SPRING HOPE, NC, March 18, 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 processing center in Medford, Oregon, and a 500-acre hemp growing Eco-Village in Golden Valley, Arizona, announced today the first Oregon-based Hemp University educational seminar will take place at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, on March 23, 2019.
This full day of education, support and networking will be located just 13 miles from Hemp, Inc.’s sophisticated Local Processing Center in Medford, Oregon, which focuses on hemp flower harvesting, drying, curing, chucking, trimming, storing and post-processing for cannabidiol (CBD). The day’s event will consist of eight, enriching seminars with two blocks of time that allow for networking with speakers and other industry personnel. The first block will start at 9:00 a.m., ending the day with a networking session from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. The seminar will be held at Southern Oregon University’s Arena Room of the Stevenson Union at 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR 97520. Tickets can be purchased online for $155.
In 2018, there were $3.7 billion in sales within the global hemp industry. Since the legalization of hemp in Oregon in 2015, the number of licensed growers in the state has climbed to 584, according to The Oregonian. Hemp University’s previous seminars in North Carolina have supported hundreds of farmers seeking to incorporate hemp into their crop rotation. 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.
“We are so excited to bring our expertise and resources to the state of Oregon,†said Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin. “Hemp University receives such a large turnout at its educational seminars in North Carolina that we decided to introduce them in our other operating markets. Hemp University provides farmers who are either interested in joining the hemp revolution or are already part of it, the ability to learn more about creating a profitable stream of income through educating them on maximizing crop revenue per acre.â€
The seminars provide a unique opportunity for interested parties to learn more about the hemp industry from experts in the field. A sample of presenters at Hemp University, Ashland include:
“Hemp and the Renaissance of the Small Family Farmâ€
“Planting in Alliance with Natureâ€
“Cooperative Farming - No Need to Reinvent the Wheelâ€
“Cultivating Profit with Hempâ€
“Hempcrete – the Green Alternative Building Materialâ€
In addition to the Hemp University seminar in Oregon, Hemp, Inc. also plans to expand their education reach to Arizona and Puerto Rico. 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.
DAILY UPDATES ON FACEBOOK
Hemp, Inc. strives to be one of the most transparent companies in the public sector. To adhere to this company policy of transparency, CEO Bruce Perlowin posts 1-minute video updates daily on his personal