Robert Weinstein (left), Co-Founder & President, Organic Growth Holdings, Inc discusses cultivation of hemp with the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Diane Edwards, President, JAMPRO, at the official ground-breaking ceremony for the OGH Grow Jamaica Craft Medicinal Hemp Farm at Long Pond Estate in Trelawny on December 11, 2019. The 365-acre farm provides employment for several former sugar cane workers in the surrounding communities and will produce CBD oil for both the local and international markets.
Jamaica’s hemp to produce best CBD oil - Shaw
Jamaica’s hemp industry will produce the best CBD oil, declared the Hon Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the official ground-breaking ceremony for 365-acre Organic Grow Jamaica Craft Medicinal Hemp Farm at Long Pond Estate in Trelawny on December 11, 2019. While noting the huge market for CBD oil, Minister Shaw said “we want to tap into this market and to reduce our reliance on imports”, pointing out that there are major companies in Jamaica producing a variety of products from imported CBD oil. Internationally, the prospects for growth of the hemp...
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