Hemp Barons

"In the early 90's Jace Callaway and Anita Hemmiliä began to develope a new variety of hemp in Finland called FINOLA (correctly spelled with all caps). This was the first auto-flowering variety of hem...

12 Nov 201932min

The President of the US Hemp Authority, Marielle WeinTraub joins Joy Beckerman  to talk about the journey that led her to hemp and to her current leadership position.   They also talk about the challe...

5 Nov 201926min

Franny Tacy has combined her life-long passion for agriculture and her love for hemp to create Franny's Farm in North Carolina.  She's developed a blue-print for a sustainable, self-sufficient and pro...

29 Okt 201922min

Ethan Vorhes is a sixth generation Iowa farmer who joins Joy Beckerman to talk about using hemp as a rotational crop.   Ethan explains the process and illustrates all the natural benefits hemp provide...

15 Okt 201925min

Dr Jennifer Gilbert-Jenkins & Dr Jared Nelson, both SUNY (State University of New York) professors are conducting research on growing and processing hemp.  They speak to Joy Beckerman about their rese...

8 Okt 201926min

Ruth Shamai's mail-order environmental business sparked her passion for hemp in the early nineties. . By channeling her passion to hemp activism she was instrumental in Canada's hemp legalization.   T...

1 Okt 201925min

Clarenda Stanley, or Farmer Cee as she's affectionately known, is a fifth generation farmer. She speaks to Joy Beckerman about her company Green Heffa Farms and how she created the company based on th...

24 Sep 201927min

Jonathan Miller was leading a very successful political career when this Kentucky attorney drafted a hemp-supporting article which changed his life's trajectory. The article launched a cascade of even...

17 Sep 201931min