Legalization of industrial hemp by state lawmakers last session continues to bring lots of good change to Wisconsin in a short amount of time. On Thursday Sept. 20, the Milwaukee County Board approved 17-1 Supervisor Sylvia Ortiz-Velez’s resolution to have the Parks department conduct a study of possible revenue-generating uses for the Mitchell Park Greenhouses including producing industrial hemp. The sole vote against was cast by the board’s chair, 1st District Sup. Theo Lipscomb.
The resolution directs the county’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture to conduct a study and provide a written report of their conclusions on possible revenue-generating uses for the Mitchell Park greenhouses, including the potential to grow and produce industrial hemp, hemp seeds, and cannabinoid oil or construct a Grow Education Resource Center.
As to when the study might be completed, Ortiz-Velez told Cannabadger, “I would have to say that my hope is as soon as possible, but at least a few months.”
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SuperCharge! on East Washington Avenue in Madison is a juice bar that offers juiced hemp leaves, hemp smoothies, etc.
In another example of the changes and opportunities hemp is bringing to the Badger state, the Capital Times recently reported on SuperCharge! Foods, a new juice bar on Madison ‘s East Side that offers juiced hemp leaves, available in a smoothie, in a cold pressed juice or frozen into an ice cube. SuperCharge! is owned by Chelsea Mayton, the founder and owner of Wisconsin Cannabis Cultivars. Here’s a link to some photos of SuperCharge! from the Cap Times.
Whole Plant Hemp’s hemp juice. (Source: Whole Plant Hemp)
In River Falls, Wisconsin, Whole Plant Hemp has been selling hemp juice at the River Falls Farmers Market for the last month or so. The Market is open from 8am-noon on Saturdays, and is located in the parking lot of Dick’s Fresh Market – River Falls. Whole Plant Hemp plans to offer the hemp juice through the end of the season at the River Falls Farmers Market then at a pop-up location until plans are finalized as far as wholesale and retail sales. Whole Plant’s Abbie Testaberg told us they are also working with EurofinsBiodiagnostic for nutritional labeling (and trace cannabinoid profile) for the product.
