The National Hemp Tour 5 Years On

This week on the hemp podcast we take a ride in the RV Time Machine. We're going back five years, back to the National Hemp Tour in the summer of 2021, when we took the podcast on the road — and took my family too.

We traveled over ten thousand miles from coast to coast in a rented RV visiting hemp farms, processors and manufacturers across the country.

The industry was sparse then and these hemp companies were few and far between in 2021.

And keep in mind that in 2021, most of the noise around industrial hemp was actually about CBD flower and canabinoid production.

What made our trip different was that we were talking to the people on the fiber and grain side of the industry, where the game-changing potential of this plant is strongest.

Think houses, textiles, food and fuel. Think row crops, think big acreage, think about a third crop in with our beloved corn and soy. Think Hemp, big, boring and ubiquitous.

But it has to start somewhere. People have to start doing things to make it happen. So in 2021, I set out to meet the people where they were. I went to see the farms, see the fields and see the factories. I wanted to meet the people, hear their dreams and see their visions come to life.

And now five years later, with gas prices approaching 5 dollars a gallon, we go back on the road again, but this time we go virtually.

Over the next few months, I will be sharing new conversations from the people I met on the road back then. We'll hear what's changed, what's stayed the same and what the industry looks like now.

But before we start publishing those episodes, we're going to go back in time and revisit the tour itself. This episode is your atlas for our time travel. Buckle up, buttercup, and we'll see you in 2021.

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