GRASS ROOTS: THE HEMP YEARS (PT.1)
It would be hard to imagine 30 years ago that it would be possible to walk into a store and buy high quality Canadian made cannabis in an array of varieties. From 1938 - 1998 industrial hemp was completely illegal, so we wanted to help make changes.
In 1995 under “Natural Emphasis” we started selling hemp products at festivals. The focus then moved on to legalization through education. A 3-year research project with Dr. Ernest Small and grew 180 different varieties of hemp that we sourced from all over the world. Little did we know at the time it would lead to the therapeutic benefits of Hemp in particular CBD and launching the first Canadian CBD Brand WholeHemp.