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– Something that a great deal of
individuals don ‘ t consider,
that average farmer,
he just gets like 40 possibilities
in his lifetime to make a living.
That ‘s 40 seasons,
40 years.
– This is where Charlotte ‘s.
Web started as hemp.
These were our very first greenhouses.
that we concerned in 2014,
and right now we ‘re surrounded
by an approximated 100,000 clones.
Every one of these clones is a reproduction
of the mother plant that.
we began with in 2013,
and it ‘s really crucial since
it ‘s the precise same.
phytochemical finger print
or plant signature that we call it
that makes the original formula,
that makes one of.
Charlotte ‘s Web products.
And that item,
a lot of individuals depend on
so it ‘s important here at this epicenter
that we preserve that consistency
and we have the ability to scale that plant
to meet the need of Charlotte ‘s Web
for individuals that depend on these products.
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– We have a quite substantial.
vetting program that we check
and examine and veterinarian out all of the locations
and all of our family farms that
we grow our item to make certain that
the soils are gon na contribute
of producing the best.
plants we perhaps can.
We do soil tests, we do water tests,
we likewise work with the farmers
and make certain it ‘s gon na.
be a good fit for them
and their crop rotations,
and as soon as we all decide this.
is gon na benefit all of us,
we put some plants in the ground.
We keep an eye on those plants from conception
to the end of their growing cycle.
So we can control the modifications
that we ‘re putting in the soil,
the quantity of water that.
we ‘re offering the soil,
and we can monitor them phytochemically,
genetically, phenotypically,
and simply make certain that.
they ‘re the exact same stunning
constant strong plants.

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– We are planting clones up on one
of our fields up north of town.
We have workers out in the field with hoes
and we do a lot hand weeding by hand
up until our plants can get high adequate
where we can do mechanical growing
with our tractor and grower.
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– What makes a great hemp extract
is whatever that goes into it,
which is, yes, the soil,
the water, the plant, the area, the sun,
all of these things determine
all of the substances
and the properties within that plant.
regions really is various risk
and we have to evaluate various.
plant ranges that grow,
are adapted well
and grow well in those regions,
and so what works in Colorado.
doesn ‘ t operate in Kentucky.
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– This is a science, it ‘s an art.
We ‘re not just heading out there and saying,
well, we hope it grows today.
That ‘s not what we ‘re doing.
We ‘re making the effort,
we ‘re seeing the weather patterns.
We don ‘ t use artificial chemicals,
we don ‘ t usage artificial fertilizers,
we put on ‘ t use any of that things
that some conventional farmers may utilize.
– We evaluate it simply to guarantee there
is no chemical spray over.
from neighboring farms,
we test it for aflatoxins,.
wetness material, effectiveness,
a great deal of there contaminating spores
that could possibly get in our item
and ensure that it ‘s definitely tidy.
We take a lot of care in.
our plants at the farm,
and we wan na make certain that.
we still take as much care
and attention at the lab.
So at the laboratory, it goes through.
another series of testing.
We do extractions in numerous methods
depending on what product we ‘re making
to get the best.
full-spectrum profile we can.
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– The best thing about harvest
is you get to see all of your entire year ‘s
hard work come to a satisfaction
and be able to be thankful
and pleased that you ‘re.
able to collect a crop.
To be a farmer is, to me,
an extremely rewarding task,
and I enjoy it significantly.