SPRING HOPE, NC, March 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE – Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP), a global leader in the industrial hemp industry with bi-coastal processing centers including the 85,000 square-foot multipurpose industrial hemp processing facility in Spring Hope, North Carolina, a state of the art hemp processing center in Medford, Oregon, and a 500-acre hemp growing Eco-Village in Golden Valley, Arizona, announced today “The Hemp University†educational seminar is rapidly approaching and is almost sold out. The event will take place this week on Saturday, March 23, 2019 in Ashland, Oregon.
The classes will take place at the Stevenson Union Building, in the Arena Room at Southern Oregon University (1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR 97520). Registration starts at 8:15am with master classes and networking activities from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online for $155.
This is the first time “The Hemp University†will be held on the West Coast, providing attendees with a full day of networking, education, and support... just 13 miles away from Hemp, Inc.’s sophisticated “Local Processing Center†in Medford, Oregon.
The seminar will help others in the area who are interested in the hemp industry or are currently participating learn more about the “Industrial Hemp Revolution†and how this movement can not only help transform Southern Oregon’s economy, but also revive family farms and small business in the surrounding areas.
“With the passing of the Farm Bill in 2018, the industrial hemp crop in Oregon is expected to grow past $1 billion, and the state ranks third in the country in land that is dedicated to industrial hemp,†said Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin. “The Hemp University is designed to support Hemp, Inc.’s mission of empowering farmers throughout the country, both those who are passionate about joining the hemp revolution and those who are already a part of the industry. This amazing, and very informative, educational seminar will teach participants how to create a profitable stream of income by maximizing their crop revenue per acre.†The Hemp University supports Hemp, Inc.’s mission of empowering farmers nationwide to have access to a viable crop and its back-to-land movement.
Presenters at “The Hemp Universityâ€, Ashland include:
“Hemp and the Renaissance of the Small Family Farmâ€
“Cooperative Farming - No Need to Reinvent the Wheelâ€
“An Overview of Standard Operating Proceduresâ€
“The Human Factor - Sustainable Development of your Hemp Business Teamâ€
“Planting in Alliance with Natureâ€
“Cultivating Profit with Hempâ€
“Hempcrete – the Green Alternative Building Materialâ€
“We have hosted multiple Hemp University seminars previously in North Carolina, where we have supported hundreds of farmers who were interested in adding hemp into their crop rotation,†added Perlowin. “Seeing the success of these seminars and how much they helped local farmers encouraged us to bring the courses to Oregon. We also have plans to add Hemp University programming in Arizona and Puerto Rico.â€
Arizona is a location where Hemp, Inc. has multiple ventures which include retail store Hemp Healthcare in Dolan Springs, Arizona that sells high-end CBD and hemp-based products and its strategic growing partner’s 500-acre hemp growing eco-village in Golden Valley, Arizona. Puerto Rico is an area where Hemp, Inc. is scouting new locations for a local processing center and scouting acres to grow high CBD hemp.
To see a full list of presenters and to purchase tickets, visit “The Hemp University†website.
To see 1-minute videos of Hemp, Inc.’s current activities, go to Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook page where he posts daily on all of Hemp, Inc.’s activities around the country.
ABOUT 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 North America, Hemp, Inc. believes there can be tangible benefits reaped from adhering to a corporate social responsibility plan.
ABOUT DIGIPATH and HEMP, INC.’S JOINT VENTURE
Digipath, Inc. (DIGP) supports the cannabis and hemp industry’s best practices for reliable testing, data acquisition, cannabis education and training, and brings unbiased cannabis news coverage to the cannabis industry. Digipath Labs provides pharmaceutical-grade analysis and testing to the cannabis and hemp industry to ensure producers, consumers, and patients know exactly what is in the cannabis and hemp they ingest and to help maximize the quality of its client’s products through analysis, research, development, and standardization. Digipath, Inc. and Hemp, Inc. has entered into an agreement for Digipath to install a state of the art testing lab in all of Hemp, Inc.’s locations starting with the Medford, Oregon Local Processing Center. CEO Todd Denkin is also scheduled to speak at the upcoming Hemp University seminar.
HEMP, INC.’S DIVISIONS
Hemp, Inc. has been helping to build the industrial hemp infrastructure that was basically non-existent in America. There are eight divisions:
Division One – The Industrial Hemp Infrastructure
Division Two – The Hemp Farming Infrastructure
Division Three – The Hemp Extraction 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
Hemp, Inc. recently established the eighth division (Industrial Hemp Investments and Joint Ventures). Since the passing of the 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 [email protected].
ABOUT LOCAL PROCESSING CENTER INC.
Hemp, Inc. entered into a majority ownership agreement with JNV Farms LLC for the hemp cultivation and processing company in Medford, Oregon. As the majority owner of the, now fully functional, hemp cultivation and processing company, Local Processing Center, Inc. (LPC), Hemp, Inc. will be able to create a pipeline of industrial hemp and hemp products in states, where legal, on the West Coast. This makes Hemp, Inc. a bi-coastal hemp processing center in America with many more Hemp Local Processing Centers planned for other areas where Hemp is being grown. Thus far, the company has created over 200 jobs in its LPC and also helped create even more jobs for the local farmer. “A to Z†services for the farmers are available – from harvesting to drying, bagging, curing, storing, nitrogen sparging, machine trimming, hand trimming, extracting, testing (with the on-site Digipath Labs) and selling; creating a “one stop shop†for the small to large family farm. Daily updates on LPC can be found on Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook page.
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