of volume/demand, there has to be a strong foundation or infrastructure in place. While Hemp, Inc. is poised to grow a rock solid Hemp Marketing Infrastructure, CEO Perlowin reminds us that this infrastructure has to be able to support a meteoric industry growth. The cannabidiol (CBD) market is on track to grow to $23.7 billion through 2023, according to the Brightfield Group. The firm also estimated the smokeable hemp market to be valued at $11.5 million in 2018, a growth of 250% from 2017. “This is why we focus on infrastructure, at the moment, more so than specific marketing activities,” says Perlowin. “Specific marketing activities aren’t the issue. The ability to grow, process and produce what the marketplace is demanding is the issue and hence the reason we focused on creating the infrastructure first.”
Late January 2020 the first King of Hemp StoreTM had a soft launch in Kingman, Arizona with a grand opening, red ribbon, lots of media coverage planned for early March 2020. This 5,000 square foot Wells Fargo bank building is in the heart of Old Town Kingman next to historic Route 66 and will showcase everything hemp, including Hemp Blue’s hemp denim jeans (www.hempblue.com).
The company has also recently joint-ventured with the retail store “Hemp Healthcare”, in Dolan Springs, Arizona, to sell high-end cannabidiol (CBD) and hemp-based products. “Hemp Healthcare” is home to an array of renowned CBD and hemp products, including Hemp, Inc.’s cosmetic and wellness line that includes shampoos, conditioners, lotions, candles and more. The retail storefront is conveniently located off Highway 93 in Arizona, in a highly trafficked tourist area. Specifically located on Pierce Ferry Road, “Hemp Healthcare” is next to “Dolan Station” – a location that welcomes numerous tour buses daily with visitors from around the world that stop there on trips to the Grand Canyon. On some days, up to 40 tour buses stop at this location, filled to the brim with tourists on their way to the Sky Walk at the western realm of the Grand Canyon.
A second health care store will be opened in 2020 at Gateway Station in Dolan Springs, Arizona on Highway 93 about a quarter of mile before the turn off to go the Sky Walk at the western realm of the Grand Canyon. Like Dolan Station, Gateway Station will have numerous tour buses. The store is set to sell shampoos, conditioners, lotions, candles and more.
Division Six – Accessories, Products and Services
Division Six focuses on the sale of hemp industry accessories such as the sale of extractors, harvesters, storage bags, containers, fertilizer, soil amendments, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, balers, greenhouses, and greenhouse equipment; the drying, trimming, curing, storing and brokering for other farmers harvesting hemp; and ultimately anything else a hemp farmer may need to be successful.
“What we found is that people are always looking for hundreds of items. New harvesting equipment, irrigation equipment of all kinds, soil amendments, organic soil fertilizers, organic pest control products, new extraction technologies and more,” said Perlowin. “As we expand this Division, we will strive to become the Amazon of the hemp industry.”
According to Perlowin, Hemp, Inc. is currently building out a new section of its website that will list all of the products. This information will be available in the next 30 days.
Division Seven – Research and Development
While Research and Development has been an integral part of Hemp, Inc. since day one, a more formal research and development project is planned after significant revenues are created. This division will then start and expand rapidly. The Company originally planned for Puerto Rico to be a research and development hub, but found the barrier to entrance was much too great and has therefore changed its position to focus its research and development division on states where hemp is already legal. Hemp, Inc. is proud to have been a pioneer and leader in the early stages of the hemp industry in America with our strategy to build infrastructure even before legalization occurred in a state such as what was done in North Carolina and Arizona.
According to Hemp, Inc.’s CEO, Bruce Perlowin, “Currently, it is now economically more advantageous to operate in a state that already has several years of legalization behind it and thus, further down the road, making it easier for hemp companies to thrive as we have done in North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada and especially Oregon. We’ve hit a grand slam in Oregon, so to speak, in our growing operations for 2 consecutive years. We may revisit Puerto Rico once they have straightened out their legal red tape, and their rules and regulations.”
Division Eight – Industrial Hemp Investments and Joint Ventures
Hemp, Inc. recently established the eighth division (Industrial Hemp Investments and Joint Ventures). Since the passing of the 2018 hemp bill, Hemp, Inc. has been flooded with inquiries of people who want to invest in the hemp industry but don’t know where to start. As the Avant-guard of the industrial hemp industry, Hemp, Inc. has put together numerous joint venture investment opportunities for the medium to large-scale investor. Those who are interested should email ir@hempinc.com. Multi-million dollar investors, and in some cases billionaires and billion dollar hedge funds, are aggressively trying to get into the hemp industry since the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill. Our joint venture agreements are that they put up the money and we put up the expertise in a 50/50 revenue share (after all the initial investment money is paid back first). This will save the large-scale hemp investor often two years and dozens of multi-million dollar mistakes that they “WILL” often make without an expert in the hemp industry. This is where Hemp, Inc.’s vast network of experts and resources in the industrial hemp industry come into play because this is something we can easily provide to those interested in entering this industry.
Division Nine – Industrial Hemp Consulting
Hemp, Inc.’s Industrial Hemp and Medical Marijuana Consulting Company (IHMMCC) was recently restructured as its ninth division and is now “Division Nine - Industrial Hemp Consulting”. With an influx of public companies wanting to expand into the industrial hemp industry, Hemp, Inc. has been inundated with potential consulting agreements. To keep up, Hemp, Inc. revamped its consulting division to work hands-on with each company to provide its years of expertise. According to Perlowin, there is definitely a sense of a “Community of Companies” whereby a lot of companies are working together to pool their resources, marketing connections, and strategies in order to grow simultaneously.
Typically, companies seeking in-depth consulting services from Hemp, Inc. pay mostly in stock since cash flow is oftentimes tight during the developmental stage of start-up companies in this industry. Through Hemp, Inc.’s Division Nine – Industrial Hemp Consulting, a wide range of services are forged from the experiences of creating the first publicly trading company in the cannabis sector (Medical Marijuana, Inc.) and having well over a decade of experience in the industrial hemp industry’s public sector. Perlowin, Hemp, Inc.’s chief executive officer, also has over five decades in the industry.
Division Ten – Educational Entertainment
Hemp, Inc.’s newest division, Entertainment, will cover everything from investing in the movie “The Adventures of the King of Pot” (http://www.kingofpotthemovie.com/) and other historical movies, books, and documentaries representing our industry up to the current docuseries being made on “The Modern Day History of Hemp”. Those interested in investing in any one of these ventures should contact the division’s Project Manager, Chris Tinney, at 855-554-6834 or via email, ctinney@hempinc.com.
VETERAN VILLAGE KINS COMMUNITIES
To see the livestream feed for the Veteran’s Village Kins Community Arizona, visit www.hempinc.com/arizona and click on “View Live Feed”.
The company’s 500-acre strategic growing partner Veteran Village Kins Community in Golden Valley, Arizona, is designed to grow hemp and produce CBD products to benefit veterans as well as generate revenue for Hemp, Inc., the Veteran Village and individual veterans living in the community.
The Veteran Village Kins Community in Arizona has completed its final site plan blueprints for its 500-acre site in Golden Valley, Arizona (20 miles north of Kingman, AZ and 90 minutes from Las Vegas, NV). The site plan was submitted to the Mohave County Building Department for final review. The Company is also in the final stages of completing the necessary infrastructure to support an off-grid, renewable, energy system.
As soon as all the live streaming video cameras are up and operational, the world can actually see the way the Veteran Village Kins Community is designed and watch it being built. According to Perlowin, the basic framework or overall plan of the Veteran Village Kins Communities is to create a holistic healing and learning center that is designed to educate and heal veterans with PTSD, alcoholism, meth addiction, opioid addiction, and other psychological conditions while at the same time training them on the numerous aspects of being part of the emerging multi-billion dollar hemp industry. To see the first live streaming video, click here.
The Company will also build hemp-growing communities for other groups such as “Abused” Women & Children Village Kins Communities, the “Orphaned” Children Village Kins Communities, “Homeless” Village Kins Communities, and the “Healers” Village Kins Communities (the healers are professionals who are knowledgeable in the modalities to treat these traumatized groups). These particular communities are all synergistically aligned to work simultaneously supporting each other.
For example, the “Healers” heal the traumatized veterans and women & children; the women support orphan children, and orphan children want to see people living in homes and not homeless. Thus, a portion of the hemp grown in each community goes to create and support another community, giving everybody a sense of giving back and helping others as they help themselves. This circles back to the healers who also work to heal the veterans and the other traumatized groups. This is the economic foundation on how the sale of the hemp products operates as a “quantum economic matrix” or an example of “symbiotic economics” which is more complex than this brief description allows.
Dwight Jory, the Project Manager for the “Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc.”, said, “We are very happy with the progress. Our Kins Community is really beginning to come together.” In anticipation of planting to begin during the spring, 300 acres have been fenced, 16 overnight trailer park sites are under construction, and six 40×40-ft organic vegetable gardens have been planted and are currently producing food and kenaf, according to Jory. These organic gardens double as experimental growing modules using an entire array of different growing technologies to see which modalities grow the best in a desert environment. As for the 6 geodesic domes mentioned in an earlier press release, 1 is structurally complete with only the electrical and plumbing to be completed. The rest are on site awaiting final site plan approval.
“We are now accepting volunteers who have expressed an interest in helping to build the first Kins Community for our veterans,” said Jory. Those interested in making the first hemp growing CBD-producing “Veteran Village Kins Community” become a reality should contact Ms. Sandra Williams via email (swilliams@hempinc.com).
One thousand trees, on 36 of the 500-acres, have also been planted, with an additional 1,000 trees on order. The “Veteran Village Kins Community” will include a 100,000-square foot GMP compliant, central processing plant, a state-of-the-art testing laboratory, and various health and wellness centers to support veterans who may have psychological, emotional or health issues.
“As Hemp, Inc. positions itself at the forefront of America’s industrial hemp revolution, we see our partnership with ‘Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc.’ being paramount in supporting the small family farm movement that we are confident will reshape the American landscape,” said Perlowin. “As we work toward getting our eco-village up and running in Arizona, we are also aggressively scouting strategic locations in other states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Giving veterans and other Americans a place to learn new skills and take part in this multi-billion-dollar hemp CBD market is very exciting. It’s a big part of our mission to give back. Recently we have expanded our Kins Community concept internationally focusing, but not limited to, Israel, New Zealand, Canada, Africa, and Uruguay.”
Hemp, Inc. executives are also continuing to scout new locations nationwide to open additional hemp processing centers in legal markets.
PRESS COVERAGE
Between the Hemp University, the hemp processing center and Bruce Perlowin himself, the Company has created an enormous amount of media coverage. See below for the list of press hits the Company has received up to the end of this quarter:
Hit: “Hemp: the burgeoning industry of southern Oregon” - (NBC) KOBI-5, December 22, 2018
Press Release: “Hemp, Inc. Featured on Oregon NBC 5 Station Following Passage of 2018 Farm Bill”
https://www.hempinc.com/hemp-inc-featured-on-oregon-nbc-5-station-following-passage-of-2018-farm-bill/
Hit: “Carolina’s next cash crop?: Farm bill will add hemp into more growers’ rotation” - The Wilson Times, December 26, 2018
Press Release: “Hemp, Inc. Receives Prominent News Coverage Discussing Hemp Legalization and Small Family Farms”
https://www.hempinc.com/hemp-inc-receives-prominent-news-coverage-discussing-hemp-legalization-and-small-family-farms/
Hit: “Arizona's next cash crop? Lawmaker pushes for rush on hemp bill” - ABC 15, January 28, 2019
Press Release: “Hemp, Inc. Applauds Arizona Legislative Drive to Push Up Industrial Hemp Licensing Date to June 2019 as Veteran Village Kins Community Builds Out Infrastructure”
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With Presidents’ Day approaching and consumers having taken out another $18 billion in auto loan debt in the third quarter of 2019 alone, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released the first-quarter installment of its Auto Financing Report along with its in-depth analysis of 2020’s Cities that Overspend on Cars.
Below are some of our key findings from each of the two reports:
Cities that Overspend on Cars
Cities that Spend the Least on Cars
Bastrop, LA
Scarsdale, NY
Dahlonega, GA
Bronxville, NY
Donna, TX
Chevy Chase, MD
Cordele, GA
Darien, CT
San Luis, AZ
Westport, CT
Alice, TX
Mill Valley, CA
Brownsville, TX
Los Altos, CA
Lake Placid, FL
Birmingham, MI
Willis, TX
Hingham, MA
Cedartown, GA
Palo Alto, CA
Rio Grande City, TX
Ridgewood, NJ
Big Spring, TX
Bloomfield Hills, MI
San Juan, TX
Lexington, MA
Coachella, CA
Cupertino, CA
Douglas, GA
Hoboken, NJ
Mercedes, TX
Manhattan Beach, CA
Walterboro, SC
Saratoga, CA
Moultrie, GA
San Carlos, CA
Mount Pleasant, TX
McLean, VA
Alamo, TX
Garden City, NY
Auto Financing Report:
We recommend prospective car buyers to check their credit scores for free on WalletHub and take advantage of a Car Payment Calculator to determine an auto-loan payment and timeline they can afford.
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Governor to join Chevron executives to celebrate company’s production of Tier 3 fuels
What:
Gov. Gary R. Herbert will join executives from Chevron to celebrate the company’s production and selling of lower-sulfur Tier 3 gasoline, marking continued progress in improving Utah’s air quality.
Who:
Gov. Gary R. Herbert
Mitra Kashanchi, general manager of Chevron Salt Lake refinery
Curt Anderson, vice president of manufacturing, Chevron Global Downstream
Where:
Chevron Extra Mile Convenience Store and Gas Station
Parking: Street parking or Department of Natural Resources lot, accessible via N.
Temple and Redwood Road.
When:
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020
3:15 p.m.- 3:45 p.m.
Interview opportunities following remarks
Notes:
Download the Chevron App to find local stations: www.chevronwithtechron.com/MobileApp
You can also visit www.chevron.com/utah-tier3, to learn more about Tier 3 fuels.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 11, 2020
Conservative Lawmakers Sign Brief Supporting Religious Liberty
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and over two dozen other lawmakers signed an amicus brief Monday, supporting Our Lady of Guadalupe School and St. James Catholic School in their religious liberty cases before the Supreme Court. From the brief:
“The teaching of religious principles and customs is at the very core of faith for many, if not most, religions. Yet in the two opinions under review, the Ninth Circuit barely addressed the importance of this aspect of religion. Quite to the contrary, the court minimized the significance of ‘teaching from a book’—a striking position given that most of the world’s major religions consider the teachings found in holy books to be the very essence of their faith.”
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“In Hosanna-Tabor, this Court unanimously held that a ministerial exception under the Religion Clauses exists. In this case, the Court should take the opportunity to hold that the exception includes those who execute the profound duty of teaching the faith to the next generation, whether they be called priest, pastor, imam, rabbi, teacher, or nothing at all. Anything less would imperil the religious pluralism of the United States.”
In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, a Los Angeles-area Catholic school chose not to renew the contract of a teacher that a new principal believed was not successfully implementing the school’s fifth grade religion curriculum. The teacher then sued the school for age discrimination. The school then claimed that since the teacher was responsible for religious instruction, the school’s decision not to renew the teacher’s contract was protected by the First Amendment’s ministerial exception from anti-discrimination laws.
In St. James Catholic School v. Biel, a Catholic school chose not to renew the contract of a fifth grade teacher after working for months to improve her performance. Ms. Biel subsequently sued the school. Due to the teacher’s responsibility for teaching, promoting and fostering Catholic identity in her fifth-grade students, St. James Catholic school argued that their decision to not renew her contract was protected by the First Amendment’s ministerial exception from anti-discrimination laws and the district court agreed.
Amicus signatories include:
Sens. Mike Braun (R-IN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO), James M. Inhofe (R-OK), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ben Sasse (R-NE), and Thom Tillis (NC).
Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Brian Babin (R-TX), Robert Latta (R-OH), Doug Collins (R-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Andy Harris (R-MD), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jody Hice (R-GA), Steve King (R-IA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Adrian Smith (R-NE), and Chris Stewart (R-UT.)
An online version of this release can be found here.
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In January 2020 CFU distributed $200,000 grant. Plus, we're making waves in K-12 education, and we want you to join us.
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We are thrilled to partner with the Silicon Slopes community to expand computer science education in Utah. Not only will our Silicon Slopes Computer Science Fund fill gaps in state funding, but this initiative allows all community members passionate about computer science education to contribute to a coordinated strategy and help Utah students unlock their full potential.
The Computer Science Teachers Association received the inaugural grant of $200,000 from the Fund to plan, develop, and launch equity-focused professional development for Utah computer science teachers. Watch for our next newsletter to learn more about how this grant will support our teachers!
At the 2020 Silicon Slopes Tech Summit, we democratized philanthropy by inviting all 25,000+ attendees to donate to the Fund - and so can you! Be part of the first collaborative philanthropic fund dedicated to this issue. Together, we can change the future of education for our children.
Forum Awards Financial & Mentor Capital
Did you attend the Fall 2019 Social Investors Forum? If so, you saw several incredible organizations pitch to our Investment Committee. After deliberating, we are pleased to announce the awardees!
Thanks to all who participated - we look forward to the next Social Investors Forum late this spring!
Collaboration Driving Innovation
Could healthcare help solve homelessness? Through a $545,000 grant to Fourth Street Clinic, the Community Foundation of Utah began a partnership that broke barriers and blazed a trail in providing healthcare resources for those experiencing homelessness. Read more here.
In our last newsletter, we announced that TURN Community Services had received a surprise grant of $1,000. Though we knew discretionary funding enables organizations to be strategic, TURN had a truly impactful use of these unanticipated funds. Read the story here.
Maud's Cafe, an awardee of the Social Investors Forum, recently celebrated two years teaching job skills to young people experiencing homelessness. We love seeing our community partners successfully creating an impact! Learn more about Maud's Cafe here.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is accepting applications through Feburary 21st for organizations and programs with a focus on improving the lives of individuals and families by investing in workforce development & education and basic needs, including family stabilization and crisis prevention.
Visit their website to learn more and apply.
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In honor of St. Valentine, we’re sending hearts for love, but reserving darts for those who disappoint...
A SPECIAL VALENTINE. An Unfinished Journey; Education & The American Dream, by CER’s Founder and CEO Jeanne Allen. Inspired by love of country, her Italian heritage, and this nation’s ongoing quest to raise its children to aspire and achieve their greatest dreams, Unfinished Journey challenges us to think big about the education of our youth. Covering students, parents, politics, and culture, it gives the reader a “you are there” feel for the joys, heartbreaks, wins and losses that we’ve all experienced. As Jeanne writes, “We must not be still or silent when generations are at stake. And education — varied by person, location, needs, skills, and aspirations and not tied to any one approach, system, or agency — is the key.” Get your copy today.
$400 MILLION LESS VALENTINES… appear in the Trump Education budget for charter schools. A typically choice-friendly Administration gets darts not hearts from us today for collapsing the charter grant program into a proposed “block grant” that would expect state education department bureaucracy to actually support and advance charter schools. Read CER’s statement to understand the intricacies of this issue.
LOVING BLOOMBERG’S ENTRY TO THE DEBATE STAGE. Here’s why.
HEARTS, FLOWERS AND CHOCOLATES TO OK GOV. The corn may be as high as an elephant's eye, but that hasn’t obscured Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s vision. His newly released budget calls on the state to “raise the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit cap from $5 million to $30 million. We believe the time has come to provide this opportunity, funded by generous Oklahomans, to even more students.” As we sharpen our analysis of Governors for CER’s voter guide this fall, we’ll be looking to see who can follow Stitt’s example of putting education for all his state’s kids #1 on the “to do” list — the “Sooner” the better.
SHOWING SOME LOVE IN CALIFORNIA. In a state whose politics at the moment currently waver between suspicion and open hostility to school innovation and opportunity – California – parents, students and educators focused on education excellence for all kids got some attention and affection. The Santa Clara County Board of Education voted to approve renewal of the charter for Cornerstone Academy in San Jose. The Board had initially disapproved renewal, even though Cornerstone was the highest performing charter school in San Jose and was named a California Distinguished School. A hat tip to the board members with the fortitude to do the right thing and reverse their previous decision. Have a couple of candy hearts on us.
WARM HEARTS. From a parent and member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe comes a report about how Arizona micro-schools and more school choice helps tribal children succeed, with evidence of how much love is reaching many remote communities, Native American and otherwise. “Micro schools” consist of a small number of students, say 10 - 30, who vary in age and grade meeting each day, setting individual goals, and collaborating on activities and creative projects. Students focus on academics but are able to move at their own pace. Learning adapting to the specific needs of specific student populations — the very core of school choice.
DARTS TO THE FL BLOB. Florida’s education mafia used intimidation tactics to force companies to stop contributing critical funds to the state’s highly successful tax credit scholarship program which gives thousands of low income kids the chance to a bright future. While anti-choice unions succeeded in getting Florida’s Fifth Third Bank to stop funding the program, cooler heads and warm, clear facts — from Florida African American Ministers for Parental Choice among others — got Fifth Third to reverse its decision and continue to fund the program. Another encouraging sign of increased visibility by minority communities in fighting back for education excellence.
LITTLE LOVE IN TENNESSEE. Tennessee’s new education choice program is aimed specifically at helping kids in the state’s two largest counties escape under-performing public schools but that doesn’t keep the status quo from suing to stop the voucher program from helping the kids who need help the most.
CHOCOLATE FOR THE MIND. We’re honored that “Reality Check” with CER Founder & CEO Jeanne Allen and co-host Michael Musante has been named as one of the best educational podcasts by San Antonio, TX Charter Moms. As they say, Reality Check “puts issues in their political context and presents a vision of what American schools can become.” Thanks Charter Moms! If you haven’t tuned in lately, take a look at Jeanne and Michael’s recent line-up of impressive guests.
AMORE & INNOVATION IN THE LAND OF VALENTINE. Okay, admit it, you didn’t know that the original St. Valentine was Italian. Certo, e vero! Learn about the first-ever U.S. Italia Education Innovation Festival April 27 - 29 in Ercolano, Italia. The conference will have a concentration on innovations and technologies that amplify, engage and educate the world's students in the arts and sciences. You will be treated to exceptional speakers and cutting edge ideas from both countries — not to mention beautiful surroundings and Italian cuisine.
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Love makes the world go round — not in “join hands and sing kumbaya” sense, but in caring for each other, being kind and observing the Golden Rule on a daily basis. We hope that this Valentine’s day is full of this kind of love for you, as well as the requisite supply of sweets.
If you’d like to show us some love,
