Hemp, Inc.'s Strategic Hemp Growing Partner Veteran Village Kins Community Expands Footprint as U.S. Senate Passes Hemp Legalization
Spring Hope, NC , July 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hemp, Inc.(OTC PINK: HEMP), a global leader in the industrial hemp industry with the largest multipurpose industrial hemp processing facility in the western hemisphere, announced today that its strategic growing partner Veteran Village Kins Community is expanding its footprint into new states across the country.
Hemp, Inc. announced in May 2018 that one of its strategic growing partners Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc. had completed installation of the solar and wind-powered energy system for its 500-acre Veteran Village Kins Community in Golden Valley, Arizona. In addition to Arizona, Veteran Village Kins Community C-Corporations have been established in Nevada, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. The company is also evaluating additional states and is working toward having the existing Veteran Village Kins Community C Corporations certified as B Corporations.
The timing could not be better, as the U.S. Senate passed Thursday the 2018 Farm Bill in an 86-11 vote. The Senate bill includes provisions that would legalize hemp, removing it from the federal list of controlled substances and allowing it to be sold as an agricultural commodity.
To see daily one-minute video updates on Hemp, Inc.’s ongoing progress, go to Bruce Perlowin’s personal FaceBook page. The top Facebook post shows another semi of processed LCM’s being shipped out and the final planting of one of many fields of hemp being grown this year. We also appreciate and encourage everyone to “like”, “comment” and “share” these historical videos documenting the resurgence of hemp in America and the American small family farmer.
Veteran Village Kins Communities are designed to grow hemp and produce cannabidiol (CBD) products to benefit veterans as well as generate revenue for Hemp, Inc., the Veteran Village, and individual veterans living in the community. Notably, the U.S. imported $78 million more worth of hemp than it exported in 2015, according to Fortune, which highlights the impact federal prohibition of hemp has had on this trend.
“We are seeing bipartisan support for hemp legalization on Capitol Hill and are encouraged that the steps we are taking now to build an infrastructure to support the growing and manufacturing of this viable crop position us on the frontlines of the national hemp movement,” said Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin. “Our mission is to empower the local farmer, veteran, entrepreneur, and others by promoting safe and legal access to industrial hemp, which will spur innovations that support local communities and the environment.”
As more states continue to adopt pro-hemp legislation, more companies are entering the industrial hemp and CBD industry and looking to expand their footprint in the marketplace, thus aligning with Hemp, Inc. for its proven expertise and state-of-the-art hemp processing and manufacturing infrastructure in Spring Hope, North Carolina. Hemp, Inc.’s 85,000 square foot multi-purpose industrial hemp processing facility has been operational since August 2017. Already a $100 million industry, the CBD market is expected to grow over 700% and balloon to $2.1 billion by 2020.
The Veteran Village Kins Community is designed to grow hemp, and produce CBD products to benefit veterans as well as generate revenue for Hemp, Inc., the Veteran Village, and individual veterans living in the community as well as jobs and income for surrounding communities.
To see Bruce Perlowin’s latest Facebook video update on the 160-acre grow for each of the 160-acre Kins Domains to be built on each 500-acre Kins Community in states all over America and the world, click here.
Dozens of master growers, from Oregon, Colorado, California, Kentucky, North Carolina, Nevada and, of course, Arizona, companies, and organizations have expressed an interest in pursuing a joint venture with Hemp, Inc. to each grow industrial hemp on the 300 fenced acres in Arizona as part of "The Great United American Hemp Project," where each grower will be growing 5 acres. Interested master growers, from around the country, should contact Project Manager, Dwight Jory at ecogold22@gmail.com.
“While our First Friday Tours of our industrial hemp processing facility for Hemp, Inc. shareholders are only held once a month, tours of the Veteran Village Kins Communities are open to anyone at any time. People can even bring their motorhomes or tents and camp out to volunteer and help build the first Veteran Village Kins Community in America. We’ll also be offering training classes, through our Hemp University, on how to build hempcrete homes. It’s the perfect place and time to spend a part of your summer vacation,” says Perlowin.
For a more complete description, read the following, modified, October 24, 2017 press release, Hemp, Inc. Announces Strategic Hemp Growing Partner "Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc." Completes Final Site Plan Blueprints, below:
Hemp, Inc. has announced that its strategic growing partner, "Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc.," has completed its final site plan blueprints for its 500-acre site in Golden Valley, Arizona (20 miles north of Kingman, AZ and 90 minutes from Las Vegas, NV). The site plan was submitted to the Mohave County Building Department for final review. The Company is also in the final stages of completing the necessary infrastructure to support an off-grid, renewable, energy system. With the solar equipment in place, the site's solar power operation is now complete.
As soon as the live streaming video cameras are up and operational (scheduled near the end of July 2018), the world can actually see the way the Veterans Village Kins Community is designed and watch it being built. According to Perlowin, the basic framework or overall plan of the Veterans Village Kins Community is designed to heal veterans with PSTD, alcoholism, meth addiction, opioid addiction, and other psychological conditions while at the same time training them on the numerous aspects of being part of the emerging multi-billion dollar hemp industry.
We will also be building hemp-growing communities for other groups such as “Abused” Women & Children Village Kins Communities, the “Orphaned” Children Village Kins Communities, “Homeless” Village Kins Communities and the “Healers” Village Kins Communities (the healers are professionals who are knowledgeable in the modalities to treat these traumatized groups). These particular communities are all dependent upon one another and work simultaneously supporting each other.
For example, the “Healers” heal the traumatized veterans and women & children; the women support orphan children and orphan children want to see people living in homes and not homeless. Thus, a portion of the hemp grown in each community goes to create and support another community, giving everybody a sense of giving back and helping others as they help themselves. This circles back to the healers who also work to heal the veterans and the other traumatized groups. This is the economic foundation on how the sale of the hemp products operates as a “quantum economic matrix” or an example of “symbiotic economics” which is more complex than this brief description allows.
Dwight Jory, the Project Manager for the "Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc.," said, "We are very happy with the progress. Our Kins Community is really beginning to come together." In anticipation of planting to begin during the spring, 300 acres have been fenced, 16 overnight trailer park sites are under construction, and six 40x40-ft organic vegetable gardens have been planted and are currently producing food and kenaf, according to Jory. These organic gardens double as experimental growing modules using an entire array of different growing technologies to see which modalities grow the best in a desert environment. As for the 6 geodesic domes mentioned in an earlier press release, 1 is structurally complete with only the electrical and plumbing to be completed. The rest are on site awaiting final site plan approval.
"We are now accepting volunteers who have expressed an interest in helping to build the first Kins Community for our veterans," said Jory. Those interested in making the first hemp growing CBD-producing "Veteran Village Kins Community" become a reality should contact Ms. Sandra Williams via email (swilliams@hempinc.com).
One thousand trees, on 36 of the 500-acres, have also been planted, with an additional 1,000 trees on order. The "Veteran Village Kins Community" will include a 100,000-square foot GMP compliant, central processing plant, a state-of-the-art testing laboratory, and various health and wellness centers to support veterans who may have psychological, emotional or health issues.
"As Hemp, Inc. positions itself on the forefront of America's industrial hemp revolution, we see our partnership with 'Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc.' being paramount in supporting the small family farm movement that we are confident will reshape the American landscape," said Perlowin. "As we work toward getting our eco-village up and running in Arizona, we are also aggressively scouting strategic locations in other states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. Giving veterans and other Americans a place to learn new skills and take part in this multi-billion-dollar hemp CBD market is very exciting. It's a big part of our mission to give back. Recently we have expanded our Kins Community concept internationally focusing, but not limited to, Israel, New Zealand, Canada, Africa, and Uruguay."
According to Perlowin, we hope to have 50 "master hemp growers" working on their first Veteran Village Kins Community in Arizona. To date, we have growers from Oregon, Colorado, California, Kentucky, North Carolina, Nevada and, Arizona who have expressed an interest in pursuing a joint venture with Hemp, Inc. to each grow industrial hemp on 5 of the 300 fenced acres in Arizona. Perlowin says he'll call this "The Great United American Hemp Project." Any grower having an interest in pursuing a joint venture on 5 of the 300 fenced in acres in Arizona should contact Dwight Jory. Or, anyone interested in attending the 2 – 7-day hands-on hempcrete house building should contact Dwight Jory as well. (Dates to be determined.)
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.
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UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC EVENTS
Across the globe, the hemp industry is rising to astronomical levels. In the wake of the hemp industry projected to grow 700% and hit $1.8 billion by 2020, there has been more education and networking within the industry. That means more events and conferences, thus, Hemp, Inc. has started compiling an ongoing list of upcoming hemp events around the world. Check out the listing of international and domestic events here .
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With July being National Parks and Recreation Month and America’s largest cities investing over $7 billion on parks this past year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018's Best & Worst Cities for Recreation.
To highlight the benefits of recreational activities for consumers and economies across the country, WalletHub compared the 100 largest U.S. cities across 45 key indicators of recreation-friendliness. For each city, we examined the accessibility of entertainment and recreational facilities, the quality of parks and the weather.
Best Cities for Recreation
Worst Cities for Recreation
1
Orlando, FL
91
Memphis, TN
2
Las Vegas, NV
92
Gilbert, AZ
3
San Diego, CA
93
Fort Wayne, IN
4
Cincinnati, OH
94
Oakland, CA
5
Tampa, FL
95
Durham, NC
6
Atlanta, GA
96
Wichita, KS
7
Scottsdale, AZ
97
Anchorage, AK
8
Tucson, AZ
98
Hialeah, FL
9
Boise, ID
99
Jersey City, NJ
10
Philadelphia, PA
100
Irving, TX
Best vs. Worst
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-recreation/5144/
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With new corporate tax reform recently signed into law, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst States to Start a Business.
To determine the most fertile grounds for planting and growing new ventures, WalletHub compared the 50 U.S. states across 25 key indicators of startup success. The data set ranges from financing accessibility to availability of human capital to office-space affordability.
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For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-to-start-a-business/36934/
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An Indiana COTA Family is Celebrating National Cousins Day in a Big Way
New Kidney = New Life for COTA’s Mighty Max Thanks to Cousin Kassidy
July 2, 2018 -- July 24th is recognized nationwide as National Cousins Day, which is a day when cousins are encouraged to reach out and celebrate their relationships and family connections. This July 24th, an Indiana transplant family will definitely be celebrating this day with Cousin Kassidy who recently gave Mighty Max his new kidney and his second chance at life.
Ryan and Kye welcomed Max Berlyn Heffernan into the world in August 2014; these first-time parents were excited to finally meet their bundle of joy face-to-face. After a fairly fast and textbook delivery, that joy quickly turned to fear when they realized something was not quite right. While Baby Max was indeed breathing, he could not take a deep breath nor could he cry a big cry. He was also quite puffy and appeared to be full of fluid. The NICU team rushed in and Ryan, Kye and their family members who were there to meet the new baby waited for hours to hear what was wrong. When the news finally came, it was not good – Max had been born with Posterior Urethral Valves (PUV).
PUV, which appears in 1 in 5,000 to 8,000 baby boys, is a blockage of the urethra in utero that causes the baby’s urine to back up into the kidneys instead of being voided through the urethra and into the womb in the form of amniotic fluid. The lack of amniotic fluid causes the lungs to be underdeveloped and the urine backing up into the kidneys can poison them to the point of rendering them useless, which is what happened to Baby Max.
It was decided to transfer Baby Max to Riley Hospital for Children where the pediatric kidney specialists also diagnosed the newborn with Bilateral Grade 5 Vesicoureteral Reflux, Bilateral Grade 4 Hydronephrosis, Bilateral Hydroureter, Bilateral Hydrocele, Chronic Kidney Disease, and End Stage Renal Disease. As a result of PUV, his kidneys did not work nor did his bladder.
Ryan, Kye and Max spent 69 days in the Riley NICU. Many times during that agonizing NICU stay, Kye and Ryan heard that Max was one of the most serious and complex cases the neonatal nephrology team had ever seen. Kye and Ryan used this inpatient hospital stay to learn as much as they could about his condition and how to care for him at home. Max started around-the-clock peritoneal dialysis treatments on day 10 of his life, slowly working down to 14-hour treatments by the time he, Ryan and Kye got to go home from Riley on October 31, 2014.
Max did fairly well once at home with his nightly eight-hour dialysis treatments and his twice-a-day catherizations to relieve his bladder. He also received weekly physical therapy, occupational therapy and approximately seven daily medications including a daily growth hormone injection to make up for his lack of kidney function. Max’s at-home care was a full-time, around-the-clock job that caused immense stress and worry for Ryan and Kye.
On December 22, 2015, Max finally reached the height and weight requirements and was able to be listed for a kidney transplant. Ryan and Kye were beyond excited to start this new chapter of their family’s transplant tale. In January 2016, potential donors started the testing process. In March, a family friend told them about the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA).
COTA uniquely understands that parents who care for a child or young adult before, during and after a life-saving transplant have enough to deal with, so COTA’s model shifts the responsibility for fundraising to a community team of trained volunteers. On March 15th Kye and Ryan officially decided to become a COTA family, and on April 18th a COTA fundraising specialist trained the volunteer leader for the COTA campaign in honor of Max H. COTA is a 501(c)3 charity so all contributions to COTA are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law, and COTA funds are available for a lifetime.
A kidney transplant is very expensive with the transplant procedure itself costing close to $500,000. While Kye and Ryan are thankful they have good health insurance, they were not naïve to the possibility that one or both of them would have to take an extended leave from work to care for Max after the transplant. As for most families, this would add a financial challenge for their household and would add even more stress. In addition, the knowledge that COTA funds would be available for a lifetime offered tremendous comfort. They well understood that not only would Max need expensive anti-rejection medications for his lifetime, but likely require a second kidney transplant at some point in the future since transplanted kidneys typically needed to be replaced after an average of 20 years.
“The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) provides hope for us not only in the present tense but also for the future. We are so grateful for COTA, which has allowed our friends and family to feel there is something they can do right now to help make sure Max has a future that does not include financial stress on top of the stress of fighting a chronic disease. COTA gave all of us an opportunity to launch our energy into something positive during a time when we felt everything was out of our control. Once people find out about COTA we always hear, ‘What an amazing organization!’ and we could not agree more,” said Kye and Ryan.
Adding to the expense of Max’s transplant journey was the family’s decision to have his kidney transplant at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, which is over 100 miles from their Indianapolis home. Numerous reasons led to this decision and it turned out to be the right one for the family. Once the transplant team was selected, many individuals started the testing process to see if they were a kidney match for Max. In the end, Kye had three cousins and a sister who were all a match for Max and who were all willing to give Max a new kidney.
Life-saving, long-term dialysis does takes a physical toll on a child. In Max’s case the negative side effects of food aversion, lack of growth, and lack of energy all started to impact the toddler. Thankfully on February 28, 2017, Max was able to leave dialysis behind when he received his ‘shiny new kidney’ from Cousin Kassidy. On Mach 21st, less than a month later, the Heffernan Family returned to their Indianapolis home to continue Max’s recovery and start their dialysis-free life.
Today as the family gets ready to celebrate National Cousins Day on July 24th and Max’s 4th birthday a few weeks after that, life is good. According to Kye, Max is doing great. The summer months bring great joy to Max who loves lawn mowers, weed eaters, wheel barrows and leaf blowers. He loves being outside and working outside! Max also is a big fan of his dog, Rudy, and his many tractors, cars and trucks. Kye and Ryan love watching their energy-filled Mighty Max enjoying the outdoors. They are forever grateful to Cousin Kassidy for her gift of life and to the Children’s Organ Transplant Association for their constant support and guidance.
According to Kye, “Max will need another kidney, or maybe several, somewhere in the future. Who knows what position we will be in when that time comes? The possible scenarios are many. We simply cannot predict what the future might look like. The peace of mind COTA gives us cannot be quantified. COTA has allowed our friends and family – and basically everyone in our lives – to show their love and encouragement for Max’s transplant journey. We are humbled and forever grateful.”
Happy National Cousins Day, Max and Kassidy, from your COTA Family!
