The company – the first British grower licensed to cultivate hemp flowers for CBD extraction – has undergone rapid growth since forming seven years ago, and has seen the area of land under cultivation rising from 30 vergées in 2019 to about 200 this year.
Chief executive David Ryan, who is currently dwarfed by mature crops which can reach up to five metres in height, said he was optimistic about this year’s crop.
‘We had a challenging start to the season, when we grow crop for hempseed, with one of the driest Mays ever, but the weather has been more favourable since we planted the main flower crop in June, and once that got established it has flourished,’ he said.
Since gaining a licence to produce CBD oil from its locally grown hemp in August last year, the company has looked to scale up its operation in an effort to claim a share of the UK market.
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